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Veterans Voice: Designer s memorial resonates with all Native American vets
By Mary K. Talbot, Special to The Journal
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National Native American Veterans Memorial, Harvey Pratt
Harvey Pratt had won a national competition for a coveted artistic commission.
He arrived in Washington, D.C., and was touring the grounds to identify the exact location where his vision would be executed when “a hawk showed up,” he remembers. It “flew in from the Southwest and landed right on that spot… and he danced around.” The hawk stayed in a tree above for “about an hour and everybody said, ‘That’s a good omen. ....

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