From Native American Times:
Tulsa has the opportunity to be the home of the largest freestanding bronze monument with an observation area. The proposed statue, called “The American,” depicts a young Native American warrior standing firm with the wind blowing his hair across his face. His right arm is raised as a bald eagle, with an 82-foot wingspan, lands on his forearm, while his left arm, relaxed at his side, catches a blanket falling from his shoulder. Visitors would ride an elevator to an observation area in the warrior’s head.
The statue would stand about 17½ stories tall, reaching a soaring 21 stories with its limestone-concrete base. Its $26 million price tag would be privately funded, but the project would require incentives and a site to build on.
Shan Gray, the artist, is part Osage. Gray hopes to secure a site by April 1 and to complete the monument before the 2007 state centennial celebration.
“The American” would be 25 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty without her base, and more than nine times the height of the statue at the Lincoln Memorial.