2017 was a busy year at Mitakuye!
We gave out hundreds of prizes and awards for our Monthly Art Contests and Creators Club.
Grand Prize Winner Joey Hill, Age 12
Grand Prize Winner Baylie Her Many Horses, Age 15
Grand Prize Winner Morgan Nava Age 17
We sponsored the 500 mile Sacred Hoop Run with over 130 runners
Photo Credit Simon J Joseph
Photo Credit Simon J Joseph
Photo Credit Simon J Joseph
The Hoye Wayelo Arts Intensives brought teachers from all over the globe to work with young Lakota Artists in the fields of Dance, Music, Visual Arts, Filmmaking, and Traditional Arts:
Check out the 2017 Summer Films here:
Lakota Lady Warriors: https://vimeo.com/242417125
The Institution: https://vimeo.com/242418054
We sponsored the Thunder Lake Boxing Club for Boys and Girls in events all over the region:
Thunder Lake Boxers prepare for the Buckskin Gloves Invitational in Ft Hall
Darren NoDAPL Cross
Nyah Sierra
We launched our LIFELINE posters – designed by winners of the poster contest.
Mitakuye LIFELINE Poster designed by Breianna High Wolf Age 10
Mitakuye LIFELIBNE Poster designed by Jordan Cortier Age 17
Showing the final print to Breiana High Wolf – one of the two winning artists that designed the posters
We did a Spring School Tour in schools across the reservation. We brought art opportunities, handed out prizes for our Art Contest Winners and Creators Club participants, and shared posters and information for the LIFELINE and other suicide prevention programs run by the BEARS.
We brought prom dresses and make up for kids going to prom!
We worked with the BEAR program to help get Pine Ridge Youth to the Unity Conference in Arizona:
Brian Sherman, one of the young people we mentor, was selected as a 2017 Running Strong For American Indian Youth DreanStarter! We helped Brian apply for the grant and developed a training program and curriculum for him to realize his goals of bringing dance to the Pine Ridge Reservation. We brought Brian to Los Angeles in June to train at studios all over Los Angeles and to receive his Zumba Certification so he can teach not only on the reservation but any where across the world.
Tor Campbell at Neighborhood Dance Studio
Swing Brazil at Electric Lodge in Venice
And we are not done yet! Our New Year’s Safe Events for all ages will run from 6pm 12/31 to 6 am 1/1/18.
New Years Eve Safe Event 2017
2018 is shaping up to be even more exciting! Thank you for all you do to help support these young people. Don’t forget to make your Year End Donations here: https://mitakuyefoundation.com/donate/
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