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California unveils Native American monument at Capitol, replacing missionary statue toppled in 2020 (The Tribune)

An eight-foot-tall bronze statue of a late Native American leader known for preserving cultural dances now stands surrounded by trees in a historic park outside of California's state Capitol building, replacing a statue of a Spanish missionary that protesters toppled it in 2020.

 

New statue at Capitol Park replaces painful reminder for California Native Americans | Opinion Read (The Sacramento Bee)

Today, Sacramento’s Capitol Park will add a new historic monument to those now honoring California’s fallen heroes, including veterans, firefighters and peace officers. The new monument will honor local Northern California tribes on whose lands the Capitol now resides. They were heroes who lost much but proved their courage and resiliency many times over.