Archives for June 2018

SPRING CONTEST WINNERS

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Congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated in our Spring 2018 Art Contest: FREEDOM!

 We award artists in three different age categories. Every student who submits, regardless of whether or not they win a prize, is entered into our Creators Club where they earn points throughout the year, each time they submit.

Congratulations to everyone who submitted!

Grand Prize: Emilee Hill, Age 12

First Place: Kim-Marie Tuttle, Age 9

First Place: Aurora White Thunder & Amanda Iron Cloud, Ages 14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Place: Emilee Swalley, Age 15

Honorable Mention: Melody Janis, Age 8

First Place: Kinsey Hill, Age 11

Honorable Mention: Summer Mill & Lalanni Janis, Ages 12

Honorable Mention: Malia White Eyes, Age 10

Honorable Mention: Eliza Brien, 12 years old

Honorable Mention: Cadyss Long Soldier, Age 9

Honorable Mention: Anpo Giago, Age 12

Honorable Mention: Autumn Chipps, Age 15/16

Honorable Mention: Anthony Rossy Long, Age 15

Merit Award: Aaliyah Giago, grade 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merit Award: Abigail Booth, 8th Grade

Merit Award: Apollo Richards, Age 10

Merit Award: Annette Red Owl, Age 12

Merit Award: Destiny Big Crow, Age 13

Merit Award: Einessa Aguilar, 7 years old

Merit Award: Jacob Left Hand, grade 8

Merit Award: Jessie White Face, Age 11

Merit Award: Jay Shaun Morrisette, Age 13

Merit Award: Kaylee Steele, Age 6

Merit Award: Rielly Poor Bear, Age 9

Merit Award: Maisena Kelly, Age12

Merit Award: Reaunna Janis, Age 9

Merit Award: Shia Sierra

Merit Award: Vivienne Gayton, age 7

Merit Award: Waziyata Thunder Hawk, Age 14

Sacred Hoop Runners Featured in “Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock!”

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Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock

We are excited to announce that Josh Fox, the Emmy-award winning director of Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock and Gasland, is joining with us in support of the Mitakuye Foundation and the 500 Mile Sacred Hoop Run!

Sacred Hoop Runner

In 2016 the Mitakuye Foundation sponsored a prayer run, led by spiritual leader Ricky Gray Grass, that brought kids from Pine Ridge to Standing Rock to stand in solidarity with the water protectors. The kids were honored with a horse and police escort into the camp, were greeted by the whole camp with a powerful drum circle and ceremony, and had a special meeting with the tribal president. (See blogpost here)

We filmed the prayer run as part of our upcoming feature Running On A Wing and a Prayer (watch a sneak peak of Running On A Wing And A Prayer here) and released a short video of the Standing Rock Run on You Tube (See the film: “Prayer Run to Standing Rock”).

Sacred Hoop Runners

Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock shares some of the footage of the Sacred Hoop Runners on their journey. This beautiful film tells the story of the #NODAPL movement and the water protectors at Standing Rock Reservation in the summer and fall of 2016. We are excited that our kids got to be a part of this important film!

We are very happy to have Josh and his team as partners! We appreciate his support of the 500 Mile Sacred Hoop Run and all of the programming we do at Mitakuye to empower and uplift Native youth. We look forward to expanding the ways we support each other in our mutual goals of empowering the youth and bringing attention to the ongoing political, environmental, and economic abuses that continue to take place in the Lakota homelands!

Awake: A Dream From Standing Rock

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