WHITECLAY — Within concrete walls that once housed a beer store that fueled alcoholism and death among residents of the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, renowned Native artist Evans Flammond Sr. deftly draws lines on a huge buffalo hide.

Native American artist Evans Flammond Sr. at work in the Whiteclay Makerspace applies paint to a buffalo robe that will eventually contain an elaborate encampment scene. Flammond is an established…