Inspired by the film and comic book “Cowboys & Aliens” Cowboys Invaded (2020) explores an alternative outcome of the invasion that leads to an alien occupation of the Wild West. Using non-pc Cowboy and Indian figures in an expanded world constructed using recycled cardboard and other craft materials. Placing the White settlers and Native Americans alike into an Alien occupation that they either become collaborators or resistance members fighting against the unwanted, more powerful race. The concept of Manifest Destiny is now lost to a new Invader that is more sophisticated than both human nations of 19th century America