A collaborative effort with members of Haskell Indian Nations University to mark the observance of the 500th year of Columbus' arrival to the Americas.

With many Indian people protesting the celebration, Haskell leaders Bob Martin, Dan Wildcat and Leslie Evans worked with the artist and students in an effort to make a positive contribution to the observance.

"The challenge of the quincentennial year was not about the past but about our willingness to change the future. The creation of the Earthwork Medicine Wheel at Haskell is offered as a native gift to all peoples of this planet and a symbol of what peoples of the world must now learn."
Dan Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations, October 1992

Utilizing stone from the original campus buildings the mown design created by Haskell instructor Evans (Laguna, Pottowattami) and students was installed under the direction of Herd. The earthwork has become the site for ceremonial and other activities along with providing a place for quiet reflection for students and the community at large.

The work has become a central element in the dispute between Haskell and its fight to stop a Bypass highway from encroachment on its sacred ground.

"The earthwork is a combination of traditional symbols of aboriginal cultures indiginous to the America's. The circle was to symbolize a medicine wheel, a contemporay art piece with overtones of a sacred space."
Leslie Evans, Haskell instructor, October 1992