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Rez->Lake Traverse: South Dakota men planning Native American Holocaust Monument

Posted on Saturday, March 19 @ 14:14:53 PST

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Three South Dakota men are trying to leave a permanent memorial for their people.

Bryan Williams and his father Laurs, both of Veblen, and Milton Quinn of Sisseton are planning a Native American Holocaust Monument.

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"This is what we want to leave behind," Bryan Williams said.

Though they are members of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Oyate, their monument would tell the stories of all the North American Indian tribes.

Indians faced a situation similar to the Holocaust that killed an estimated 6 million Jews during World War II, the men said in a written statement.

"We also had a holocaust on this continent that will never be forgotten by our people and needs to be immortalized in history," they said.

The monument might be located on the Lake Traverse Reservation, the men said. Other sites near Flandreau and Huron are being considered as well. There is no schedule or budget for the project as yet.

Laurs Williams said the idea for the memorial came in bits and pieces over the past 12 years.

The centerpiece would be a 20-story-tall woman holding a deceased toddler in her arms, symbolizing the thousands of children who have died since Christopher Columbus came to America, the men said.

The woman would be surrounded by structures facing the four directions of the compass. Each would be inscribed with the faces of great Indian leaders.

The plan also calls for a healing garden, where people can reflect on the monument and their own lives, said Quinn.

Part of Laurs Williams' vision calls for 38 scaffolds representing the mass hanging of 38 Indian men in Mankato, Minn., in 1862. A symbolic steel noose will hang from the scaffolds, Bryan Williams said.

He said the project will be designed to promote education and understanding of Indian culture and issues. The men are looking for ideas from all the North American Indian tribes, as well as from Indian artists and architects.

The three are trying to publicize their idea while they solicit grants and donations.

They also are in discussions with state officials about the project's potential effect on the economy and tourism, including the possibility of facilities at universities and airports, Bryan Williams said.