AMERICAN BORN FRASER (1876-1953) GREW UP IN MICHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA AND BEFRIENDED MANY OF THE PLAINS NATIVES. THE IMPRINT OF THEIR "DOOMED FATE" INFLUENCED THE FINAL RENDITION OF THIS PIECE. HE CHOSE TO PORTRAY THE IMAGE OF A PROUD AND SPIRITUAL PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE NEXT CENTURY...NOT TO SAY AN OVERWHELMING OF EUROPEAN INFLUENCE ON THEIR WAY OF LIFE...NEVER TO BE EXPERIENCED AGAIN. THE BOWED HEAD AND BODY, INDICATION OF A 'CLIFF'S EDGE' AND A STRONG WIND WHISKING BEHIND THE FIGURE AND HIS HORSE TRANSMIT THE MESSAGE WITHOUT A SINGLE WORD.