"Among the Spirits of the Long Ago People" by Howard Terpning
Petroglyphic carvings and paintings on the rock formation
indicate that the visitors are in a spiritual place, blessed by the
long-ago people. Numerous locations like this exist throughout Montana
and Wyoming, always high on a mountain, close to the Great Spirit, with a
spectacular view of Mother Earth.
For centuries, Indian people have made the difficult journey to
these sacred places to give thanks for their blessings and to pray for
success in hunting and in battle. Today, they continue to visit these
sacred places as their forebears did, leaving small pieces of trade
cloth and handmade objects decorated with beads or feathers as gifts for
the gods.
Unveiled at the Masters of the American West in February, it won
the Thomas Moran Memorial Award for Painting and sold for $900,100.
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