As Long As The Waters Flow

Dedication Ceremonies

Honoring the centuries-old presence and contribution of

Native Americans to Oklahoma

State Capitol Rotunda Sunday, June 4, 1989

Master of Ceremonies

State Senator Enoch Kelly Haney, Seminole Creek

Program Participants

Allan Houser (Haozous),

Chiricahua-Apache, Sculptor

[List of Participants]

Unveiling Ceremony - Flag Plaza

Traditional Cedar Smoke Blessing

George 'Woogee' Watchetaker,

Comanche Medicine Man

The ceremony was attended by more than one thousand guests, including Oklahoma Tribal leaders, who participated in an Allan Houser Honor Dance on the Flag Plaza

Red Earth Festival Drum - Mandaree Singers,

New Town, N. Dakota

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Allan Houser (Haozous), Chircahua Apache

Born near Apache, Oklahoma, June 30, 1914

Son of Sam and Blossom Haozous

Commissioned for the State Capitol

by the

State of Oklahoma

and the

State Arts Council of Oklahoma

Dedicated June 4, 1989

Marker is on NE 21st Street west of Lincoln Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.

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