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Chief Little Owl’s Resilient Legacy | Dover News
Bethany Beach’s towering Chief Little Owl, a 24-foot red cedar sculpture carved in 2002 by Peter Wolf Toth, stands as a resilient tribute to Delaware’s Nanticoke tribe and founder Charles Cullen Clark. Originally conceived as part of Toth’s ambitious “Trail of the Whispering Giants” project—intended to honor Native heritage across every U.S. state and beyond—the statue has weathered three incarnations since its 1976 debut, surviving termites, decay, and even rejection by Rehoboth Beach officials. Crafted from an Alaskan log, this third version is built to last 50–150 years, embodying both…
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