Tuesday 14 September 2010

ABC Wednesday - I



I is for Indian Chief. This statue of Sitting Eagle (John Hunter) is in the city of Calgary.




click on the picture for more detail.




Thanks to Mrs Denise Nesbitt and her team who host ABC Wednesday. For more looks at the letter I, please click here.

18 comments:

Sylvia K said...

What an interesting post for the I Day! Great photos and enjoyed the information about him that you included! Hope your week is going well, Anne!

Sylvia

Maggie May said...

Hes lovely, isn't he?
Good bit of carving!
Maggie X

Nuts in May

Kay L. Davies said...

Interesting that a woman in the UK should post a picture of a statue in Calgary, Alberta. I've never seen this statue, so I enlarged the second picture in order to read about John Hunter. Then I saw someone had placed a feather on it. Probably a pigeon feather, or a gull feather, but nice.
"I" think it's a great choice for "I" day.
Kay
Alberta, Canada

photowannabe said...

Nice statue and the perfect word for the letter I.

SquirrelQueen said...

He sounds like a very interesting man who played an important part in the history of Alberta.

Cheryl said...

Nice nice nice I post. Perfect!

Gigi Ann said...

It was nice meeting Sitting Eagle today. Interesting post for I day.

Leslie: said...

I live amongst First Nations people and have even taught their children, but must admit I've never seen one in full regalia.

Tumblewords: said...

Very interesting! Terrific statue.

Hildred said...

Wonderful statue - such a lot of native history around Calgary, - and all through the prairies for that matter.

Cezar and Léia said...

Bonjour dear Anne
The indian sculpture is very impressive!Beautiful pictures!
hugs
Léia

Roger Owen Green said...

very interesting and IMPRESSIVE.
'doctor, lawyer, Indian chief'

ROG, ABC Wednesday team

mrsnesbitt said...

How interesting.We learn so much each week.

Denise
ABC Team

www.retiredandcrazy.com said...

The Indian Nation has so much heritage. Nice statue Anne.

Kero said...

oh what a fun post! it's just perfect!

my entry is here http://kcelebration.blogspot.com/2010/09/interior-of-vatican-museum.html

jabblog said...

Whoops! Where did that comment go?
As I was saying, it's a wonderful sculpture and the information is most interesting. He lived a good long life, too.

Jay said...

How interesting! I hadn't heard of Sitting Eagle. I love his statue. :)

ChrisJ said...

Beautiful statue and especially the granite encasing. What a very ordinary name for Sitting Eagle!