 A grand opening occurred January 28, 2008,

A one-third-size plaster version of sculptor Cyrus Dallin's "Appeal to the Great Spirit" was donated to Tulsa Central High School in 1923.It stood in the school's main hall until 1976, when Central closed its doors.The "Appeal to the Great Spirit" was moved to the new Central High School on West Edison, and sits in the hall of the east entrance to the school.> That plaster sculpture was used to cast a bronze version, which was installed in Woodward Park in 1985.