On the very top of our dome is The Guardian.
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| The Guardian...A close up. |
The Guardian is the creation of American Indian (Seminole-Creek)
painter and sculptor Enoch Kelly Haney. Born in Turkey Creek, near Seminole,
Oklahoma, on November 12, 1940, Haney graduated from Bacone College and the
University of Arizona. After being a Methodist pastor and youth ministry
director, he served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate from
1981 to 1986 and from 1987, respectively. He also served as a councilman of the
Seminole Nation.
The Guardian was added June 7, 2002
Here is what our Capitol use to look like (pre-dome).
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