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NPR did a special follow up story on us focusing on Jordan’s achievements – thank you Jim Kent!

http://listen.sdpb.org/post/mitakupi-foundation-presents-art-awards#stream/0

 

Just back from a whirlwind tour of Pine Ridge to hand out awards to the winners of our inaugural contest in person! 2 ½ days 700 miles –  5 schools, handfuls of awards, a radio interview, 5 meetings, a radio broadcast, and a good hot sweat! OLC Piya Wiconi campus has agreed to partner with us to host our Hoye Wayelo Arts Program this coming July  and Tiny DeCorey and the BEAR program will be partnering with us too. Details coming!

Phew! Exhausted! See photos of our winners here:

The new theme for the May contest is “EARTH”. Submission deadline is May 31st. Thank you to our partners at One Spirit for creating this beautiful flyer for us!!

And thank you to all of the talented young creators who submitted for the April contest! We have our work cut out for us! Winners will be announced on May 15th.

 

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!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/CGcadfRxpGs?rel=0

Now you can connect with us on Twitter & Instagram!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMitakupiFdn

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themitakupifdn/

 

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!

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.

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.