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May 06, 2008 08:14 pm
Sequoyah comes to Oologah
By Joy Hampton
CNHI News Service
— Native American artist Ed Rackleff of Claremore and welder John Baden of Oologah are working to finish a 12-year project honoring a Native American icon. Rackleff and Baden are nearing completion of a larger-than-life bronze statue of Chief Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. The finished statue will be unveiled May 17 at the Pocahontas Picnic at Will Rogers Ranch in Oologah.
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