Adrian Stimson – Interdisciplinary artist and member of Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation

Four metal statues form a group under the metal framework of a teepee's frame, residential apartment towers and trees indicate an urban setting. The statues, from left to right, a small Indigenous child in traditional dress and braids holds the hand of a woman dressed similarly also with braids; European man in colonial dress exchanging blanket handed to him from Indigenous man in mix of colonial and traditional native dress, his hair in braids.

Public Art & Installations

Buffalo Boy at Burning Man (2004)

Structure made of wooden stakes holding up a bison hide in shape of person in a blanket in front of wall with projection of archival image of residential school

Old Sun (2008)

Afghanistan Canadian Forces Artist Program (2010)

Group of statues on metal carts, from left to right, small Indigenous girl holding women with braids and traditional dress holding her hand and two men, European and Indigenous exchanging blanket. European man is in colonial style suit and Indigenous man in mix of colonial with traditional native elements and with braided hair.

The Spirit of Alliance (2014)

Trench (2017)

Buffalo Bull Boat (2018)

Collection of multiple metal figures of animals, people and structures arranged on a wall in a circular fashion

Calgary & Alberta Past, Present, Future Count (2019)

Iini Bison Heart (2020)

Collection of sketched outlines of prairie animals, from left to right pronghorn, swift fox, beaver, coyote, badger and prairie dogs in the centre

Kawa’pomahkaiks | Animals That Roam The Prairie (2020)

Bison Paintings (2021)