Work by KU graduate Heap of Birds highlights historical tribes of region
LAWRENCE — Musician Ron Brave paid respects with drum and flute to ancestors who lived on the land that became Kansas for a ceremony Thursday marking the return to public display of artist Edgar Heap of Birds’ five panels recognizing tribes that resided in the region.
The five aluminum panels on the lawn of Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas depict the colonial name of the area called Kansas but spelled backw...