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Burlington, Vermont: Toth Indian: Chief Gray Lock (Gone)

Forty-seventh "Whispering Giant" Native American statues, carved by sculptor Peter Wolf Toth in the early 1980s. Removed on July 24, 2025, because it was in danger of falling down.

Battery Park

Directions:
Battery Park, at Park St. and Sherman St.
Status:
Gone

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Toth Indian - Chief Grey Lock

Forty-seventh of fifty "Whispering Giant" statues by sculptor Peter Wolf Toth, who created such a statue in each state to heighten the nation's appreciation for its Native-American citizens.

Sculpted from a single red oak tree, on a base of native red sandstone. Dedicated July 22, 1984, in Burlington's Battery Park.

[Matt Wills, 09/11/2009]

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