dedicated As Long as the Waters Flow, a monumental bronze commissioned for the Oklahoma State Capitol building in Oklahoma City. In 1991, he presented a casting of a bronze Sacred Rain Arrow to the Smithsonian Institution. In the dedication before the US Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, he dedicated the work to the American Indian. And in 1992, he became the first Native American to receive the National Medal of Arts, awarded at a ceremony at the White House by President George H. W. Bush. In 1993, Houser was honored by the dedication of the Allan Houser Art Park at the Institute of American Indian Arts, and in 1994, he returned to Washington, DC for the last time to present the United States government with the sculpture, May We Have Peace, a gift, he said, "To the people of the United States from the First Peoples." The gift was accepted by First Lady Hillary Clinton for installation at the Vice President's residence. Drawings Houser's primary skill as a draftsman is evident in the astounding volume of drawn work that was left behind in the Allan Houser Archive, located at the Houser family compound and sculpture garden in southern Santa Fe County, New Mexico. With over 6,000 images left behind, one can trace the remarkable output and varied subjects of an artist who began all of his creations, including paintings and sculptures, with the act of hand to paper. Sculptures While Houser's early career was marked by his drawings and paintings, it was for sculpture that he eventually became a world-renowned artist. Beginning in 1940 with simple wood carvings, Houser created his first monumental work in stone in 1949, the iconic piece Comrades in Mourning at the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. But it would be quite some time before he had the time and resources to produce the remarkable bronzes shown here. Collections Allan Houser's work can be found in collections all over the world. Below is a select list. Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque International Sunport, New Mexico Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming British Royal Collection, London, England Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona Institute