Indigenous Star Knowledge
The first American sky.
For centuries, Native American star knowledge has guided Indigenous everyday life.
The idea
More unites us
than divides us.
Not a hope. A fact worth remembering.
The vision
Never built.
Until now.
America has memorials to its presidents, its wars, its causes and its communities. It has never built one to all Americans.
A new kind of national memorial: one record of the whole American story, kept alive as history happens.
Our mission
To bring connection, healing, pride and unity to the United States of America through a national memorial.
E Pluribus Unum: “Out of many, one.” The motto of the Great Seal is the idea this memorial is built on: many peoples, one nation.
1782The year the Continental Congress adopted the Great Seal
13Colonies that joined as one nation: the many that became one
13Letters in E Pluribus Unum: thirteen, like the colonies
01 · Origins & Site
1963. $150.
Jim Weinel, a military veteran, and his wife Sharon turned $150 into Gemini, a world leader in signs and cast-bronze monuments. In the mid-1990s Jim had an idea: honor two presidents from opposite parties, side by side.
Roosevelt and Reagan.
Their seed idea has grown into a memorial to all Americans. Groundbreaking is planned for 2027, as America marks its 250th.
Explore Origins & Site02 · American Leadership Center
Stand among them.
Monumental bronzes of famous leaders and unsung heroes, and conversations with figures from history, brought to life by AI.
Indoors and out, with a stage for living history
Explore American Leadership Center03 · Ethnic Immigration & Cultural Center
Every story that made us.
Every arrival and every cost, told in full: from Ellis Island, walked in virtual reality, to the hard chapters too often left untold.
Truth first. Then healing. Then unity.
Explore Ethnic Immigration & Cultural Center04 · Center for Innovation & Technology
Ideas that built America.
The native-born and the newcomer, side by side: from Henry Ford’s moving assembly line to Lue Gim Gong’s frost-resistant orange.
Told through bronze busts, touch screens and AI kiosks
Explore Center for Innovation & Technology05 · A Living Memorial
Bronze endures. Light renews.
A roll call of Americans in projected light, renewed through the year: veterans in November, inventors in spring, then Indigenous nations, pioneers and first responders.
A new American honored on the outdoor wall every week
Explore A Living Memorial06 · Indigenous Star Knowledge Planetarium
The first American sky.
For centuries, Native American star knowledge has guided Indigenous life. The planetarium honors it, and the Indigenous explorers who carried it into space.
Designed in close consultation with Indigenous cultural advisors
Explore Indigenous Star Knowledge Planetarium
I · Constellations
Lines drawn between the stars.
Indigenous constellations, spiritual beliefs, navigation and cosmology: star knowledge passed down through generations.
II · Stories
Every figure holds a story.
Through shared stories, visitors learn how Indigenous peoples viewed the heavens, and the teachings carried across many generations.
III · Guidance
A sky to live by.
Spiritual beliefs, navigational practices and cosmological teachings, read in the same sky we see tonight.
IV · The dome
The sky, set in the dome.
A planetarium that preserves and passes forward generational wisdom, designed in close consultation with Indigenous cultural advisors.
The Hall of Explorers
From the stars to space.
Beyond the dome, the Hall of Explorers celebrates Indigenous Americans in aviation and space.
“Your life’s work is going to be landing men on the Moon.”
Jerry Elliott High Eagle, Osage and CherokeeHis mother’s answer: “Keep the vision. Keep the dream!”
- 2002
Commander John Herrington, USN
Chickasaw Nation
The first Native American in space, aboard Endeavour.
- 2022
Colonel Nicole Aunapu Mann, USMC
Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes
The first Native American woman in space, on SpaceX Crew-5.
- WASP
Millie Rexroat
Oglala Lakota
WASP pilot.
- Rockets
Mary Golda Ross
Cherokee
Rocket engineer.
- Apollo 13
Jerry Elliott High Eagle
Osage and Cherokee
Honored for his part in Apollo 13.
Lakota prayerMitakuye Oyasinwe are all related
07 · Outdoor Amphitheater
Under open skies.
Orchestras, speakers, veterans and reenactments, spring through fall, with the landscape as the backdrop.
Concerts on Independence Day, tributes on Memorial Day and Veterans Day
Explore Outdoor Amphitheater
08 · After the Visit
It follows you home.
An online archive of histories, documents and films, with AI as your guide. Ask a question or share an image to find answers and original sources.
Explore After the Visit“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”
Maya Angelou
09 · Support the memorial
Build what outlasts us.
Privately funded, independent of politics and built to endure. Founding patrons are named in perpetuity.
Groundbreaking planned for 2027, as America marks its 250th
American Unity National MemorialA Living Memorial for the United States of AmericaThe book
The whole story, in one book.
Every center, every story and the full plan, told in depth. The website shows the key points; the book holds the rest.
The invitation
Let’s build one together.
We have never had a memorial built to all Americans.