General Philip Henry Sheridan’s legacy is one of brutal violence and genocide against the indigenous peoples. The Chicago monument immortalizes him in an heroic pose, however the painful truth is that his brutal actions were part of a larger campaign to control Native American tribes by eliminating their primary food source.
The campaign led to the near extinction of the buffalo population, with estimates suggesting that over 60 million buffalo roamed the Great Plains before the slaughter.
The proposed intervention presents 300 3D printed buffalo skulls, each one representing 200,000 slaughtered buffalo, collectively it represents the decimation of the 60 million.
