Dakota Elders Decide Not To Burn Sam Durant’s Controversial ‘Scaffold’ – They’ll Bury It Instead

The sculpture, which references the hanging of 38 men during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, was greeted with protests when it was installed at the Walker Art Center this summer and was quickly removed. Chief and spiritual leader Arvol Looking Horse dissuaded his fellows from following the original plan to burn the disassembled work.