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November Winners: PEACE

December 15, 2016 by Mitakuye Foundation Leave a Comment

We had an amazing group of submissions for this months contest! Congratulations to all the winners and all of the participants! Everyone who submits is entered into our Creator’s Club where they earn points every month they submit to save up for prizes.

Grand Prize Winner: Wylie Brewer, Age 15

First Place Honors Winner: Morgan Nava, Age 17

First Place Honors Winner: Baylie Her Many Horses, Age 14

First Place Honors Winner: Rossy Long , Age 13 – Detail

First Place Honors Winner: Rossy Long , Age 13 – Wider/partial

First Place Winner: Enrique Hudspeth, Age 16

First Place Winner: Diamond Good Voice Flute, Age 8

First Place Winner: Emilee Swalley, Age 13

Honorable Mention Award Winner: Victoria Big Crow, Age 10

Honorable Mention Award Winner: Colby Walking Eagle, Age 10

Honorable Mention Award Winner: Danica Ferguson, Age 9

Honorable Mention Award Winner: Kimimila Deans, Age 10

Honorable Mention Award Winner: Kobe Gray Grass, Age 18

Award Of Merit: Serenity True Blood, Age 10

Award Of Merit: Arlene Palmier, Age 9

Award Of Merit: Jaden Brewer, Age 9

Award Of Merit: Tairan New Age 11

Award Of Merit: Eliza Brien, Age 10

Award Of Merit: De’Ambreah O’Rourke, Age 9

Award Of Merit: Kobe Two Lance Age 11

Award Of Merit: Tailey May, Age 9

Award Of Merit: Latonna Blue Bird Age 10

Award Of Merit: Autumn Rogers, Age 10

Yogi Ninjas Race For Lakota Youth!

December 12, 2016 by Mitakuye Foundation Leave a Comment

Thank you to the awesome Yogi Ninjas who chose The Mitakuye Foundation as the organization they would run for in the Spartan Race December 11th, 2016. They trained hard and ran hard all to raise dollars for our youth programming, Our deepest thanks to this amazing crew. We are delighted that they exceeded their goal of raising $1000 for Mitakuye! Wopila!!!

December Art Contest: TRADITION

December 5, 2016 by Mitakuye Foundation Leave a Comment

October Winners: UNITY

November 15, 2016 by Mitakuye Foundation Leave a Comment

Congratulations to all of our October winners for the theme of UNITY!!

Grand Prize Winner: Baylie Her Many Horses, Age 14

First Place Winner: Kimimila Deans, Age 10,

First Place Winner: Serenity True Blood, Age 10

First Place Winner: Lucas Shot With Arrow, Age 10,

Honorable Mention Award Winner: Daniel Catches, Age 10,

Honorable Mention Award, Skyline Thunderhawk, Age 10

Honorable Mention Award Winner: Colby Walking Eagle, Age 10

Award Of Merit: Shawn Janis, Age 11

Award Of Merit: Tailey May-Pourier, Age 9

Award Of Merit: Cody Mousseaux, Age 9

Award Of Merit: Anthony Bowmen, Age 9

Award Of Merit: De’Ambreah O’Rourke, Age 9

November Art Contest: PEACE

November 5, 2016 by Mitakuye Foundation Leave a Comment

Hoye Wayelo Fall Arts Workshops is a WRAP!

November 3, 2016 by Mitakuye Foundation Leave a Comment

Artists and teachers gather around the drum!

Back from an amazing workshop with the young people of Pine Ridge!

Young artists from all over the reservation created content for our quarterly magazine and a gallery full of painting, drawing, collage, and three dimensional art. They built a traditional drum and carved and painted their own drum sticks. They did traditional bead and quill work and wove baskets from sweetgrass. One group wrote, directed, and shot a scary movie which they created original choreography, music, and sound effects for! They did Halloween make-up and face painting with a professional hair and make-up artist. They all participated in an art/service project – braiding fresh sweetgrass for Tiny and the BEARs program and took part in painting our new mascot Big Red. Phew – that was a lot of creating!

We all kept the people in Standing Rock in our thoughts and prayers and used our time together to discuss and create art that reflected what was on our minds. These beautiful young people chose to use their time and energy for something positive and constructive. We finished the program with a movie screening, some spoken word poetry, and an Art Walk to see everything the students created. We finished by handing out awards for the September art contest and then celebrated with Indian Tacos!

Thank you to all of the people who helped make this workshop possible!

Chris Bordeaux, Julie Yellow Hawk, and the Porcupine School staff! Simon J. Joseph, Tiny DeCorey, Rick Gray Grass, Waylon Black Crow, JT Shinning Oneside, Paula Cantu, Maryan Captain, Brittanie Sterner, Mary Gleason, Sandhya Ramachandran, Vanne Mocilac, Outlast Film Program, Charlyn Griffith, Sam Spetner, Lakota Prairie Ranch Motel, Terry Pechota, Lee Linehan and Oelrichs School, Cheryl Locke, Kellee Brewer and Wolf Creek School.

Our Mascot BIG RED welcomes the students. Photo Simon Joseph.

Our amazing hosts Pahin Sinte Owayawa! Photo Simon Joseph.

Morning Circle. Photo Simon Joseph.

Morning greeting! Photo Simon Joseph.

Waylon Bllackcrow makes a traditional drum with the students. Photo Simon Joseph.

Preparing the Buffalo Hide for the drum. Photo Simon Joseph.

Preparing the drumstick for sanding and painting. Photo Simon Joseph.

Drum Sticks. Photo Simon Joseph.

Students painting BIG RED. Photo Simon Joseph.

Painting Big Red. Photo Maryan Captan.

Kids setting up our Mascot BIG RED! Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Our newly designed mascot – painted by the students – makes its debut! Photo Simon Joseph.

Working on content for the magazine. Photo Maryan Captan.

Even Vampires love writing class! Photo Brittanie Sterner.

Art Class. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Painting. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran

Drawing. Photo Simon Joseph.

JT teaches traditional arts to the students. Photo Simon Joseph.

Beading. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

One of our artists shows off a sweetgrass basket in progress. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Students create Halloween monsters with our resident Hair and Makeup artist Paula Cantu. Photo Jennifer Jessum.

Students help get the monsters ready for filming. Photo Mary Gleason.

Our filmmaking team rehearses a scene! Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Our DP Tailyn sets up a shot for the film. Photo Mary Gleason.

Our camera operator shoots the exterior scenes. Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Braiding the sweetgrass for our art/service project. All the sweetgrass grown and donated by our friend Vanne Mocilac! Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Sweetgrass braided by the students in our art/service project for Tiny and the BEARs program. Photo Maryan Captan.

Little Beau belts out a prayer song! Photo Jennifer Jessum.

Our young resident singers! Photo Sandhya Ramachandran.

Traditional drum and sticks created by the students. Photo Jennifer Jessum.

Art Walk. Photo Maryan Captan.

Final Art display for the Art Walk. Photo Jennifer Jessum.

Students check out each others work during the Art Walk. Photo Jennifer Jessum.

September Winners: WATER

October 15, 2016 by Mitakuye Foundation Leave a Comment

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!

Grand Prize Winner: Denato Two Bulls, Age 16, Oelrichs School

1st Place Honors Winner: Elizabeth Iron Horn Age 13

1st Place Winner: Joey Hill, Age 11, Wolf Creek School

1st Place Winner: Shawnee White, Age 13, Little Wound School

1st Place Winner:Dionne Mesteth, Age 14, Wolf Creek School

Honorable Mention Winner: Serenity True Blood, Age 10, Wolf Creek School

Honorable Mention Winner: Chamiqua Martinez, Age 11, Anpo Wicahpi School

Honorable Mention Winner: Eliza Brien, Age 10, Wolf Creek School

Merit Award Winner: Nisa Red Cloud, Age 11, Little Wound School

Merit Award Winner: Tara Roulliard, Age 12, Alpo Wicahpi School

Merit Award Winner: Mia Grant, Age 10, Wolf Creek School

Merit Award Winner: Ohiyesa Ramirez, Age 12, Anpo Wicahpi School

Merit Award Winner: Arlen Palmier, Age 9, Wolf Creek School

Merit Award Winner: Kayla He Crow, Age 10, Wolf Creek School

Merit Award Winner: Arianna Garcia, Age 11, Anpo Wicahpi School

Merit Award Winner: Tallinn Richards, Age 10, Wolf Creek School

Merit Award Winner: Britney No Leaf, Age 18, Gordon School

Merit Award Winner: LaTonna BlueBird, Age 10, Wolf Creek School

Prayer Run To Standing Rock Video

October 13, 2016 by Mitakuye Foundation Leave a Comment

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:

Back From Standing Rock

October Art Contest: UNITY

October 5, 2016 by Mitakuye Foundation Leave a Comment

Back From Standing Rock

October 3, 2016 by Mitakuye 1 Comment

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.

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