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.

Acknowledging Indigenous survivance is a start, but there's a critical need to turn recognition into tangible action.

Aruna D’Souza is the author of Whitewalling: Art, Race & Protest in 3 Acts and Imperfect Solidarities, editor of Linda ...