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'The Warrior's Circle Of Honor' Artist Chosen By The Smithsonian's National Museum Of The American Indian

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian announced the winning design for a new, national Native American Veterans Memorial.

The artist chosen to build “The Warrior’s Circle of Honor” is a man named Harvey Pratt, a self-taught artist, Vietnam veteran and of Cheyenne/Arapaho heritage. His monument is meant to represent Native veterans of war from 650 individual tribes.

KJZZ’s Paige Phelps asked him to describe his design.

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Paige Phelps was a senior producer for KJZZ's The Show from 2017 to 2019.