Frank Buffalo Hyde

• (b. 1974) Given name, Buffalo Hyde.
• Born in Santa Fe, NM but grew up mostly in central New York state on his mother’s Onondaga* reservation.
• Son of Nez Perce* sculptor, Doug Hyde.
• As a result of his father's exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam, Hyde was born without part of one arm and one leg.
• Dabbled with music and writing.
• Studied at the Santa Fe Art Institute and the Institute of American Indian Arts.
• Began exhibiting professionally at age 18; has shown nationally/internationally.
• Has been the artist-in-residence at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe - and at the University of Virginia’s Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection.

                                          *​See map below for locations

STILL CURIOUS? 

• ​His website @ https://frankbuffalohyde.com/home.html
• His life and work @ https://www.cowboysindians.com/2016/02/frank-buffalo-hyde/
• His work at the Fritz Gallery @  https://www.galleryfritz.com/artist/frank-buffalo-hyde

​HEAR ABOUT HYDE'S TAKE ON ACTIVISM THROUGH ART (he speaks until 10:04):

To the right is a very detailed map of tribal nations with their original, pre-contact names and locations. 

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