2016, winner of the CIBC Aboriginal Art Award

 

Buffalo were roaming Turtle Island by the millions. They were a prominent source to Indigenous way of life, using every part of the buffalo for food, clothing and shelter. 

 

During the height of colonialism settlers murdered buffalo as a mass genocide and cutting off Indigenous food source. 

 

Finding an old photograph at the Banff Trading Post I traveled to the old Buffalo Paddock to find the exact location where this photo was taken. Being in the spot where a buffalo once was, I was haunted by where I was standing.  The paddock was described as a zoo where tourists can come and look at buffalo from their car. From stories from my grandfather, people tormented the buffalo. Buffalo were trapped and no longer can move freely.

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How can buffalo trespass when they have no concept of owned land?

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