09/15/2022
A little backstory to the statue in Pioneers Park.
On this day in 1935, the "Smoke Signal" statue in Lincoln's Pioneers Park was dedicated. Sculpted of bronze-colored cast iron by Ellis Luis Burman and funded by the Works Progress Administration Program, the 15-foot 5-ton sculpture depicts a Native American man directing the smoke of a fire to create a smoke signal.
Dedicated to all Nebraska Native American tribes, the dedication ceremony was attended by over 100 tribal members from the Omaha, Ponca, Sioux, and Winnebago tribes.
To learn more about Burman's work in Lincoln: https://history.nebraska.gov/blog/sculptor-beautified-nebraskas-capital
