River (The Water Serpent)

Cannupa Hanska Luger

Cultural affiliations: Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota

born 1979

River (The Water Serpent), 2016

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: video; two minutes 3 seconds

Accession number: EL2023.010

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Reading the World

This video by Cannupa Hanska Luger documents a performance at Oceti Sakowin Camp, a gathering of Indigenous peoples and allies protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. The mirror shields create a moving river or serpent-like formation and emphasize the water protectors’ resilience to surveillance planes flying overhead while reflecting their surveillance back to them.