Overview

• During her Paris stop on June 29, Beyoncé wore a t-shirt depicting Buffalo Soldiers, the lack UU.S. Army regiments active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Indigenous influencers, artists and academics criticized the garment for presenting a sanitized narrative of the soldiers’ campaigns against Native American tribes.
• The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston has expanded its displays to address the regiments’ contested role in conflicts with indigenous peoples and Mexican revolutionaries.
• Cale Carter, the museum’s exhibitions director, questioned the accuracy of legends around the troops’ “Buffalo Soldiers” nickname and called for more nuanced storytelling.
• Beyoncé has not publicly responded as online debates over historical accountability and cultural sensitivity continue.