Unca Sam, sculpted of marble in 1935, by Millard Malin.
(1980.47 State of Utah Fine Art Collection)

Unca Sam (c.1832-1938) was a member of the White River Ute tribe. He was a hunter and a fur trader. After the 1879 Meeker Massacre, his tribe was banished from Colorado in 1881 and moved to Utah. Thereafter, Unca Sam was a member of a peace mission sent to Washington, D.C. to negotiate with the Federal Government. This effort won a $1,000,000 lawsuit-the only Native American to ever win such a suit. After this victory, Unca Sam returned to the Uintah-Ouray reservation, leading a quiet, peaceful, and long life. He died on the reservation in 1938 at over one hundred years of age.

The Sculptor
Millard F. Malin (1891-1974) was an American sculptor born and raised in Salt Lake City. He studied at the University of Utah and the National Academy of Design in New York before returning to Salt Lake City and establishing a studio. He worked with architect Edward Anderson on the Sugar House Pioneer Monument, on the Angel Moroni sculpture at the Los Angeles Temple, and other works for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Located in the the Utah State Capitol Building, and mentioned on the page for the Capitol Murals.