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!!
New Music Video “Wakanyeja” In The Works!
September Art Contest: WATER
July Art ContestWinners: HOPE
Grand Prize Bailey Her Many Horses
“Bailey’s piece is very detailed and intricate and expresses the message of hope on many different levels. Great use of colors to expres the contrast. Great use of thematic concepts – the hard lines of the building vs the soft green earthy lettering and plant life. The hard lines and wires of the buildings with the dark and foreboding color choices. A sophisticated use of contrast using the hard lines vs the soft lines of nature. The dark colors vs the light filled natural tones. Great use of layers and intricate detail. Life coming out of the mire of decay created a beautiful work for the theme of HOPE that represents the idea on many different levels.
Amelia Her Many Horses First Place
“Amelia uses a light touch and a subtle use of color. The contrast of the destruction vs the new growth springing up is also very subtle but very effective. The bold silhouetted lines of the trees stand out against the soft kinetic strokes of the background. The shifts in the direction of her coloring strokes create a sense of three different scenes within the one image. It is as if we are reading a story from right to left. Her creative choices feel very deliberate.”
Honorable Mention Kobe Gray Grass
Kobe has great hand skills and composition. He shows great skill in hand lettering and in composing the frame/page. It is a very simple but effective interpretation of this month’s theme.
Merit Jada Good Crow
Jada use of soft color gives a soothing feeling. Great blending and gradation of color. A beautiful and abstract representation on it’s own, The letter amplifies the idea of hope We get a strong sense that this is what hope feels like to her. The abstract nature lets the viewer interpret it any way they wish.
Merit Kaylee Jo Miller
Kaylee gives a great representation of hope by contrasting a rainbow coming from the pitch dark. The contrast is very striking. Great use of color.
August Art Contest: POWER
Hoye Wayelo Report
We are back from the reservation. Thank you again to all of our supporters! The program was successful beyond our expectations! Kids from all over the reservation gathered as a unified team of artists to learn and create together. In two short weeks the youth created 3 short films, played and wrote music, created an art and poetry magazine, learned a variety of visual mediums, wrote and performed spoken word poetry, created an exhibition full of paintings, drawings, and 3-dimensional art, learned and performed new styles of dance, made original choreography, and participated in a spoken-word music video which we’ll be debuting in the fall.
The greatest reward was seeing how these young people flourished when given the opportunity. Many of these young people have never had the chance to experiment with paint or charcoals, to learn choreography, to share and perform for their peers, to tell their stories to a supportive audience. Many have never had the opportunity to send their voice. They were fed, cared for, and heard.
It was beautiful, inspirational, and completely exhausting! And none of this could have happened without your support. Thank you for believing in the power of art to heal and for wanting to give these young people this opportunity.
What became so clear to us was that these young people need consistency and these programs need to happen more frequently than just once a year in the summer. We’re already planning for our fall event!
Our new website will launch next month and will feature a lot of the work the students did. We will keep you updated!