End of the Trail
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End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| End of the Trail (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum) | 4 | 0 |
| End of the Trail (Waupun) | 4 | 0 |
| Indian on a Horse | 0 | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bronze sculpture
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equestrian statue → indoor sculpture → outdoor sculpture → outdoor sculpture → |
| artist | James Earle Fraser NERFINISHED → |
| artisticTheme |
heroic defeat
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melancholy → tragedy of Native American history → |
| copyrightStatus | public domain in the United States → |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America → |
| creator | James Earle Fraser NERFINISHED → |
| dateCreated | 1915 → |
| depicts |
displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States
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exhausted horse → suffering of Indigenous peoples in the United States → weary Native American warrior → |
| genre | Western art → |
| hasCulturalImpact |
iconic image of the American West
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widely reproduced in prints and souvenirs → |
| hasPart |
drooping horse
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mounted warrior → |
| hasVersion |
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
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surface form:
End of the Trail (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum)
End of the Trail (Waupun) → |
| inception | 1915 → |
| influencedBy |
United States–Native American wars
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surface form:
Indian Wars
U.S. westward expansion → |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English → |
| location |
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
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Waupun, Wisconsin → |
| locationCity | Oklahoma City NERFINISHED → |
| locationCountry | United States of America NERFINISHED → |
| materialUsed |
bronze
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bronze → |
| movement | American Western sculpture → |
| notableWorkOf | James Earle Fraser NERFINISHED → |
| originalExhibitionLocation | San Francisco, California NERFINISHED → |
| originallyExhibitedAt | Panama–Pacific International Exposition NERFINISHED → |
| originalMaterial | plaster → |
| subject |
Native American man
→
horse → |
| symbolizes |
end of the frontier
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exhaustion and defeat → forced migration of Native Americans → loss of Indigenous homelands → |
| title | End of the Trail self-link → |
| unveiled | 1929 → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Indian on a Horse