Leech Lake Ojibwe spiritual leader Larry Aitken speaking at the dedication ceremony for the third statue of Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also known as Chief Bemidji), July 6, 2015. Photograph by Michael Meuers for The Circle, July 2015. Used with the permission of The Circle.

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.

Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also called Chief Bemidji), seated, with his family, about 1900. He is holding his Diamond Oak cane and opwaagan (sacred pipe).

Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also called Chief Bemidji), about 1900. Photograph by Niels Larsson Hakkerup.

Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also called Chief Bemidji), about 1895.

Shawynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also called Chief Bemidji) with his Diamond Willow cane, about 1900.

Shaynowishkung (He Who Rattles, also called Chief Bemidji), about 1900.