Anishinaabe Scout, statue in Canada

Anishinaabe Scout is a bronze figure of a kneeling Indigenous man, made by Hamilton MacCarthy in 1918. It was meant to kneel in a canoe at the base of the Samuel de Champlain monument on Nepean Point, but the canoe was never funded. It now sits in Major's Hill Park, a short distance from that monument.

The sculpture was begun in 1915 by Hamilton MacCarthy to honor Indigenous guides who helped Samuel de Champlain, and it stood at the base of the Champlain monument for over 75 years. After protests in the 1990s criticized its subordinate portrayal, it was renamed and relocated to achieve a more respectful representation.

The bronze figure is a kneeling "Indian" that Hamilton MacCarthy made in 1918, meant to kneel in a canoe that was never built for lack of funds. The Assembly of First Nations protested its subservient place at the base of Champlain's monument in the 1990s, and it was renamed Anishinaabe Scout and moved to Major's Hill Park.

The statue stands in Major's Hill Park, a short walk from the Champlain monument at Nepean Point across the road. Look for the kneeling bronze figure on its pedestal among the park paths, near the park's lookout over the Ottawa River and the Rideau Canal locks.

The kneeling figure was made in 1918 by Hamilton MacCarthy, who intended it to sit in a canoe, but group funding ran out before the canoe could be cast. Only the scout was placed on the pedestal of the Champlain monument at Nepean Point. It was renamed Anishinaabe Scout and moved to Major's Hill Park in the 1990s.