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Design

Numkena..
Dennis Numkena, renowned Hopi artist, military veteran and student at the former Phoenix Indian School, designed the memorial to capture the spirit of the eagle and to incorporate the four elements of creation spirituality: fire, water, earth and air. These elements of ceremony will allow the bringing of the warriors spirits home.

The memory of these veterans will be experienced within the Memorial and the grounds around it. One will be able to pay respect and to honor all American Indian Veterans.
 
 

After I got home, my uncles sat me down and had me tell them what it [the war] was all about. One of them had been in the service in World War II and knew what war was like. We talked about what went on over there, about killing and the waste, and one of my uncles said that God's laws are against war. They never talked about those kinds of things with me before.

--Cherokee Vietnam Veteran

 

 

 

  
   
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