Description: Created by/through: Long Plain Reserve

Artists: Jake GoertzenDescription: Commissioned in 2005 by Long Plain First Nation in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba the sculpture was installed in December 2007 at the site of the former Indian Residential School on Crescent Road. This sculpture is dedicated to all students of the Indian Residential Schools in Canada. This includes the Innuit and Metis peoples as well. The unveiling occurred shortly after the payments of compensation made to former students of these schools following the legal settlement with the Government of Canada.A mounted golden eagle was used to model the 400% over life-size sculpture. A half dozen dies were built for the longer tail feathers and the various sizes of feathers. Each one was fitted using a hydraulic shop press.The 2000 pound eagle was built onto a five foot high perch using a 16 inch diameter pipe which slipped over a 15 inch diameter pipe at the top of the tree. The tree weighed about 14,000 pounds.