Kindred Spirits
Sculpture created in 2015Wikipedia
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Oct 1, 2026
Shawn ParellNARRATOR
Their shape carries the invisible weight of famine, but also something more receptive and circular, like palms in open prayer.
Shawn ParellNARRATOR
The sculpture is called Kindred Spirits.
Shawn ParellNARRATOR
It honors the Choctaw Nation's gift to Ireland during the Great Famine of 1847.
Shawn ParellNARRATOR
Only fifteen years after the Trail of Tears, when starvation, disease, and death plagued the Choctaw as they marched from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States.