By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.
Native American statue's placement in Atlanta reconsidered
A statue depicting Chief Tomochichi, a Muscogee native who signed the 1733 Treaty of Savannah that launched the Georgia colony, pictured here on Dec. 20, 2021, in its temporary location outside Atlanta's Millennium Gate Museum. Plans for Atlanta's Peace P
A statue depicting Chief Tomochichi, a Muscogee native who signed the 1733 Treaty of Savannah that launched the Georgia colony, pictured here on Dec. 20, 2021, in its temporary location outside Atlanta's Millennium Gate Museum. Plans for Atlanta's Peace Park include installing the statue atop a 110-foot high pedestal where it would tower over statues of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders. - photo by Associated Press
ATLANTA — Atlanta's leaders are rethinking plans to install a statue representing a Native American man lauded as a "co-founder of Georgia" following a report on the project by The Associated Press.
Sign up for the Herald's free e-newsletter