Proud to announce our beloved advisor and all around super hero Yvonne “Tiny” DeCorey is featured with her BEARS program on the upcoming news show Aspireist! First segment is on her and the BEARS!
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Twitter & Instagram!
Now you can connect with us on Twitter & Instagram!
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Inaugural Art Contest Winners Announced!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Mitakuye Inaugural Monthly Art Contest!
We had so many wonderful submissions that we had to create extra awards! We congratulate all of the youth who won and especially all of the youth who submitted work!
Honorable Mention Winners:
Helen Vocu (Age 9) & Sequoia Good Crow (Age 10 )
First Place Winners:
Age 10 and Under: Taliah Standing Soldier (Age 10 ) & Jacinda Tobbacco (Age 10)
Age 14 and Under: Danita Elbow Shield (Age 11)
Age 18 and Under: Macy Two Bulls (Age 15)
Grand Prize Winners:
Breian High Wolf (Age 11) & Jordan Cortier (Age 17)
Please check out all the winning artwork on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Mitakupi/
Congratulations to all!
Mitakuye Creators’ Club Launches!
Excited to announce the launch of our new Creators’ Club! Everyone who submits to the Monthly Art Contest will automatically be enrolled.
Participants earn points every month they submit to save up for prizes and awards. The program was created to reward effort as well as merit to inspire young artists to continue to create on a regular basis regardless of whether or not they win.
April Art Contest "COURAGE"
Thank you for all of the beautiful submissions for our inaugural contest! March winners will be announced on April 15th.
The new theme for April is “COURAGE” Interpret this any way you want! Submission deadline is April 30th.
Pine Ridge Comes To LA!
Hanging out with my favorite ladies and superheroes from Pine Ridge – Tiny, Saunie & Jamie. An impromptu Mitakupi Advisory Board meeting!
Native News Features Mitakuye Art Contest
Another spot by Jim Kent for Native News on the new Monthly Art Competition!
http://www.nativenews.net/monday-march-28-2016/
New Art Contest Featured On NPR!
NPR featured our new Monthly Art Competition on their show! Thank you Jim Kent for the great piece:
http://listen.sdpb.org/post/mitakupi-foundation-sponsors-pine-ridge-reservation-art-contest#stream/0
Mitakuye Monthly Art Contest Launches!
Launching our new art contest on Pine Ridge!
Announcing the launch of a new monthly art competition for all youth on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Every month there will be a new theme. Open to all youth through age 18.
For the inaugural contest we are asking youth to create a poster design for the new Suicide Hotline which has been named THE LIFE LINE.
Kids are encouraged to use any medium they want it is all up to your imagination. We encourage all forms of creativity!
First Place Winners in each age category will receive a cash prize and art supplies. The Grand Prize Winner will win a $100 cash prize, art supplies will have the opportunity to work with a professional graphic designer to get their design print ready. Posters will be professionally printed and displayed throughout the reservation. All winners will have their artwork displayed on our new website
New Years Eve Events
The Mitakupi Foundation is sponsoring two great events tonight in Pine Ridge and Batesland. New Years Eve safe programs for the youth! They are expecting up to 500 to attend. Please consider making an end of year donation to support our ongoing work to help combat teen suicide and empower the young people. Lots of great programs will be rolling out in 2016. Help us get off to a great start. Wopila!