Removal of the second statue of Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also known as Chief Bemidji), originally installed in Bemidji in 1952. Photograph by the Bemidji Pioneer, 2014. Used with the permission of the Bemidji Pioneer.

The second Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also known as Chief Bemidji) statue, erected in Bemidji in 1952. Photograph by Anne Hantz, 2014.

Color postcard with an image of the first statue of Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also called Chief Bemidji) in Bemidji, ca. 1950.

The first statue of Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also called Chief Bemidji) in Bemidji, ca. 1930.

Statue of Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also called Chief Bemidji). Photograph by Peter DeCarlo, 2019. Used with the permission of Peter DeCarlo.

The Leif Erikson memorial on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, ca. 1950.

View of the Leif Erikson memorial and crowd in attendance for its dedication ceremony in St. Paul on October 9, 1949. Photograph by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

A speaker addresses the crowd during the dedication ceremony of the Leif Erikson memorial on the Minnesota State Capitol grounds in St. Paul, October 9, 1949. Photograph by the Minneapolis Star-Journal.

The Leif Erikson memorial during its dedication ceremony in St. Paul on October 9, 1949. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press.