Two medicine men from the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma traveled to Wichita, Kansas, on Monday to hold a blessing ceremony for the 44-foot-tall Keeper of the Plains sculpture.

Truman Ware and Vernon "Cy" Ahtone blessed the statue before it was raised to a higher base. The sculpture now stands 30 feet higher.

Ware and Ahtone said they were honored to perform the ceremony, held at the Mid-America All-Indian Center.

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Kiowa bless city's restored Keeper (The Wichita Eagle 3/14)
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Relevant Links:
Mid-America All-Indian Center - http://www.theindiancenter.org