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Hoye Wayelo Summer Arts Academy #3 : Final Exhibition and Performance

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The 2017 Hoye Wayelo Summer Arts Academy is a wrap! Our final exhibition and performance kicked off on Saturday July 1st with an ArtWalk through the gallery full of visual art, traditional art, and writing that the students created.
The drum group started off the performance with a call to the drum…
Dance students performed a piece of choreography from one of the teachers and debuted their own original work …
Film students debuted the two short films they created during the workshop and showed footage from the class assignments they have been working on. When they weren’t showing their work they were busy filming the event!
Students and Audience members all  joined in for a final dance performance and follow along dance piece …
Everyone joined in for a final community round dance, honoring song, hand shake and feast ….

SACRED HOOP 500 MILE RUN 2017

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Thank you everyone who supported the 500 Mile Sacred Hoop Run 2017! The young people ran hard with their prayers.  It was a beautiful and sacred event and the final run up to Bear Butte was awesome!

Photo Credit Simon J Joseph

Photo Credit Simon J Joseph

Photo Credit Simon J Joseph

Photo Credit Simon J Joseph

Photo Credit Simon J Joseph

Photo Credit Simon J Joseph

Photo Credit Simon J Joseph

Photo Credit Simon J Joseph

MAY CONTEST WINNERS : DANCE

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Congratulations to all of the artists who submitted! Winners for the May contest DANCE are:

Grand Prize Winner Baylie Her Many Horses, Age 15

1st Place Winner Aurora Marshall Age 12

1st Place Winner Frankie Medicine Age 11

1st Place Winner Tia Shott Age 11

1st Place Winner Briley Ferguson Age 10

Honorable Mention Winner Eliza Brien Age 11

Honorable Mention Winner Aliyah Briseno Age 12

Honorable Mention Winner Koriann Bores A Hole Age 10

Honorable Mention Winner Leilani McLaughlin Age 10

Merit Award Winner Ivana Romero Age 10

Merit Award Winner Justin Vasquez Age 12

Merit Award Winner Daelen LeBeaux Age 10

Merit Award Winner Arlene Palmier Age 10

Merit Award Winner Jodene HUnter Age 10

 

DreamStarter Dance Training In Los Angeles

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What a week! We brought our young mentee Brian Sherman to Los Angeles for a week of dance training and to get his Zumba Certification. This is a program we created for him as a winner of the 2017 Running Strong For American Indian Youth DreamStarters.

Brian traveled to Los Angeles with our co-mentor Tiny DeCorey to train in various dance techniques at some of the top studios in Los Angeles including Swing Brazil, Naam Yoga Zumba Program, Your Neighborhood Dance Studio, and the Millennium Dance Complex who donated a week of study to Brian for this program! Thank you Millennium.

 

 

Tor Campbell at Neighborhood Dance Studio

Swing Brazil at Electric Lodge in Venice

Dane Sorenson Zumba at Naam Yoga

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hip Hop at Millennium

Zumba with Rob

More Hip Hop at Millennium

Millenium

A little time off for sightseeing …

… and cultural exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brian’s week of study concluded with his all day Zumba training and certification!

Over the next few months will be working with Brian to get his classes and teaching ready to start his dance program for reservation youth!

 

MITAKUYE SUMMER PROGRAMS!!

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We are gearing up for an incredible summer on Pine Ridge!

Don’t forget to get your application in for the Hoye Wayelo Summer Art Program! Deadline is June 15th.  You can apply via email info@MitakuyeFoundation.com, send us a message on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/Mitakupi , or apply through your school. If you have any questions or need help with your application call us at (605)454-4000.

The 500 Mile Sacred Hoop Prayer Run starts June 18th! You can call Rick Gray Grass if you have any questions (605) 407-3453

And the new DreamSteps Dance Program launches in July! Running Strong For American Indian Youth DreamStarter Brian Sherman will be in Los Angeles next week training to start his new program for the youth. Be sure to stay tuned for details about his trip and the new program!

 

APRIL CONTEST WINNERS : SPRING

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Congratulations to everyone who submitted work for the April contest! Everyone who participates receives points in the Creators Club to save up towards prizes. Congratulations to all of our winners:

Grand Prize Winner Morgan Nava Age 17

1st Place Winner Baylie Her Many Horses Age 15

1st Place Winner Emilee Swalley Age 14

1st Place Winner Aquira Rouillard Age 11

1st Place Winner Briley Ferguson Age 10

Honorable Mention Winner Tia Shott Age 11

Honorable Mention Winner Frankie Medicine Age 11

Honorable Mention Winner Kimora Means Age 11

Merit Award Winner Cody Mousseaux Age 10

Merit Award Winner Daelen LeBeaux Age 10

Merit Award Winner Shayondra Long Age 9

Merit Award Winner Nathan Whalen Age 11

Merit Award Winner Antonio Peneaux Age 10

Merit Award Winner Brendan Poor Bear Age 12

Merit Award Winner Dayton Fire Thunder Age 11

Merit Award Winner Danica Lone Elk Age 8

MAY THEME : DANCE

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The theme for the May 2017 Mitakuye Art Contest is DANCE.  There are so many ways to interpret this idea. We can’t to see what you come up with! Deadline for submissions is May 31st.

 

DREAMSTARTER!!

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So proud of our mentee Brian Sherman Jr. – a 2017 Running Strong For American Indian Youth DreamStarter! Only 10 young people are chosen for this honor. Brian and Tiny traveled to Washington DC for the DreamStarter Academy where Brian learned about becoming a Running Strong For American Indian Youth Ambassador.

Brian will be traveling to Los Angeles in June to do an intensive training with us to start his DreamSteps dance program on Pine Ridge. Brian will train at different professional studios, receive one on one training in curriculum development and class structure and complete his Zumba certification.