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For Duane Linklater, It’s a Buffalo’s World

The Omaskêko Cree artist ties the well-being of the animals to that of the Indigenous people with whom they have long lived symbiotically — not in nostalgic terms, but in futurist ones.

Aruna D’Souza

Aruna D’Souza

— 6 min read
For Duane Linklater, It’s a Buffalo’s World
Performance of “bison bison (dance_hum for dirtbath),” written and choreographed by Tanya Lukin Linklater as part of Duane Linklater: 12 + 2 at Dia Chelsea (all photos Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic, unless otherwise noted)