Five statues representing prominent Native people will be displayed at the new Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.

The statues are part of the National Statuary Hall, which is located in the main U.S. Capitol building. But 23 of the most recent additions to the collection will be moved to the new $621 million center, which opens later this year.

That means visitors will get to see New Mexico's statue of Po'pay, the leader of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680; Nevada's statue of Sarah Winnemucca, a 19th-century Paiute educator and activist; Wyoming's statue of Chief Washakie, who signed an 1868 treaty on behalf of the Shoshone people; North Dakota's statue of Sakakawea, the Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark; and Hawaii's statue of King Kamehameha I.

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