''Anishinaabe Scout'' is a statue in

Ottawa, Canada Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau ...

. It is located in

Major's Hill Park Major's Hill Park is a park in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. The park stands above the Rideau Canal at the point where it enters the Ottawa River. The parliament buildings can be seen across the canal to the west, to the north of the park is the Nat ...

, however it was originally part of a sculpture to

Samuel De Champlain Samuel de Champlain (; 13 August 1574#Fichier]For a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see #Ritch, RitchThe baptism act does not contain information about the age of Samuel, neither his birth date nor his place of birth. – 25 December ...

which resides across the road within Nepean Point park in Ottawa, Ontario. The Champlain sculpture was created by

Hamilton MacCarthy Hamilton Thomas Carlton Plantagenet MacCarthy (28 July 1846 – 24 October 1939) was one of the earliest masters of monumental bronze sculpture in Canada. He is known for his historical sculptures, in particular his Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons ...

and installed in 1915. In 1918, MacCarthy created a bronze sculpture of a kneeling “Indian,” originally envisioned to be seen kneeling in a canoe. Group funding of the sculpture however, ran out of money needed to fabricate the canoe and as a result only the "Indian Scout” was placed on the pedestal at the base of Champlain's monument. In the 1990s the Assembly of First Nations protested the subservient placement of the ''Indian Scout'' in relation to Samuel de Champlain, and successfully lobbied for it to be removed from the monument. The “Indian” sculpture was renamed ''Anishinabe Scout'' and now sits in Major's Hill Park, a short distance away from its original home.

Gallery

File:Champlain statue with archer.jpg, Original photo of Champlain Statue with ''Anishinaabe Scout'' File:Anishinabe Scout - 06.jpg, ''Anishinaabe Scout'' from rear, with the

Parliament Hill Parliament Hill (), colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. It accommodates a suite of Gothic revival buildings whose ...

in the background File:Anishinabe Scout - 04.jpg, Plaque accompanying ''Anishinaabe Scout'' File:Anishinabe Scout - 03.jpg, ''Anishinaabe Scout'' in Major's Hill Park

References

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