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Maya Lin Designs Unveiled07-29-04 | News
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Maya Lin designs unveiled


Maya Lin, known for her 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial design in Washington, D.C., has created new landscape features to mark the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark's expedition. Here Lin visits a Native American site along the Columbia River. Photo: The Confluence Project.

Landscape concepts by Maya Lin will mark two sites along the Columbia River in Washington where the Lewis and Clark expedition passed almost two centuries ago. The features are planned to commemorate the expedition's 200th anniversary and will be installed in 2005 and 2006.

Lin is known for her Vietnam Veterans Memorial design in Washington, D.C.

The Washington-based Confluence Project is overseeing the plans, which will highlight the area's Native American presence in addition to telling the expedition's story.

For Sacajawea State Park near Pasco, Washington, Lin has designed a small amphitheater, or ?EUR??,,????'??gathering ring?EUR??,,????'?? that will serve as an open-air education area. A marker will list the tribes that have used the area as a fishing camp and will tell an American Indian story about salmon.

For Chief Timothy Park near Clarkston, Lin has created a ?EUR??,,????'??skybowl,?EUR??,,????'?? a natural amphitheater and gathering place that will tell the story of the Nez Perce, a local tribe that helped Louis and Clark on their voyage. Camas lilies will be planted inside the bowl to recall a journal entry in which the explorers remark that the plants look like lakes from a distance.

More information can be found at www.confluenceproject.org.

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