Wood from artist Sam Durant’s controversial piece Scaffold will be buried, according to the ruling of Dakota elders committee. “The wood has a spiritual nature that is inherent to itself in Lakota Dakota tradition,” says Ronald P. Leith, a member of the Dakota elders committee. “Of the four elements — fire, water, air, earth — you cannot use any of the elements in a disparaging fashion without putting yourself in a position of being disrespectful. To use fire to burn this wood that has a negative stigma attached to it — that is not allowed.”
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