Indian Hunter, Bronze sculpture in Central Park, US

Indian Hunter is a bronze sculpture in Central Park depicting a young Indigenous hunter standing with his hunting dog at his side. The figure rises about 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall and rests on a polished Rockport granite base.

John Quincy Adams Ward's bronze was cast in 1866 at L.A. Amouroux in New York for $10,000, shown at the Paris Exposition of 1867, then given to the city. It was unveiled on February 4, 1869, making it the first sculpture by an American artist in Central Park, then only 11 years old.

The bronze was cast in 1866 at L.A. Amouroux in New York for $10,000 and shown at the Paris Exposition in 1867 before being presented to the city. Ward's larger-than-life hunter and dog made it the first sculpture by an American artist in Central Park, then only 11 years old.

The bronze stands on a polished Rockport granite plinth measuring 10 ft (3 m) wide and 5 ft (1.5 m) deep, with the figure rising 6 ft 3 in (1.9 m) above it. Visitors walking the Central Park paths pass it at ground level, so the whole monument can be seen without climbing or entering any building.

Ward based this work on direct observation of Indigenous peoples and their practices during fieldwork in the Dakota Territory. His firsthand research gave the sculpture an authenticity that was uncommon for artistic works of this period.