Background:
This program reimagines the Lakota winter camp model of problem solving and community building in today’s world by examining the deeper reasons why Lakota people do things the way they do and why they interact with the universe around them. In partnership with various individuals and groups, we hold monthly community gatherings that will include combinations of workshops, presentations, readings, exhibits, and other cross-sector and holistic learning opportunities at Racing Magpie or in a virtual setting.
These events will function under Lakota cultural goals of sharing, cultural vitality, and community building, with at least one monthly activity geared towards youth participants and one towards a general audience. Events will be free to the public with limited space available and will center Lakota community members as both presenters and attendees. For the foreseeable future, the events will be shown virtually through Zoom and/or Facebook Live for maximum safety and accessibility.
PAST AND ARCHIVED
March 2022
Kevin Locke (Standing Rock) - Watȟókeča for the Spirit - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
Focus Smith (Standing Rock and Navajo Nation) - Foundation of Graffiti - Reservation Writer - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation) - Turning storytelling into dialogue - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
Black Hills State University Student Panel - “There is no pizza at this panel” - A BHSU Student Narrative - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
YOUTH SESSION - Marla C. Bull Bear (Rosebud Sioux) - Youth connecting the dots; culture, self-esteem and success - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
Sina Bear Eagle (Oglala Lakota) - Sites of Relational Significance: The National Park Service and Native Peoples - archived on our Facebook Page and our YouTube channel.
Anthony Khangi Thanka (Oglala Lakota, Sicangu Lakota, Northern Cheyenne) - Two-Spirit Regalia Making - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
Ray “Rock Boy” Janis (Oglala Lakota) - ”This Isn’t Art” - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
Saturday, March 26 - Lakota Sewing Circle - Sewing and Community -archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
February 2022
Santana Young Man Afraid of His Horses (Oglala Lakota) - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
The Sewing Intimacies Project - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
Tosa Two Heart (Oglala Lakota) - Suicide Prevention Through Being a Good Relative - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
January 2022
Lakota Sewing Circle - Sewing and Community - POSTPONED until March
Viki Eagle (Sicangu Lakota) - Real Life Indian “Native Identities and Rez Metal - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
Prof. Jace DeCory (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe) - Storytelling in Education - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
John Little, PhD (Standing Rock Dakota) and Megan Red Shirt-Shaw (Oglala Lakota) - Creating Community: What Does Building Tiospaye Look Like in Higher Education? - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
December 2021
Santee Witt (Oglala Lakota) - Healing through Music - archived on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel.
Tiana Spotted Thunder (Oglala Lakota) - Indigenous Songwriting for Youth - archived on our Facebook or YouTube channels.
Talon Bazille Ducheneaux (Cheyenne River Lakota, Crow Creek Dakota) - Creation.Story: Sound - archived on our Facebook and YouTube channels.