This beautiful piece is a full-sized limited edition color print of Charles Banks Wilson's 1995 painting "Freedom's Warrior". It was commissioned by David W. Hearn, Jr., and is currently on loan to the Clifton Steamboat Museum in Beaumont, Texas. The painting was loaned to the museum to highlight the collection of Mr. Wilson's work, as well as to provide emphasis of the museum's overall theme Heroes: Past, Present, and Future. The painting commemorates the history of Native American involvement in the U.S. armed forces, and their contributions to our country in times of war or peace.

There were so many Native Americans in the 108th Army Infantry division that the unit's motto was in Choctaw: "Tanap nanaiya kia alhtaiyaha, which means "Ready in Peace or War." The painting depicts a Native American soldier in World War II battle dress carrying the United States' flag and is flanked by eight famous Indian chiefs. From left to right: Geronimo (Chiricahua Apache), Tecumseh (Shawnee), Sitting Bull (Teton Sioux), Chief Joseph (Nez Perce), Powhattan (Algonquin), Black Hawk (Sauk), Pontiac (Ottawa), and Osceola (Seminole).

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Plaka, Inc., is proud to offer this limited edition print of "Freedom's Warrior" by Charles Banks Wilson. The actual dimensions are 21 ¾    inches wide by 15 7/8 inches tall. These prints were appraised February 2003 by Lowell Collins - Houston at $300.00 each.

A limited edition print is an original painting limited to a predetermined print quantity. The edition is often signed by the artist and individual prints are then numbered. The numbers indicate the individual print in the edition. For example, 5/3000 is the 5th print in a series of 3000 prints. Freedom's Warrior is a numbered limited edition print.