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September Winners: WATER
Winners from our September Art Contest. This month’s theme was WATER. This has been a very important topic on many fronts and the young artists had many ways to interpret the theme. Congratulations to all of the winners!
Prayer Run To Standing Rock Video
Check out the inspirational young Sacred Hoop Runners as they run into the Oceti Sakowin Water Protectors Camp at Standing Rock!
Check out our photos from the run here:
October Art Contest: UNITY
Back From Standing Rock
Sharing some images from our powerful weekend with the Pine Ridge youth who ran with prayers to join the water protectors in Standing Rock.
The kids ran hard with their prayers for two days from Pine Ridge to the Protectors Camp at Standing Rock! We were hosted by Cheyenne River Tribal council, given tribal police escort through Standing Rock and were honored by a procession into camp by the Horse Riders. The whole camp went crazy as the runners and Horse Riders did the last mile into camp. People along the road all the way down cheered the runners on, Akisha-ing, LiLiLi-ing, honking horns… the drums were pounding an honoring song and the whole camp made their way over to circle up and shake the runners hands. To witness these young people receiving all of that love and support was an awe inspiring experience!
It is impossible to capture how massive the camp is and how powerful the experience is of all of these tribes and people coming together in unity to stand up for the water and the earth. This is history in the making and these young people are a vital part of that. A beautiful and empowering experience for all. Wopila to all who helped make this happen!! We are already planning another trip to bring more youth. Stay tuned for the announcements!
Beautiful photography by Simon J. Joseph. More images and video coming soon.
Prayer Run To Oceti Sakowin Water Protectors Camp at Standing Rock!
Mitakuye is excited to be sponsoring this prayer run from Pine Ridge to Standing Rock! The youth will run from the center of Pine Ridge reservation to Eagle Butte then on to Standing Rock and will finish at the Oceti Sakowin Camp where they will camp out and join with water protectors from tribes around the globe! We will have cameras for the youth to document their experiences and will help them edit together a short film in our fall workshop!
We will be running with special prayers for our beloved friend Tabria Red Cloud who just made her journey.
Come pray and run and be a part of this historical gathering. Runners please contact Rick Gray Grass Ricky Sage at the number listed on the flyer for details. Donations can be sent via https://mitakuyefoundation.com/donations/ (please note “Standing Rock Prayer Run”)
And big thanks to Lo Sprague and Meera LeVine for being instrumental in helping to make this happen!
MITAKUPI is now MITAKUYE!!!
We are changing our name to MITAKUYE!
We will be shifting over our paperwork to the new spelling over the next few months but are happy to let everyone know that we are now officially The Mitakuye Foundation!
Honoring Tabria
All of us here at Mitakupi are feeling heartbreak today as one of our students Tabria L. Red Cloud makes her journey. What a beautiful spirit! Always a smile on her face. Always ready to jump in and be of help. Always ready to try something new. We hold Tabria and her family and all of her BEAR family in our thoughts and prayers.
August Winners: POWER
Congratulations to all of our winners!!