 It was the last in Dallin's four-piece series, "The Epic of the Indian", which also includes "A Signal of Peace" (1890), "The Medicine Man" (1899), and "Protest of the Sioux" (1904).A statuette of "Appeal to the Great Spirit" is in the permanent collection of the White House and was exhibited in President Bill Clinton's Oval Office.A native of Utah, the young Dallin frequently interacted with Native American children, who gave him insights that he called upon while creating this and other works.