Edgar Heap of Birds

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (1954–), a southern Cheyenne and Arapaho artist whose practice has focused on inspiring Indigenous resistance and cultural resurgence throughout Turtle Island, while drawing attention to ongoing colonial violence. Heap of Birds participated in the Cedar Table series panel discussions, which were held between September 2004 and February 2005 and organized by SFU students in response to the installation of the Charles Comfort mural. In 2018, he received his honourary doctorate from the California Institute of the Arts before beginning his tenure as a professor of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma.