Statue of Chief Washakie in the Capital Visitors Center
This statue of Chief Washakie was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Wyoming in 2000. He was a renowned warrior and in approximately 1840 united several Shoshone bands. He had learned French and English from trappers and traders, and he also spoke a number of Native American languages. Having realized that the expansion of white civilization into the West was inevitable, he negotiated with the army and the Shoshone to ensure the preservation of over three million acres in Wyoming's Wind River country for his people; this valley remains the home of the Shoshone today. Upon his death in 1900, he became the only known Native American to be given a full military funeral.
Statue of Chief Washakie in the Capital Visitors Center
This statue of Chief Washakie was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Wyoming in 2000. He was a renowned warrior and in approximately 1840 united several Shoshone bands. He had learned French and English from trappers and traders, and he also spoke a number of Native American languages. Having realized that the expansion of white civilization into the West was inevitable, he negotiated with the army and the Shoshone to ensure the preservation of over three million acres in Wyoming's Wind River country for his people; this valley remains the home of the Shoshone today. Upon his death in 1900, he became the only known Native American to be given a full military funeral.