As Long as the Waters Flow

{{Short description|Sculpture in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.}}

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| artist = Allan Houser

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| city = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.

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As Long as the Waters Flow is a 1989 bronze sculpture by Allan Houser, installed outside the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.{{cite web|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!331745~!0#focus|title=As Long as the Waters Flow, (sculpture).|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=June 23, 2019|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002210838/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!331745~!0#focus|url-status=live}} The statue, which depicts a Native American woman, was dedicated in 1989.{{Cite web|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/4820988/oklahoma-history-center-presents-born-to-freedom-allan-houser-centennial/|title=Oklahoma History Center presents 'Born to Freedom: Allan Houser Centennial'|date=2014-05-04|website=Oklahoman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-23|archive-date=2019-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623235348/https://oklahoman.com/article/4820988/oklahoma-history-center-presents-born-to-freedom-allan-houser-centennial|url-status=live}}

File:As Long as the Waters Flow statue with Oklahoma Capitol building in background.JPG|The statue in 2006

File:Guardian OK state capitol.jpg|Enoch Kelly Haney's Guardian is on top of the dome, while Allan Houser's Guardian is in front of the Capitol

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