Northern Plains Native Americans:

A Modern Wet Plate Perspective

  

 

I have always been fascinated with the work of Mathew Brady, Edward S. Curtis, and that of Orlando Scott Goff.  Mr. Goff was a wet plate artist located here in Bismarck in the 1870's and is credited with taking the very first photograph of Sitting Bull.  I contacted Ernie LaPointe the Great Grandson of Sitting Bull and he paid a visit to my makeshift wet plate studio.  He explained much of the history of his people and their ways and this  journey started with his plate "Eternal Field".  I quickly set a goal of making 50 large 8x10" black glass ambrotypes of the Native American community in modern day.  I have since abandoned the 50 plate limit and now plan on making 1000 wet plates of this fabulous culture, a 20 year commitment.  It is a huge honor to follow in the footsteps of previous wet plate photographers that had similar series in the 19th Century.  On my journey, I have befriended Dakota Goodhouse a local historian and instructor at United Tribes as well as Margaret Landin.  They have been instrumental in being a liaison between myself and the different members of the tribes.  Margaret has been present for most of the portrait sessions.  Her role is to make sure that all the Native American elements that I am photographing are presented properly with dignity and respect.  I also am working very closely with Lindsay Schott and Emily Schultz, both Archive Specialists at the Heritage Center.  Their undying dedication to capturing all things historical in North Dakota is inspiring.  The plates that I make are being gifted to the Historical Society and their permanent archive.  This is not something that is going to be accomplished overnight, but as I add more and more plates, the series seems to have more significance.  If fate does not break my stride, I will do everything that I can to see this through. 

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“The work that Shane does for its artistic merit as well as for its collaborative nature is genuine and enthusiastic, on a human level. For the folks of many different Indian tribes, who sit for his portraits, and who often become his life-long friends, Shane builds real rapport. Beyond the making of art photographs, it is this rapport, and the importance of honest collaboration between people of different cultures, that is so important for our country and is at the center of the moving forward of our country. I’ll strive to emulate the rapport that Shane has achieved in his work, in the work I’m doing in Congress. Shane’s photographs are not only beautiful, but they convey the best example of good people working together to achieve something great.”

Debra Haaland (Laguna Pueblo)
Congresswoman – New Mexico’s 1st District 
March 21st, 2019

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Purchase Northern Plains Native American: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective - Artist Book (Volume 1): https://www.balkowitsch.com/ProductID-7685-ProductDetails.aspx

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Opening Reception Video: https//youtu.be/HVWxpt1t8A4

Official Press Release for Book Volume 1: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1106396448260&ca=a54d8036-96b1-455c-8967-069ac0bd067a

Google Books Volume 1: https://books.google.com/books/about/Northern_Plains_Native_Americans.html?id=0Zd2xAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description

My new goal is to capture 1000 Native Americans in the beloved process, at the present rate, a 20 year commitment.  I also plan on publishing 4 volumes of picture books based on my favorite plates from the series.  On November 3rd, 2017, Northern Plains Native Americans opened at the Bismarck Art Gallery Association (BAGA).  The series was greatly embraced by the community and we broke the galleries all-time attendance record.  The first 145 plates were on display.  I am proud to be on this creative path and will do whatever it takes to make the people of this great state proud.

On October 28th, 2018, Calvin Grinnell "Running Elk" a historian for the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation held a Native American Naming Ceremony for me at my studio in Bismarck.  Calvin chose the name "Shadow Catcher" Maa'ishda tehxixi Agu'Agshi in Hidatsa.  Dora Gwin assisted him with the spelling and pronunciation of the given name.  Edward Curtis was referred to as the "Shadow Catcher" by many tribes and Calvin thought it fitting that the name be carried in present day be me.   

https://nostalgicglasswetplatestudio.zenfolio.com/blog/2018/10/shane-balkowitsch-shadow-catcher

Contact Information:
Shane Balkowitsch, "Shadow Catcher" - Maa'ishda tehxixi Agu'agshi (Hidatsa)
Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio
2703 Big Sky Circle
Bismarck, ND 58503
shane@balkowitsch.com
(701)223-9936 Phone

 

  

CLICK HERE for "Collaboriting with the past" blog interview by Pitt Rivers, May 2023

CLICK HERE for "A.I. Imagery May Destroy History As We Know It, April 24th, 2023

CLICK HERE for "Seeds of Resistance" Editorial About Balkowitsch Wet  Plate Work, (Deb Haaland Cover) Fall, 2021

CLICK HERE for "NORTHERN PLAINS NATIVE AMERICANS: A MODERN WET PLATE PERSPECTIVE" Resource Site January 25th, 2021

CLICK HERE for "Defender Of The Faith" in FRAMES MAGAZINE, January 11th, 2021

CLICK HERE for "Wet Plate Photographer Captures Powerful Portraits of Native Americans, July 4th, 2019

CLICK HERE for "Using Lens To Tell Story of Native Americans", KXNews, September 20th, 2020

CLICK HERE for Indian Country Today "Shadow Catcher", May 15th, 2020

CLICK HERE for American Indian Photos Captures In Old Way For New Book, June 21st, 2019

CLICK HERE for the Russian article in Bird of Flight about my Native Amerian work, July 18th, 2019

CLICK HERE for "First Native American Congresswoman spoke at local book signing, KXNews, June 23th, 2019

CLICK HERE for "A WARRIOR IN HIS LIFETIME", Photographic Book of Natives, High Plains Reader, June 24th, 2019

CLICK HERE for "BE FIERCE", Congresswoman Deb Haaland, High Plains Reader, June 27th, 2019

CLICK HERE for Native Americans Are Not 'Extinct', Congresswoman Deb Haaland, Fargo Forum, June 23rd, 2019

  CLICK HERE for Congresswoman Deb Haaland to Speak at Book Signing, Bismarck Tribune, June 19th, 2019

CLICK HERE for Radio Interview with Bob Harris,  June 19th, 2019

CLICK HERE for "Image Maker", Front Page of Minot Daily News,  June 16th, 2019 CLICK HERE for "To Be A Shadow Catcher" March 7th, 2019

 

CLICK HERE for Radio Interview "Wet Plate Photographs by Shane Balkowitsch" September 18th, 2018

http://sharoncol.balkowitsch.com/wetplate.htm
 

http://history.nd.gov/archives/manuscripts/inventory/2014-P-025.html

Ongoing Series

Ernie LaPointe (Crow Foot)

"Eternal Field"

Great Grandson of Sitting Bull

Lakota

Dakota Goodhouse

"Two Wars"

Hunkpapha Lakota

Greta White Calfe

"White Calf"

Arikara / Hidatsa

Scott Davis, Sr.

"Two Worlds"

Standing Rock Sioux

Kevin Locke

"First to Arise"

Hunkpapa Lakota / Anishinaabe

Dr. Jim L. Davis

"Big Eagle"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Dave Archambault II

"Brave Fox"

Standing Rock Sioux

Frank White Bull

"White Bull"

Standing Rock Sioux

Mary Louise Defender Wilson

"The Gord Woman"

Dakota Hidatsa

Biron D. Baker, MD

"Stands Above"

Mandan / Hidatsa

Todd R. LeBeau

"White Bear Claws"

Standing Rock Sioux

Monte Yellow Bird, Sr.

"Black Pinto Horse"

Arikara / Hidatsa 

Russell "Rusty" Gillette

"Hooves"

Arikara / Hidatsa

Nelenah Rainbow GreyEyes

"Beautiful Night Woman"

Dakota Tlingit Navajo

Charles W. Murphy

"Shot at by the Enemy"

Standing Rock Sioux

Alesha Jacqueline YellowBird (Egan)

"Ree Hawk"

Arikara Assiniboine 

Frank L. Bull Head

"His Horse is Looking"

Hunkpapa Lakota 

Shaydee Pretends Eagle

"Artistic Woman"

Lakota / Dakota  

Rochelle One Skunk - Bull Head

"Black Shawl Woman"

Minniconjou Lakota 

Margaret Landin

"Beautiful Evening Star Woman"

Arikara Hidatsa Assiniboine 

Chase Iron Eyes

"Walks Without Fear"

Lakota  

Pete Red Tomahawk

"Iron Tail"

Yankton Sioux 

Calvin B. Grinnell

"Running Elk"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation

Elijah Dale Benson

"Young Coyote"

Nu'eta - Mandan Hidatsa Arikara 

Joe Dunn

"Buffalo Horse"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Regan Dunn

"See Her Tipis"

Standing Rock / Cheyenne River Sioux

Elijah Landin

"Warrior Spirit"

Arikara Hidatsa Dakota 

Tayla Blaine

"Stands on a Rock"

Crow 

Mary Agnes Martin

"Soaring Eagle Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Zaysha Grinnell

"Blue Bear Woman"

Hidatsa  

Denise Joyce Kitson

"Red-Haired Woman"

Sioux (Hunkpapa) / Hidatsa 

Norma Rachelle Baker

"Red Berry Woman"

Hidatsa Dakota Sioux Assinboine 

Robert "BJ" Rainbow

"Long Buffalo"

Dakota Ojibway 

Bryann Rainbow

"Pretty Eagle Woman"

Dakota Ojibway  

Brendan "Pnut" Scouts at Night Young

"Dancing Red Horse"

Lakota Sioux

Anthony McDonald

"Wild Horse Man"

Spirit Lake Dakota 

Leander Russell McDonald

"Whistling Bear"

Spirit Lake Dakota / Arikara Hidatsa 

Randi Hart

"Strong Eagle Woman"

Northern Cheyenne Hidatsa 

Shotay Waters

"Two Flags"

Oglala Lakota 

Dale Benjamin American Horse, Jr.

"Happi"

Sicangu Lakota  

Jonah Kyler Jackson

"Buffalo Thundering Boy"

Spirit Lake Sioux Nation  

Loren Yellow Bird, Sr.

"Medicine Horse"

Arikara Hidatsa  

Sydney Paige Shepherd

"Syd"

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Mandan Shakopee   

Michael Gene Stillday

"Little Sioux"

Ojibwe  

Joelle Alita Bearstail

"Bull Berry Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara  

Alana Star Cosay

"Blue Bead Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux / White Mountain Apache   

Steve Yellow Earrings

"Sending Elk"

Standing Rock Sioux  

Kayla Jo Grey Bear

"Different Cloud Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux  

Ronika Lexi Thunder Hawk

"Thunkder Hawk"

Standing Rock Sioux   

Page Howe and Ja'Siah Jace Howe

"Mother with Child"

Hidatsa Arikara   

Vincent Night Horse Fox

"Horn"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara    

Justine Marie Parkhurst Two Lodge

"Brings Back the Wounded Woman"

Standing Rock Dakota 

Adrian M. Crowfeather

"Black Eagle"

Standing Rock Sioux    

Mark N. Fox

"Sage Man"

Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (Chairman)   

Jason Luke Morsette

"Not Afraid of the Enemy"

Arikara / Dakota

    

Darren J. Thompson

"Pipigwe"

Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe 

Sihasapa Wi

"Black Feet Woman"

Sicangu Lakota Ihanktonwan Dakota

Child Born at NO DAPL Camps 

Floris White Bull

"Brave Heart Woman"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota  

https://vimeo.com/249341950

 

Vanessa Dundon AKA Sioux Z. Dezbah

"Going to War"

Southwest Dine' Nation (Navajo)   

Sophie Linda Landin

"Brings Back the Wounded"

Arikara Hidatsa Dakota Tlingit    

JoBeth, Amiera & Taylen Brownotter

"Brownotter"

Standing Rock Sioux     

Jerrilyn Crow Ghost Brownotter

"Crow Ghost"

Standing Rock Sioux     

 

Terry Brownotter, Jr.

"Little Warrior"

Standing Rock Sioux     

Alice Brownotter

"Red Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Holly Young

"Young"

Wiciyena Dakota  

Inyan Young

"Rocky Butte"

Wiciyena Dakota  

Kathryn Marie Froelich

"Red Basket"

Arikara  

Marley Jestany Zayde with Cherry the Bear

"Keeps Butterfly Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Thomas Anthony Baker, Sr.

"Coyote Who Sings Alone"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Wallace (Butch) Thunder Hawk

"Brave Bear"

Standing Rock Dakota  

Anchie D. Fool Bear

"Afraid of Nothing"

Upper Yanktonai Dakota Sioux   

Khannie Saengphachanh

"Brave Red Woman"

Oglala Lakota    

Jesse B.J. McLaughlin

"Red Tail"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota    

Delaney Jayce Keenan

"Crazy Bear"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota  

Tiffany Julia Baker

"Dreams with Horses Woman"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota    

Jacqueline Wambli Situpi Sapa Win

"Eagle Black Tail Woman"

Shoshone / Lusieno    

Fawn Catherine Wasin Zi

"She Brings Many Buckskin Horses"

Hunkpapa Lakota 

Dawn Marie Wasin Zi

"They Journeyed for Her"

Hunkpapa Lakota 

Aceanna Charlize Brown

"Butterflies Brought Her Home"

Hunkpapa Lakota 

Nathaniel Charles Brown

"Respects the Thunder"

Hunkpapa Lakota 

April Shootingstar Lee

Wičháȟpi Wakȟáŋ "Shootingstar"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa 

LeRoi Lamont Laundreaux

"White Cloud"

Cheyenne River Sioux   

Ruth Anna Buffalo

"Woman Appears"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara  

Johnathon Thomas Largo II

"Strong Buffalo"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Navajo

Manape LaMere

"Soldier Boy"

Sioux Nation of Indians Laramie Treaties

Chief Arvol Wilfred Looking Horse

19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred Buffalo Calf Pipe Bundle

"Sacred Horse"

Lakota Sioux 

Matthew James Lone Bear

"Lone Bear"

Hidatsa 

Danielle Ta'Sheena Finn

"The Seventh Star Woman"

Miss Indian World 2016-2017

Hunkpapa Lakota, Inhanktowan Dakota

Standing Rock Nation 

Jt Shining One Side AKA Joyce T. Belgarde

"White Thunderbird Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 

Linda Sue Black Elk

"Evening Primrose Woman"

Catawba 

Luke Vernon Black Elk

"Calm Before the Storm"

Great Grandson of Black Elk the Medicine Man

Itazipco Lakota  

Sheena Leigh Elk

"Sits Beside Her"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Angel Lena Young and Justin Lynn Young

"Mr. and Mrs. Four Rings"

Mandan Hitdatsa Arikara

and Standing Rock Lakota

 

Good Earth Woman

"Good Earth Woman"

Arikara Dakota

 
 

Nissa Leigh McLaughlin

"They Depend on Me"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Richard Orville Grey Day

"Wolf Eyes Looking"

Hunkpapa Dakota Standing Rock

 

Wendi Renae Wells

"Woman in the Lead"

Descendant of Buffalo Bird Woman, Sitting Rabbit, Hard Horn and Chief Four Bears

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Waylon Black Crow, Sr.

"Black Kettle"

Oglala Lakota

 

Madison and Michael Marion

"Feather Cloud" and "His Spirit is Sacred Boy"

Dakota Chippewa

 

Erica Rose Thompson

"Knife Woman"

Spirit Lake Dakota

 

Gordon Lee Decoteau

"Warrior Horse"

Arikara Chippewa

 

Tammy Decoteau

"Sits Among Them"

Arikara Chippewa

 

Gilbert Kills Pretty Enemy III

"Chameleon Horse"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota

 

Dakota Louise Eagle

"Ally"

Arikara, Dakota and African American

 

Greggory Thomas Deal

"Numu" = People

Pyramid Lake Paiute

 

Isabella Dawn Lebeau

"Sacred Meadowlark Woman"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa

 

Angela Beth Bibens

"Red Owl Law"

Santee Sioux Nation Nebraska

Thomas Anthony Bull Head, Jr.

"Bullhead"

Great Grandson of Lt. Henry Bull Head

Standing Rock Hunkpapa /

Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota

 

Ellys Gracie White Eagle and

Alycia Alice Yellow Eyes

"White Star Woman" 5 Generations

Sisitonwan Dakota, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and MdeWakatonwan Dakota / Hunkpapa Lakotah

MdeWakatonwan Dakota / Hunkpapa Lakotah / Sicangu Lakotah

 

Joni Alvina Little Owl

"Black Foot Woman"

Mandan

 

Steven Edgar Sparks

"Eagle Boy"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Mya Jordan Elese

"Baby Buffalo"

Arkirara Hidatsa Mandan

Kickapoo Lakota Apache

 

Myron Dewey

"Strong Thinker"

Paiute Shoshone

Digital Smoke Signals

 

Jeffrey Arnold Bad Wound

"Bad Wound"

Oglala Lakota

 

LaVera Elizabeth Bad Wound

"Her Sacred Breath"

Oglala Lakota

Miss Oglala Lakota Nation 2016-2017

 

Sondi Sioux Phillips

"Woman Who Sees Things in a Good Way"

Standing Rock Sioux

Robbyn Brett Pudwill

"Pretty Flower Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Mayjia Allison Horst

"Horst"

Lakota Sioux

 

Kainon Ezra Ayutapi

"Walks with Thunder"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Glenna Rae Yellow Fat

"Her Sacred Black Horse"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Dana Edward Yellow Fat

"Stops Four Times"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Belisha White Eagle

"Tall Woman of the Grass Nation People",

Name passed down from Zona Loans Arrows

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Aliya Winter Martinez

"Brings Good Winter Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Florentine Bridget Black Spotted Horse

"Black Spotted Horse"

Sicangu Lakota French

 

Vonica Wicahpi Alberts

"Chief Child"

Arikara

Kadence Jean Steele

"Cherished Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Catera Kayan-Kay Saint John

"First Star Woman"

Prairie Island Dakota

 

Wyatt Lane Bailey

"Never Looks Back"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Tomi Kay Phillips

"Sacred Heart Woman"

Standing Rock Lakota

 

Michele Claire Thunder Hawk

"Good Minded Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Connie Patrice Brownotter

"Returning Wish"

Standing Rock Sioux - Dine'

 

Cheyenne Jeannette Gunville

"Gunville"

Arikara

 

Charlie James Daniel Eagle Shield

"Eagle Shield"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

Fort Berthold Indian Reservation

 

Larissa Little Dove Fox

"Eagle Bird Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Justiss Jean Firemoon

"Meadowlark Girl"

Sioux Assiniboine

 

Amy Kristen Jackson

"Many Stars"

Sac & Fox

 

Natasha Joy Gourd

"Different Star Woman"

Spirit Lake Dakota

 

Sierra Rose Crowsbreast

"Spotted Corn Woman"

Arikara

 

Courtney Jeanette Frazier

"Frazier"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Grace Raune Kelly

"Kelly"

Standing Rock Sioux

Shiloh Basketball

 

Albert R. Two Bears

"Two Bears"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Dusty Lee Nelson

"Moon of the Yellow Hair Woman"

Oglala Lakota

 

Charles Rencountre

"Medicine Horse"

Kul Wicisa Oyate

https://www.ecowatch.com/standing-rock-not-afraid-to-look-2107100951.html

Terry F. Moericke

"Lightning Comes Dancing"

Oneida Nation

 

John Thomas Eagle Shield, Sr.

"Headsman"

Hunkpapa Lakota

 

Alayna Lee Eagle Shield

"Shoots at Her in the Middle"

Hunkpapa Lakota

 

Derek Focus Smith

"To Awaken as if From a Dream"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa / Navajo Nation

 

Courtney Taylor Spottedwolf

"Flying High Eagle Girl"

Fort Peck Dakota

Noah Pino

"Owns His Pipe"

Fort Peck Dakota / Dine

 

Carter Daniel Gravseth

"Gravseth"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa / Yanktonai

 

Shayne Alexandra Reeves

"Yellow Paint Woman"

Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara

 
 

Eden Marley LaClaire

"LaClaire"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Jayme Marie Davis

"Thunder Being Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa / Standing Rock Sioux

 

Matt James LaClaire

"LaClaire"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Melanie Rose Howard

"Looks Over Horses Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Amaris Lynn Thompson

"White Shawl Eagle Woman"

Dakotah

 

Terrence Raymong Yellow Fat

"Thunder Hawk"

Hunkpapa

Great Grandson of Chief Thunder Hawk

 

Gayleen Claymore Yellow Fat

"Walks in a Humble Manner Woman"

Hunkpapa

 

LaToya Lee Crazy Bull

"Fights Invisible Woman"

Hunkpapa

Great Great Granddaughter of Chief Crazy Bull

 

Dionna Bull Bear

"Morning Star Woman"

Oglala

Descendant of Chief Bull Bear

Dawson Dana Yellow Fat

"Thunder from the North"

Hunkpapa

Great Great Great Grandson of Chief Thunder Hawk

 

Witney Renae Fear

"Fear"

Oglala Sioux

 

Winona Clarice Kitzan

"Bear Woman"

Lakota Sioux

HM3 United States Navy

 

Lance H. White

"Voice of the Stars"

Dakota / Arikara

Great Great Grandson of Chief Sitting Bear

 

Melanuie Sioux Schwab

"Melanie Sioux"

Hunkpapa Sioux

 

 

Tyson Myles Running Bear

"Esan Tanka Hoksida"

Standing Rock Sioux / Sioux Valley Dakota Nation

 

Brigette Renee Little Owl

"Sits Up Straight"

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

 

John Eagle Shield, Jr.

"Yellow Arrow"

Hunkpapa Lakota

 

Spencer Matthew Little Owl

"His Holy Wounded Horse"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Bryon Jason Brady, Jr.

"Looking Water"

Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Melissa Merrick-Brady

"Sacred Morning Woman"

Dakota / Lakota / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Kaydence V. Little Owl

"Crocus Flower Woman"

Mandan

 

Xavier Scott Little Owl

"First Born"

Mandan / Lakota

 

Serena Lynn Eagle

"Scarlet Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 
 

Cheryl Lynn Abe

"Beautiful Design"

Dine / Hidatsa / Japanese

 

Audra Jean Stonefish

"She Holds Her Family High"

Oneida

 

Roy Morsette

"Morsette"

Arikara

 

Chad Blaine Morsette, Jr.

"Eagle Trail"

Arikara / Sioux

 

Gillian Lynne Plenty Chief

"Eagle Wing Woman"

Arikara / Dakota

 

Lisa Marie La Fontaine

"Lone Eagle Woman"

Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Cree

 

Melaine Janice Stoneman

"White Lighting Woman"

Sicangu Lakota

 

Mary Ann Bear Heels McCowan

"Her Good Nation Woman"

Sicangu Lakota Oyate

 

Shaundeen Nizohni Smith "Last Band"

and

Sidrick James Baker, Jr. "Laughing Man"

Navajo / Arikara - Hidatsa / Plains Cree

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Devin Frances Drags Wolf

"Remembering Zitkala Sa"

Mandan / Hidatsa

Great Great Granddaughter of Chief Drags Wolf

 

Sabrina Leann Dragswolf

"Dragswolf"

Mandan / Hidatsa

Great Great Granddaughter of Chief Dragswolf

 

Dennis Clark Houle

"Reflection on the Water"

Ojibwa

  

Nookwakwii Snowy White

"When it Snows in the Springtime after the Birds Have Come Back"

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe - Anishinaabe

 

Isabelle Pearl White

"Red Pipe Woman"

Fondulac Band of Ojibwe - Anishinaabe

 

Madison Pearl Kingbird

"Kingbird"

Red Lake Band of Ojibwe - Anishinaabe

 

Cherish Kingbird

"North Thunderbird Woman"

Red Lake Band of Ojibwe - Anishinaabe

 

Lavender Hunt

"Red Ribbon Woman"

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe - Anishinaabe

 

 

Mark R. Kingbird, Sr.

"Leading Feather"

Red Lake Band of Chippewa

 

Fahtima Lee Hood

"Running Star Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation

 

Jennifer Camille Weston

"White Buffalo Woman"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa

 

Cole Jacobson

"Redhorse"

Mdewakanton Dakota

 

Desirae Lylah Desnomnie

"Buffalo Grass Woman"

Peepeekisis Cree Nation

 

Trisha Goodwill

"Standing Buffalo"

Dakota Nation

 

Terri Lynn Treetop

"Turtle Tuwale"

Lakota Standing Rock Sioux

 

Jason Dayn Burnstick

"White Eagle Boy"

Plains Cree

 

Douglas Andrew War Eagle

"Walks with Sacred Buffalo"

Grand Nephew of Chief Crazy Horse

Minneconjou

 

Donald Peter Red Thunder

"Crazy Horse"

Grand Nephew of Chief Crazy Horse

Minneconjou

Floyd Gene Clown, Sr.

"Black Tail Calls You"

Grand Nephew of Chief Crazy Horse

Minneconjou

 

Jerome Morsette

"Bald Eagle"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Jerome Louis Morsette "Bucky"

"Two Hawks"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Wanbli Ahambla Mesteth

"Eagle Dream"

Hunkpapa Lakota

 

Cassie No Heart Harrison

"No Fear"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota

 

Keegan Ty Eagle

"Eagle"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Kendrick Trent Eagle

"Meadowlark"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Della No Heart

"No Heart"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota

 

Reuben James Fast Horse

"Heyokha"

Hunkpapha

 

Raymond Harold Moore, Sr.

"Wild Horse"

Lakotah Dakotah Sioux

 

Jennifer Ann Young Bear

"The Face of the Arikara"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Kaliah Faye Eagle

"Eagle"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Sweet Medicine Finley

"Red Corn Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Danette McCraydie

"McCraydie"

White Earth Chippewa

 

Belinda Frances Runningwolf

"Sacred Shawl Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux / Blackfeet

 

Cindy Ann Littlefeather

"The Woman Who Came Back from War"

Dine

 

Michela Fay Alire

"Warrior Woman"

Mountain Ute / Southern Ute

 

Lindsey Elizabeth Twinn

"White Feather Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Rosalyn Yvonne Fasthorse

"Fasthorse"

Grandfather was Joe Bullhead

Standing Rock Sioux

 
 

Kodi Michelle Thunder Hawk

"Thunder Hawk"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

 

Kelly Jo Hosie

"Standing in the Red Hail Woman"

Arikara Hidatsa Cree Ojibwe

 

Freedom Patrick McLaughlin

"Wild"

Standing Rock Sioux / Ihanktowa Dakota / Hunkpapha Lakota

 

Gerald Leroy White

"Two Men Standing"

Anishinaabe / Eagle Clan / Leech Lake Pillagers

 

Michelle Elizabeth Bird

"Red Paint Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Stephanie Anne Big Eagle

"Lightning Dancer Woman"

Ihanktowan Dakota / Lower Brule Lakota

 
 

William Aaron Reeves II

"Standing Tall"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Waterbuster Clan

 

Genevieve Rae Iron Lightning

"Stands First Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux

Miss Black Hills 2017-2018

 

Allan Thomas Demaray, Jr.

"The Little Missouri"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Francis John Connors

"White Eagle"

Arikara

 

Skye Brooke Manikateri

"June Berry Root / Holy Evergreen Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa

 

Synsir and Jayceon Fog In The Morning

"Eagle Dancer and Standing Rock"

Crow Hidatsa Hunkpapa Lakota Dakota

 

Vernon Iron Cloud

"Jaw"

Standing Rock Sioux - Wakpala

 

Jonathan Manikateri

"The Brave Man"

Seminole - Taino

(Adopted Hidatsa - Knife Clan)

 

Lovina Manuella Fox

"Sacred Wind Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa - Knife Clan

 

SaNoah Solange LaRocque

"Eagle Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Mural to recognize first Native American Miss ND USA (kxnet.com)

 

Martina Fern Miller-Eagle

"Sacred Hands Woman"

Standing Rock Ihunktuwana

 

Wanbli Waunsila Wi Eagle

"Compassionate Eagle Woman"

Miss Standing Rock 2018-2019

Standing Rock Ihunktuwana

 

Darian James Morsette

"Buffalo Bull Shoulder"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

Black Mouth Society - Prairie Chicken Clan

Richard Edward Mayer

"Buckskin Horse"

Mandan Hidatsa

Black Mouth Society - Prairie Chicken Clan

 

Kobe Allen Morsette

"Brings Good Medicine"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

Knife Clan

 

Steven Daniel Mayer

"Mayer"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Carol Eve Good Bear

"Scatter Corn"

Mandan Hidatsa

6th Generation Bloodline to Chief Four Bears

 

Linda Fay Gourneau, MD

"Medicine Corn Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Chippewa

 

LaDonna Carol Brave Bull-Allard

"Good Earth Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Alliana Marie O'Brien

"O'Brien"

Arikara Assiniboine Sioux

 

Arline Cecelia Charging

"Geese Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa

 

Jada Lynn Charging

"White Cedar Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Autumn Dawn Monteau, Esq.

"Holy Sage Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa Chippewa Cree

 

Kristen Joy Tootoosis

"Sacred Flying Eagle Woman"

Dakota

 

Brandy Rose Duarte

"Duarte"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa / Mexican

 

Micah Lee Cozad

"Cozad"

Comanche Dakota

  

Owi-Dusna-Waste-Win Esther St. John

"The First Snowfall to Fall of the Season"

Dakota

 

Jameson Edward Cozad

"Cozad"

Comanche Dakota

 

Wesley Red Eagle Snow

"Black Cloud"

Hidatsa Arikara

 

Carson Hood, Jr.

"Good Eagle"

Hidatsa Dine

Black Mouth Society - Dripping Dirt Clan

 

Savoy Paul Fog In The Morning

"Sitting Crow" and "Four Lodge Poles"

Lakota Crow

Smooth Scalper Barbers

 

Trista Yvette Fog In The Morning

"Fog In The Morning"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Wyslee Grace Dubray

"Running Redo Woman"

Yanktonai Mandan

 

Lelani Rai Running Bear

"White Flower Woman"

Yanktonai Nakota

from High Star Camp at Oceti Sakowin (NO DAPL!)

 

Terrence James Morgan

"Sun Thunder Man"

Spirit Lake Dakota / Pawnee

 

Hailey BreAnne Tory Lincoln

"Yellow Blossom"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

 

Thomas Jay Plenty Chief

"Good Leaf"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Siooux

 

 

Melissa Jean Wise

"Spirit Wise"

Standing Rock Sioux / Arikara

 

 

Storm Allen Grey

"Runs with White Buffalo Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

Kerry Gay Israel

"Brings Good Spirits Home Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Bernadine Nicole Mandan

"Mandan"

Mandan Hidatsa Sioux Lakota

 

Montel Ray Carlow

"Thunder Stone"

Oglala Sioux

 

Jennifer Ann Whiteman

"Whiteman"

Crow

 

Wind Spirit Spotted Bear

"Wind Spirit Spotted Bear"

Nueta Hiraaca

 

Justin Clarence Deegan

"Charging on the Trail"

Arikara Hunkpapa Oglala

 

Samiah Lillian Rhone

"Sweet Corn Woman"

Hidatsa Arikara Sioux African American

 

 

Stefan Brock Silk

"Storm That Comes Fast"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota

Water Protector at DAPL Protests

 

Ashlee Marlo Young Bird

"Yellow Blossom"

Hidatsa

 

Robert Vernon McClain

"McClain"

Red Lake Ojibwe Muscogee Creek

Scored 1000 Points for UTTC Thunderbirds

http://www.ndnsports.com/united-tribes-rob-mcclain-mvskoke-creek-selected-as-mon-dak-conference-player-of-the-week/

 

Clifford Joseph Graham

"Many Bears"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

April Ruby Chapo

"Chapo"

Navajo

 

Paul Yellow Bird McCormack

"Bear Turns Around"

Arikara Hidatsa

 

Tyrale Kimberly Spotted Bear

"Blue Beads"

Hidatsa

 

Dakota Rae Kidder

"Sacred Red Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Royce Kah Young Wolf

"The One Who Brings Joy"

Hidatsa Mandan Eastern Shoshone

 

Wanbdi Waci

"Dancing Eagle"

Arikara Ihanktonwan

 

Elk Looking Back

"Elk Looking Back"

Arikara Ihanktonwan

 

Brenda White Bull

"Compassionate Woman"

Hunkpapa Lakota

 

 

Aryana Renee Henthorne

"Henthorne"

Fort McDermitt Paiute Shoshone

Jason Shane Two Crow

"Two Ravens"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara (Knife Clan)

 

Hillary Eagle-Eye Renick

"Pretty Looking"

Sherwood Pomo

 

Hope Miranda Baker

"Eagle Call Woman"

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara

 

Benjamin Orren Fricke

"Yellow Hammer"

Modoc Arikara Wasco

Great Great Grandson of Yellowhammer (Hagagosh)

Last Chief of the Modoc Tribe

 

Robin Opichee Day-Bedeau

"In The Clouds"

Bois Forte Band of Chippewa

 

Amanda Danielle Long Peltier

"Yellow Eagle Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Cousin of Leonard Peltier (Occupation at Wounded Knee)

 

Trey Cole Morsette

"Sky Tale"

Arikara Hidatsa

 

Michelle Rose Reed

"Golden Eagle Woman"

Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe

 

Hugh Marlow Young Bird

"Wild Eagle"

Hidatsa Mandan

 

Stephanie Elida Swallow

"Good Feather"

Ho-Chunk Nation

 
 

Gloria Delaini White Bull

"Makes The Road Woman"

Cochiti Pueblo / Hunkpapa

 

Mekasi Camp Horinek

"Coyote"

Ponca

Caleb White Bull

"Kills Enemy"

Hunkpapa Lakota / Cochiti Pueblo 

Chasen Davis Sitting Bear

"Sitting Bear"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Teyana Hailey Luger

"Luger"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Jada Lynn Luger

"Luger"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Khalani Rayne Howard

"Rock Star Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Swan Melody American Horse - Hopkins

"Feather Wind"

Standing Rock Dakota / Lakota

 

Love Melody Hopkins

"Hopkins"

Standing Rock Dakota / Lakota / Arikara

 

Elijah Michael Spears

"Spears"

Red Lake Chippewa

 

Lissa Yellow Bird Chase

"Bright Star Woman"

Arikara / Hidatsa

 

Kianna Yellow Bird Brown

"Morning Dew"

Arikara / Hidatsa

 

Shauna Yellow Bird

"Morning Star Woman"

Arikara / Hidatsa

 

Vine Thomas Marks

"Lone Wolf"

Sisseton / Wahpeton

 

Jacqueline Elaine Quisno, MD

"Quisno"

Gross Ventre / Oglala

 

Magdalen Yellow Bird

"Corn Silk"

Arikara / Hidatsa

 

Nelrene Yellow Bird

"White Eagle Woman"

Arikara / Hidatsa

 

Tamara Jill St. John

"Pleasing Woman"

Sisseton / Wahpeton

 

Merinda Rose Catch The Bear

"Turtle Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Davia Jordan Nicole Eagle Horse

"Two White Buffalo Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Lindsey Rondell Eagle Horse

"Eagle Horse"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Jason Lance Eagle Horse

"Eagle Horse"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Pansy Ann Goodall

"White Fighting Tiger"

Arikara

 

Oliver Hugh Yellow Bird

"Yellow Bird"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Miisheen-Meegwan Shawanda

"Many Plumes"

Ojibwe / Odawa

 

Joshua Wade Atcheynum

"Two Wings"

Plains Cree

 

Noodin Niimebin Shawanda

"Wind Dancer"

Ojibwe / Odawa / Potawatomi / Cree

 

Jaelyn Rita Two Hearts

"White Plume Woman"

Spirit Lake Dakota

 

Ashley Rose Cherry

"Cherry"

Arikara

Great Great Granddaughter of Chief Sitting Bear

 

Olivia Josephine Delorme-Heitkamp

"Josephine"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Mary Everett-Bateman

"Yellow Corn"

Arikara

Granddaughter of Chief Sitting Bear

Walter Jerome Beaver, Jr.

"Beaver"

Standing Rock Lakota

Karla Rae LaBatte

"Red Hail Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Debra Anne Haaland

"Crushed Turquoise"

Laguna Pueblo

New Mexico's 1st District

 

Otakwan Acahkos Iskwiw

"Evening Star Woman"

Metis

 

Nevaeh White Mountain

"White Mountain"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

White Elk Woman

"White Elk Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Kimberly Ann Dickens

"Iron Road Woman"

Arikara / Lakota

 

Tokeya Waci U Richardson

"Comes Dancing First"

Oglala Lakota / Haliwa-Saponi

Great Great Great Grandson of Sitting Bull

 

Lisa Marie Medchill

"Chief Village Woman"

Arikara / Blackfeet

   

Isabelle Gladys Medchill

"Woman From A Different Nation"

Arikara / Blackfeet

 

Charles Vernon Lasley, Jr.

"Bear With Good Voice"

Hoocak / Ojibwe

 

Ashley Marie Rave

"White Wing Woman"

Hoocak

 

Johnny James Crow

"Son of Oglala"

Oglala Lakota

 
  

Theresa Marie Eclipse Williams

"Resounding Sky Woman"

Ojibwe / Lakota / Northern Cheyenne

  

Sheena Marie Cain

"Head Bird Woman"

Ponemah Lac Courte Oreilles Mille Lacs Ojibwe

 

Ashly Dawn Hall

"Holy Owl Woman"

Hunkpati Sioux

 

Troy Fox Keahna Morsette

"Mountain"

Meskwaki / Dakota / Arikara

 

Kilyn Rain Parisien

"Many Birds Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Edmund Dale Baker

"Bear Teeth"

Hidatsa

Great Grandson of Black Hawk

 

Chalayne Larissa Baker

"Baker"

Plains Cree

 

Leah Kay Omeasoo

"Universal Woman"

Plains Cree

 

Farrell Hue Top Of The Sky

"First Born"

Chippewa / Cree

 

Cipriano Joseph White Bull

"White Bull"

Hunkpapa Lakota / Cochiti Pueblo

 

Dawn Eudora LeBeau

"Black Necklace Woman"

Cheyenne River Lakota

 

Marcella Rose LeBeau

"Pretty Rainbow Woman"

Cheyenne River Lakota

South Dakota Hall of Fame Recipient

WWII Nurse

 

Dr. Lisa Christine Martin

"Strong Hearted Woman"

Lac Du Flambeau Band of Chippewa

 

Sheri Lee BearKing Baker

"Her Many Horse Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux / Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Maddison Marie Spotted Bear Patneaud

"Rainbow"

Ojibwe / Cree / Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

  

Tamara Kay Davis Patneaud

"Thunder Makes The Earth Rattle Woman"

Ojibwe / Cree / Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Micah William Ray Patneaud Schwamp

"White Eagle"

Ojibwe / Cree / Oneida / Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Arrow Lorenzo Spotted Bear Patneaud

"Hunting Wolf"

Ojibwe / Cree / Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Florence Lois Ten Fingers

"Birch Woman"

Oglala Lakota

 

Kory David Annis

"Grey Cloud"

Lakota

 

Antoinette Kyla LaFramboise

"Talks Good Woman"

Arikara

 

Delvin Luke Rabbit Head, Sr.

"Walks In The Light"

Hidatsa

Great Grandson of Rabbithead

Who Was Photographed by Edward Curtis in 1908

 

Stephen Edwin Skenandoah

"Skenandoah"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Oneida

 

Aiyana Rayne Burnstick

"Eagle Child"

Peepeekisis Cree

 

Samuel Louis Seaboy

"Sitting Eagle"

Dakota

Joanie Marie Ramey-Neumann

"Good Pretty Woman"

Standing Rock Hunkpapha Lakota / Dakota

 

Jackson David Ripley

"Holy Coyote"

Arikara

 

Elizabeth Anne Jaakola

"The Lady Who Knows How To Sing Well"

Ojibwe

 

Hunter Animkii Jaakola

"White Eagle"

Ojibwe

Xander Jackson Ripley-Jaakola

"Black Crow"

Arikara / Ojibwe

Jagger Mamaajii Ripley-Jaakola

"Day Break Woman"

Arikara / Ojibwe

Herbert Dale Fineday, Jr.

"Big Wolf"

Fond du Lac Nation

 

Molly Laura Fineday

"All Around The Sky Woman"

Fond du Lac Nation

 

Veronica Lynn Skinaway

"One Thunderbird Woman"

Sandy Lake Band of Mississippi

 

Yvonne Kathryn Vainio

"Mist On The Water Woman"

Grand Portage Band of Ojibwe

 

Arne Vainio, MD

"Leader of Thunderbirds"

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

 

Albert Richard Little Owl III

"Strikes The Back"

Mandan / Lakota

 

Red Feather Raven Heart

"Eagle Plume Woman"

Mandan

 

Cinrique Keirra Bracklin

"Glowing Robe"

Hidatsa / Ojibwe

 

Cadence Logan Bracklin

"Sacred White Buffalo Woman"

Hidatsa / Ojibwe

 

Larry Allen Yazzie

"Wolf Spirit"

Meskwaki

 

Christal Lea Moose

"Woman Walking Through Pine Trees

While Snowflakes Are Falling"

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

 

Lucy Jean Youngman

"Young Man"

Oglala / Sioux / Arikara / Hidatsa

 

Chloe Jessica John

"Little Bear Woman"

Arikara / Hidatsa / Navajo

 

Mychel James Gregory John

"Swift Horse"

Arikara / Hidatsa / Navajo

 

Colette Laverne Youngbird

"Red Deer Woman"

Arikara / Hidatsa

 

Priscilla Lynn Younbird

"Born Of Bear Woman"

Arikara / Hidatsa

 

Audryana Nicole Leingang

"Leingang"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Thane Marshall Beheler

"Beheler"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Arthur Thomas Mandan

"Eagle Flies Before The Cloud"

Mandan / Hidatsa

 

Jayce Wallace Archambault

"Ghost Singer"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Hallie Faith Junel Lattergrass

"Sunset"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Skylar Jaymes Poitra

"Red Leaf"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Vincent Nolan Gillette

"Lone Eagle Standing"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Ella Marie Robertson

"Stops The Wind Woman"

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

 

Kathleen Sue Big Eagle

"Corn Seed Woman"

Forth Berthold Three Affiliated Hidatsa

 

Autumn Marie Greene

"Three Stars"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Firerstar Shadow Charette Scheck

"Dancing Doe"

Southern Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma

 

Dean Dedman, Jr.

"Red Hand"

Standing Rock Lakota Hunkpapa / Dine'

 

Savannah Jade Austin

"Red Pheasant Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara / Standing Rock Hunkpapa

Crystal Lynn Little Owl

"Little Owl"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Sincere Joshua Young

"They Who Will Hear Him"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Halle Rae Martinez

"Beautiful Butterfly Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Devlin Shay Peltier

"Little Eagle"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Great Great Grandson of

Amos Two Bulls from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

 

JaLeo Jace Long

"Long"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Joel Alex Omeasoo

"One Who Picks Up Feathers"

Plains Cree

 

Lahlee Carma LaBlanc

"Yellow Plum Woman"

Dakota / Lakota / Hidatsa

LLoree Dawn Dickens

"Yellow Buffalo Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Tonia Jo Hall

"Pretty Moccasins Woman"

Dakota / Lakota / Hidatsa

Cheyenne Verna Rose Tiokasin

"Looks In The Lodge"

Arikara / Dakota / Chippewa

 

Seth Charles Ramsey

"Red Star"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Sapphire Carmella LaBlanc

"Stands In The Center Woman"

Dakota / Lakota / Hidatsa

 

Derryn LeAnn Siegfried

"Siegfried"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Wynona Demaray

"You Never Know When She's Coming Back"

Mandan / Hidatsa

 

Eric Thomas Louis, Jr. Floyd Ear

"Little Man With A Wooden Rifle"

Stoney Nakoda Sioux

 

Jeanette Ann Black Cloud

"Eagle Road Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Megan Marie Thunder Hawk

"Red Flower Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 
 

Sarah Rose Dubois

"Dubois"

Spirit Lake Sioux / Standing Rock Sioux

Descendant of Chief Running Antelope

 

Paige Victoria Dauphinais

"Dauphinais"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Didymus Thomas Morsette

"Slow Dancer"

Dakota / Ojibwe / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Joran Luke Morsette, Sr.

"Red Tip Horn"

Dakota / Chippewa / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Randi Ronelle Dogskin

"Red Pretty Voiced Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux / Sisseton

 

Clayton Allen Ayutapi, Sr.

"Ayutapi"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Tusweca Maree Wilson

"Singing Star"

Oglala Lakota / Arikara

 

Vonnie Joe Alberts

"Rabbit Woman"

Arikara / Dakota

Great Granddaughter of Lone Chief

 

Inaani Rainbow Wilson

"First Thunder"

Oglala Lakota / Arikara

 

Melanie Angel Moniz

"Butterfly Woman"

MHA Nation / Nueta / Hidatsa / Sahnish

 

Ira Lawrence High Elk

"Scares The Eagle"

MHA Nation / Lakota

Natasha Rae Hall-Chase

"Red Star Woman"

MHA Nation / Dakota / Cree / Assiniboine /

Lakota / Navajo

Percy Beau Chase

"Blue Feather"

MHA Nation - Child of Prairie Chicken Clan

Micah Rae Highwalking

"Medicine Dancer Woman"

Northern Cheyenne

U.S.M.A. West Point 2010 Graduate

 

Rowena Stephanie Roberts

"White Bird"

Stoney Nakoda

Muh-Juhtheen Roberts

of the Dakota Horse Society, Manitoba, Canada

"Little Thunder"

Choctaw / Stoney Nakoda

 

Deanna Ellen Milda

"Pretty Buffalo Woman"

Crow / Lakota / Pima

Tawa Marie Witko, PsyD

"She Who Brings Balance"

Lakota

Maymangwa Anpetula Garcia

"Waving The Water Woman"

Ojibwe

 

Wambli Wayne Burnette

"Sees Through The Clouds"

Sicangu Lakota

 

Santana Rose Hettich

"Stands In Medicine Circle Woman"

Hunkpapa Lakota

 

Kelsie Lynn Harrison-No Heart

"No Heart"

Hunkpapha Lakota / Mnikhowozu

 

Bezel Brilliant

"Brilliant"

Bad River Band of Ojibwe / Grand Portage Ojibwe

 

Grace Lynne Her Many Horses

"Sacred Cedar Woman"

Oglala Lakota

Virgil Allen Freeman

"Freeman"

Pit River - Madesi Clan from California

 

Lloyd McKinley Brown III

"Buffalo's Breath Boy"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

RaeLeigh Lynn Morin

"Morin"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Bryne John Morin, Jr.

"Morin"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Kolette Monique Medicine

"Red Lightning Woman"

Lakota / Standing Rock Sioux

 

Wiconi Suta Win

"Strong Life Woman"

Arikara / Dakota / Lakota

 

 

Damon Cameron Hopkins

"Big Medicine"

Arikara / Dakota

 

Dr. Ruth Ann Plenty Sweet Grass - She Kills

"Night Wind Woman"

Hidatsa / Mandan / Assiniboine / Dakotah

 

Gerri Kathleen Pearson

"Green Grass Woman"

Sugpiat from Kodiac Alaska

 

Dayton White Eyes

"White Eyes"

Hidatsa / Lakota

 

Lily Anna Swaney

"Dancing Elk Girl"

Hidatsa / Mandan / Salish / Kootenai /

Assiniboine / Dakotah

 

Enos Channing Baker

"Red Earth"

Mandan / Hidatsa

 

Jewel Ella Martinez

"Juneberry Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Heather Janette Waters

"Waters"

Sicangu / Oglala Lakota

 

Arikaree Alberts

"Thinking Of Things A Long Way Off"

Arikara

 

Mahpiya Ota Mani Zephier

"Walks Through The Clouds"

Yankton Sioux / Rosebud Sioux

 

Jaslyn Georgette Red Tomahawk

"Seen By Her Nation In A Holy Way"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Anthony Joseph Moran

"Runs Above"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Gertrude Emma Moran

"Star Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

Tamyah Marcia Mount

"Red Eagle Plume Woman"

Aaniiih / Nakoda / Lakhota

 

Kaylee Ruth LaCompte

"Little Shining Star"

Hunkpapha Lakhota / Sichangu Lakhota

Baylee Ann LaCompte

"Stands Alone Woman"

Hunkpapha Lakhota / Sichangu Lakhota

Armando Javier Telles

"Telles"

P'Urepecha

Cheyenne Eete Kippenberger

"Fire"

Miss Indian World 2019-2021

Seminole Tribe of Florida

 

Joseph Scott Kippenberger

"Kippenberger"

Seminole Tribe of Florida

Marquel Tyreese Holiday

"She Who Keeps All That Is Dakota"

Yankton Sioux

Tara Lee Skarp

"Approaching Cloud Woman"

Red Lake Ojibwe

Carlos John Picotte

"Fronter"

Hunkpapa Lakota

Stuart James Lohnes

"Lightning Boy"

Spirit Lake / Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Delmer Wayne Crows Breast

"Raven Chest"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Volney Veryl Fasthorse

"Without A Rope"

Yanktonai / Hunkpapa

 

Henry Lee Gipp

"Gipp"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota

Casey Benjamin Fasthorse

"Fasthorse"

Yanktonai / Hunkpapa

Solomon Seth Scabbyrobe

"Scabbyrobe"

Yakama / Blackfeet

 

Hannah Catherine Washington

"Washington"

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

 

Curtis Brave Bull

"Lean Warrior"

Standing Rock Sioux

Xia Tynielle American Horse Brave Bull

"Brings Thunder Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux / Standing Rock Sioux

 

Kenya Marie Scabbyrobe

"Bird Woman"

Miss Puyallup 2017-2018

Puyallup / Blackfeet

 

Kathy Lynn Scabbyrobe

"Scabbyrobe"

Puyallup / Kainai

Valahlena Rahyne Steeprock

"Little Fox"

Red Lake Band of Chippewa / Mohawk / Seneca / Ponca

Gabriella Alexis Lilley

"Lilley"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Eugene Jesse White IV

"White"

Mr. Basketball 2021

Arikara

 

Talor Theodore Daniel Toavs

"Buffalo Man"

Fort Peck Assiniboine

Evy Lee Long Chasing Soldier

"Sacred Colors"

Hidatsa / Hunkpapa Sioux

 

Greg Grey Cloud

"Charging Lance"

Crow Creek Sioux

Hunter Jayne Archambault

"Turtle Stone Woman"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa

Kray'Lea Mae Rose Archambault

"Archambault"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa

Red Rock Eagle Standing

"Red Rock Eagle Standing"

MHA Nation

Agnes Marie Woodward

"Wind Woman"

Plains Cree

 

Tha-Changleska Luta Hoksila

"His Red Hoop Boy"

Standing Rock Sioux / MHA Nation

with mother Alayna Lee Eagle Shield

Takini Long Chasing Soldier

"Iron Woman"

Hunkpapa Sioux / Hidatsa

Chozey Joran Morsette

"Morsette"

Arikara / Dakota

Nakoosa Stara Moreland

"Where The Three Rivers Meet"

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

 

Nakeezaka Suloostu Jack

"Breaks The Belt"

Shoshone Bannock / Dine

Oketwsha Roberts

"Snow"

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Sinte-Ska Roberts

"White Tail"

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Shandin Hashkeh Pete

"The Sun Rays"

Salish / Navajo

Salisha Anne Old Bull

"Prays With Her Water"

Salish / Crow

 

Susan Ann Halsey

"Halsey"

Standing Rock Sioux

Timothy Hunts-In-Winter

"Hunts In Winter"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Kylie Lynn Hunts-In-Winter

"Brave Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Leslie Faye Crow

"Sacred Fan Woman"

Ihanktowan Sioux

 

Kaylee Corral Hall

"Hall"

Sioux / Mandan / Arikara / Hidatsa

 

Ronald Dale Brugh

"War Pony"

Mandan / Hidatsa

War Pony Land & Energy

 

Lisa Ranae Miller

"Miller"

Ihanktowan Sioux

 

Selena Rae Tobacco

"Tobacco"

Oglala Lakota

 

Renae Goldinn Wolf

"Rising Sun Woman"

Isanti Dakota Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska

 

Paris Don Wolf

"Comes From Lightning"

Oglala Sioux

 

Summer Loran Bowman

"She Who Walks With Good Thoughts"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Eunice Straight Head

"Bright Shining Star Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Anthony Bennett Duncan

"Yellowbird Dancing"

San Carlos Apache / Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

2020 Hoop Dance World Champion

 

Laura Ann Schad

"Schad"

Cheyenne River Lakota

Kelene Annette Deer

"Deer"

Oklahoma Delaware / Otoe / Navajo\

Snowbird Rodriguez (Sapa Wiikit)

"Snow Bird"

Yaqui Yoeme / Apache

Taylor Jordan Schad, Esq.

"Schad"

Cheyenne River Lakota

Naida Medicine Crow

"Searching For Relatives Woman"

Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota

 

Rika Daisy Lee Powaukee

"Happiness Bringer Of Joy"

Nez Perce

 

Beaux Matua Vasquez

"Blue Moon"

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians

 

Jasmin-Lalani Fejerang

"Fejerang"

Cupa Umatac of Guam

 

Bryan Mathew Vasquez

"Roadrunner"

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians

 

Laureen Rose Omeasoo

"Omeasoo"

Plains Cree

 

Victoria Judith Brugh

"Woman Goes Out"

Mandan / Arikara

Four Bears Councilwoman 2006 to Present

 

Doris Jane Omeasoo

"Mother Earth"

Plains Cree

Residential School Survivor of

Ermineskin Indian Residential School

 

Morning-Glory Omeasoo

"Eagle Woman"

Samson Cree

Irene Joyce Omeasoo

"Bear Woman Standing In The Mountain"

Plains Cree

 

Kenneth Elroy Funmaker, Jr.

"Big Bear"

Ho-Chunk / Meskwaki

 

Cheryl Jane Funmaker

"The Lightning Reveals Itself"

Ho-Chunk / Standing Rock Sioux

 

Helen Cordelia Crow Ghost-Alkire

"Woman Who Holds Herself With High Honor"

Standing Rock Sioux

Great Granddaughter of Chief Rain In The Face

Janet Louise Alkire

"Woman Who Holds Herself With High Honor"

Standing Rock Sioux Lakota

Tribal Chairwoman of Standing Rock 2021

 

Owaissa Evelyn Thelen

"Blue Sky Woman"

Lac Courte Orellies Band of Ojibwe / Forest County Potawatomi

Kimberly Sue LaRonge

"Edge Of The Sky Woman"

Lac Courte Orellies Band of Ojibwe

Arden Ramay Thelen

"Feather Woman"

Lac Courte Orellies Band of Ojibwe

Travis Charles Thelen

"Little Feather"

Forest County Potawatomi

Shawntay Rosemary Iron Horse

"People Depend On Her"

Oglala Lakota

Clay Flying Eagle LaRocque

"Red Elk Whistling"

Turtle Mountain Pembina Chippewa

 

Wiley Joe LaRocque

"Cloud Chief"

Turtle Mountain Pembina Chippewa

 

Angela Rose LaRocque

"Singing Bird"

Forest Countyu Potawatomi

 

Margaret Judy Kakenowash Azure

"Blue Sky Striped Cloud Woman"

Turtle Mountain Pembina Chippewa

Great Great Grandaughter of Chief Buffalo

 

Ashlin Quill LaRocque

"Sheet Lightning"

Turtle Mountain Pembina Chippewa

 

 

Amari Opichi LaRocque

"Hummingbird"

Turtle Mountain Pembina Chippewa

 

Kelvin Louis Grant

"The War Hero"

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska

 

Alexander James One Horn

"One Horn"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Lakota

 

Zachary Hunter McLaughlin

"Standing Thunder Cloud"

Arikara / Lakota

 

Jendaya Zhane Yellow Fat

"Stands In The Wind Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

 

Reid Allen Walker

"Bird Bear"

Mandan / Hidatsa

 

Michael Paul Faith

"Buffalo Soldier"

Standing Rock Sioux

Tribal Chairman Standing Rock Sioux Nation 2017-2021

 

Cheryle Danielle Good Bird

"Uses Cedar In Ceremonies Woman"

Mandan / Hidtasa

Maka Akan Najin Black Elk

"Prancing Ram"

Oglala Lakota

Executive Director of Red Cloud Indian School

Great Great Great Grandson of Nicholas Black Elk

Dakotah Rae Jourdain

"Red Road Woman"

Crow Creek Sioux Dakota / Red Lake Ojibwe of Minnesota

Oliver Thomas Roan Ramsey

"Speaks With His Mind Boy"

Standing Rock Sioux

(with Tiffany Julia Baker-Ramsey "Dreams With Horses Woman")

Lyda Jade Spotted Bear

"Eagle Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara / Dakota Sioux

Denver Bryce Spotted Bear

"Rolling Thunder"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara 

Thaine Keaton Thunder Hawk

"Crow Ghost"

Oglala Lakota / Hunkpapa Sioux 

Dustin Chad Thunder Hawk

"Thunder Hawk"

Standing Rock Sioux / Oglala Lakota / Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 

Collin Tru Hale

"Buffalo Looking"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Mescalero Apache / Dine  

Avis Ann Little Eagle

"Little Eagle"

Standing Rock Sioux  

Matthew Steven Schanandore

"Schanandore"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Oneida

"Modern Native Park Ranger"  

Sonja Alaynee Snider

"Good Day Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

Lluvia Jazlene Uribe-Kitto

"Bright Woman"

Isanti Sioux / Yankton Sioux 

Sandra Gail Berlin

"Star Woman"

Anishinaabe / Dakota 

Wanda Jean Water

"Walks For Them"

Oglala Sioux

Great Great Granddaughter of Chief Calico

 

Zailey Gail Gartner

"Sacred Elk Bone Whistle Woman"

Anishinaabe / Dakota

 

Trista Jade Azure

"Azure"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Emily Grace Poitra

"Red Shadow Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Angie Lynn Decoteau

"White Buffalo Earth Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Hunter Gray Decoteau

"Ocean Bear"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

James Joseph Decoteau

"Strong Heart Man"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Shanda Lynn Poitra

"Corn Silk Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Connie Lynn Filesteel

"Good Woman"

Aaniiih / Nakoda

 

Kateri Lulyala Murphy

"Murphy"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Laila Ann Marie Murphy

"Murphy"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Mabahi Thayden Arthur Baker

"Singer"

Mandan / Hidatsa

 

Susseli Nizhoni Pete

"Baby Bear"

Navajo / Klamath

 

Siliye Tiznahbah Pete

"White Ermine"

Bitter Root Salish / Navajo / Klamath

 

Michael Crandall Bissonette

"Walks With Spotted Eagle Feather"

Oglala Sioux

Great Grandson of Chief Stabber

 

Gregory Seth LeBeau

"Two Spirit"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa /

Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux

Marilyn Rose Keeps Eagle

"Keeps Eagle Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

George Bernard Keeps Eagle

"Keeps Eagle"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Adison Kole Vetter

"White Butterfly Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Zahiyah Cash Negonsott

"Running Buffalo"

Lakota / Kickapooo

Gisele Wichoni Tobacco

"Strong Girl With Shawl"

Lakota / Kickapooo

 

Francisca Tobacco

"Tobacco"

Lakota

 

Black Spotted Horse

"Black Spotted Horse"

Hunkpapa

 

Mayo James Pena

"Blue Warrior"

Standing Rock Sioux / Gila River Hope

 

Kiya Kay-Lynn Bruno

"Bruno"

Cree First Nation

 

Sidney Ahuaiti Kineaka Nehua-Jackson

"Nehua-Jackson"

Maori from New Zealand

 

Amanda Sue Schaefle

"Shaefle"

Red Lake Ojibwe

 

Tobias Lee Two Crow

"Loud Voice"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Eden Rose Cavanaugh

"Carries A Good Banner Woman"

Miss Spirit Lake 2021-2022

Spirit Lake Dakota

 

Chad Curtis Simon

"Simon"

Cree First Nation

 

Eloisa Garcia Tamez, RN, PhD, FAAN

"Tamez"

Lipan Apache Band of Texas

 

Teagan Rae Decoteau

"Little Drum"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Nicole Rose Gipp

"Gipp"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Ashtyn Reece Jerome

"Jerome"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Danica Victory White

"Red Eagle Girl"

Arikara / Dakota

 

Kody Joyce Murphy

"Good Teacher Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Izsak Howard Davis

"Red Fox"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Corey Lee Davis, Sr.

"Talking Raven"

Hunkpapa Sioux / Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Sydnee Rae Davis

"Blue Bird"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Corey Lee Davis, Jr.

"Thunderbird Warrior"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Sonya Rae Davis

"Giving Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Lonna LaRae Peters

"Talks For Herself"

Nez Perce / Yakama

 

Marilyn Susan Peters

"One Who Does Not Smile"

Nez Perce / Yakama

 

Skyla Rae Temens

"Hummingbird In Clear Sky"

Nez Perce / Yakama / Navajo

 

Marcus Dominick Levings

"White Headed Eagle"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara / Sioux / Yakama

 

Misty Blue Young Bear, RN

"Bayokia"

Meskwaki / Omaha

 

Dennis Allen Young Bear

"Bear Skin"

Meskwaki

 

Okoye Xavier Young Bear

"Friend"

Meskwaki

 

Harrison Martin Young Bear

"Young Bear"

Meskwaki

 

Elaina Christine Poitra

"Standing Strong Woman"

Chippewa Band of Indians

 

Loretta Mae DeLong, Ed.D.

"Cedar Roots Woman"

Turtle Mountain Pembina Chippewa

 

Arlene Louise Gourneau-Poitra

"Gourneau"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Summitt Sahara Baker

"Guides Woman"

Nueta / Hidatsa

 

Sashay Shyan Schettler

"Owl Woman"

Nueta / Hidatsa

 

Jake Jimmy Tiger

"Snake"

Seminole Nation

Isabella Aiukli Cornell

"Beauty"

Choctaw

 

Trinity Faith Dixon

"Dixon"

Hidatsa / Isleta Laguna Pueblo / Cochiti

 

Lilly Chene Rose Dixon

"Evergreen"

Hidatsa / Isleta Laguna Pueblo / Cochiti

 

Patricia Charlene Dixon

"Otter Comes Out"

Hidatsa / Isleta Laguna Pueblo / Cochiti

 
 

Monica Martha Dixon

"Circle Around The Sun"

Isleta Laguna Pueblo / Cochiti

 

Julianne Paige Smart

"Smart"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Wioweste Olowan Cook (with Mother)

"Love Song"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Jodie Lea Wallette

"Shell Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe

 

Vita Marie Graham

"Woman Standing In The Back"

Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe

 

Frances Lorraine Merz

"Woman With A Strong Inner Voice"

Standing Rock Sioux (Mdedwakanton)

 

Thomas William Red Bird

"Lone Man"

Cheyenne River Sioux

 

Destiny Marie Big Crow

"Sacred Red Star Woman"

Oglala Lakota / Navajo

 

Jhoni Kayue Big Crow

"Her Dwelling Cloud Woman"

Navajo / Oglala Lakota

 

Redsky Starr

"Sacred Bear"

MHA Nation / Yankton Sioux

 

Karin Maureen Eagle

"Song Of The Brightest Star"

Oglala Lakota

 

Austin H. Gillette

"White Shield"

Arikara

Shawn Goodluck

"Whistling Eagle"

Dine

 

Dion Taylor Bolman

"Four Bulls"

Hidatsa / Mandan / Arikara / Hunkpapa

 

Gerald Anthony Jefferson

"Bear Turns Itself Around And Makes Them Well"

Hidatsa / Hunkpapa

 

Sidney Jo Bechtold

"Yellow Fox Woman"

Rosebud Sioux

 

Shelly Ward

"Red Buffalo Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

Elliott Curtis Ward

"Many Deeds"

Standing Rock Sioux

Rayanne Annette Wise Spirit

"Wise Spirit"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Julianna Nichole Arellano

"Sweet Grass"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Alexander Moses Lambert

"Walks With Staff"

Arikara / Hunkpapa Sioux

Caelen John Lohnes

"Red Buffalo"

Spirit Lake Dakota Nation

Asia Mae Jeanotte

"Jeanotte"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Chante James Lambert

"Bear Heart"

Spirit Lake Dakota Nation

Shaydi Summer Falcon

"Dancing Butterfly"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Blanche Marie Falcon

"Rainbow Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Donovan Gerald Lambert

"Bear Shield"

Spirit Lake Dakota Nation

 

Yanabah Eagle Horse Fox

"Eagle Horse"

Arikara / Mandan / Hidatsa / Navajo

 

Sylvia Julia Joanna Bissonette

"Early Light Woman"

Oglala / Grand Traverse Chippewa

Direct Descendant of Chief Pontiac

Twila Marie White Bull

"Good Woman"

Hunkpapa / Oglala Lakota / Mni Coujou

Todd Justin Howling Wolf

"Howling Wolf"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

Tiana Tashina Howling Wolf

"Lucky Day Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

Charlie Nicole Cuny

"Red Hawk Woman"

Oglala Lakota

Brandon Gene Brave Heart

"Thunder Tail"

Northern Cheyenne / Oglala Lakota

 

Aidan Gabriel Weddell

"Weddell"

Yankton Sioux / Rosebud Sioux

 

Audrey Carmen Rayn Abdo

"Yellow Buffalo Woman"

Yankton Sioux / Rosebud Sioux / Santee Sioux

 

Jessica Naomi Howling Wolf

"Alert Deer Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Omaha

Dennis Howling Wolf, Jr.

"Wild Horse"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

Frankie Jo Morin

"White Buffalo"

Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe

 

Chance Lee-Ross Harris-Poitra

"Poitra"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Noah Ree Fox

"Roaming Wolf"

Arikara / Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe

Denise Kathryn Lajimodiere

"White Thundercloud Woman"

Ojibwe

Kiera Antonique Fox

"Winter Breeze"

MHA Nation / Turtle Mt. Band of Ojibwe /

Southern Cheyenne / Nakoda

Sonia Jade Annis

"Annis"

Lakota

Dayla Alea Taylor

"Taylor"

Isanti Dakota

Gavyn Taylor Spotted Tail

"Travels Alone"

Rosebud Sioux 

Judge Andew Lester Laverdure

"White Buffalo"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 

Tatianna Faith Wright

"Woman Who Stands Strong"

Pejutazizi / Sisseton Wahpeton 

James Patrick Grinnell

"Eagle Whistler"

Hidatsa / MHA Nation

Shania Mary RedOwl

"Woman With A Loving Heart"

Isanti Dakota

LacyJay Redwing

"Returns Woman"

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

Ash James Bowman

"Bowman"

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

 

Tusweca Win

"Dragonfly Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux / Oglala Sioux

 

Chantaille Kayla Dawn Running Bear

"Always Thinking While She Is Walking Woman"

Sioux Valley Dakota Nation / Standing Rock Sioux

 

Myah Jade Red Horse

"Helps Amongst The People"

Cheyenne River Sioux

Connie Lea Baker

"Red Cloud"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Luke Gregory Baker

"Walks In A Good Way"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Jayli Lashaundrey Fimbres

"Sacred Shawl Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

Duane Romaine McGillis

"Holy Man"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

J. Garret Renville

Chairman of Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe

"The Man Who Stands In The Holy Lodge"

Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux / Omaha / Seneca

 

Destiny Shay Jundt

"Blue Spotted Spirit Woman"

Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux

Moses James Lambert

"American Horse"

Hunkpapa Sioux / Oglala Sioux / Arikara

Jaimie Rose Little Bear

"Little Bear"

Hunkpapa Lakota

Chaske Little Bear

"Little Bear"

Standing Rock Sioux

Brently Paul Condon

"Condon"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Wambdi Wakiyan Clairmont

"Leader Of The People Boy"

Lakota / Dakota / Ojibwe / Meskwaki / Taos Pueblo 

Cree Rayah Sage Delorme

"Thunderbird Woman Calling From Afar"

Cree / Ojibwe / Dakota 

Eya Conape Tasunka Fox

"One Who's Good With Horses"

Arikara / Hidatsa / Hunkpapa Lakota 

Alberta Lorraine Miner

"Beautiful Eagle Winged Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux 

Tsulasgi James Lone Wolf

"Gator"

Cherokee 

Brenda Sue Cordova

"Elk Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Amaya Patricia Eloise Ramsey

"Ramsey"

Standing Rock Sioux 

Carmelita Lamb, PhD

"Lamb"

Lipan Band of Apache 

Syer Saige-Migiziins Laducer

"Little Medicine Eagle"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 

Jeremy Lee Laducer

"Big Bear"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 

Kenley Cristga Hamley

"Hamley"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa / Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara 

Durand Lee Hamley, III

"Hamley"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa / Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Catlyn Isaac Little Eagle

"Swift Eagles"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Sioux

 

Charley Alana Little Eagle

"Blue Eyes Woman"

Fort Peck Assiniboine Sioux

Ndaanis Bineeshi Ikwe Herman

"Little Bird Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

 

Gaylan George Little Eagle

"Brave Eagle"

Standing Rock Hunkpapa Sioux

Deland James Davis, Jr.

"Davis"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa / Oglala Sioux / Hunkpapa Sioux

 

Lovelee Joy Holy Bull

"Pretty Voice Crane Woman"

Spirit Lake Dakota / Cheyenne River Sioux

Seneca Jade Skunk

"Fighter Survivor Woman"

Lower Brule Sioux / Lakota

 

Kansas James Middletent

"Crazy Bronc Rider"

Lakota

Lael MacKenzie Middletent

"Good Voice Woman"

Lower Brule Sioux

 

Lindalee Bruner

"Northstar"

Anishinabe Ojibwe Chippewa

Megan Denise White Bear

"Ree Woman"

MHA Nation / Arikara

Beverly Jean White Bear

"Plum Woman"

MHA Nation / Arikara

Cindy Marie Farlee

"Song Bird Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux

Jake Jordan Fox

"Thunder Wolf"

MHA Nation / Standing Rock Sioux

 

Jonnie Vera Lorraine Huerta

"She Grows Her Medicine"

Fort Peck Sioux / Dakota

 

Conwin Eldrick Blake Iceman

"Redtail Hawk"

Fort Peck Sioux / Dakota

 

Larry Eugene Fasthorse

"Bear Cloud"

Standing Rock Sioux

Donald Eugene Iceman, IV

"Osprey Hawk"

Fort Peck Sioux / Dakota

Jalen Chase Atchico

"Red Buffalo"

Fort Peck Sioux

Miko Star Brule

"Brule"

Apache / Aztec

Katalina Tay Shearer

"Orange Bird Woman"

Turtle Mountain Ojibwe / Hunkpapa Lakota

Cordell Todd Mann

"Iron Eyes"

Hidatsa

Hannah Wreylin Roubideaux

"Standing With A Strong Heart Woman"

Rosebud Lakota Sioux / Crow Creek Dakota Sioux

Shawna Brooke Lambert

"Looking For Eagle Woman"

Hunkpati Dakota / Sicangu Lakota

Kristopher George White, Sr.

"Hits The Bear"

Spirit Lake Dakota Sioux

 

James Elden St. John

"Saint John"

Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota

 

Karrie Allison Zephier

"Woman Born In The Black Hills"

Lower Brule Sioux

 

Julyana Rachael Dubray

"Porcelain Face"

Sicangu / Oglala

Sallie Maurine Thurman

"Greystone"

Standing Rock Sioux

Mimikwas Kalika Mae Acikahte

"Butterfly Rosebud"

Cowessess First Nation / Saulteaux / Assiniboine

Cowessess Princess 2019-2023

Tyeshia Jayne Natewa

"One Feather Woman"

Cree / Ojibwe / Pueblo Zuni

Maddox Rain Eagle

"Eagle Souring Upwards"

Cheyenne River Sioux

Elizabeth Rae Eagle

"Red Shawl Woman"

Cheyenne River Sioux

Kelli Rae Roberts

"Borrows From Her"

Cheyenne River Sioux

Donna Rosha Pike

"Walking Wind Woman"

Isanti 

Janay Rose St. John

"Has A Tail"

Crow Creek Sioux

Yolanda Marie Aguilera

"She Who Talks To The Little People"

Crow Creek Sioux

Asanti James Aguilera

"Elk Soldier, He Who Dances For His People"

Crow Creek Sioux

Laleeya Lita Aguilera

"Red Woman"

Crow Creek Sioux

Danielle Pauline SeeWalker

"Pretty Feather Tail Woman"

Hunkpapa Lakota

Melanie Jo Baker

"Blue Star Woman"

Standing Rock Sioux

Gloria Ann Brennan

"Flag Woman"

Arikara

Thomas Jerel Grace, Sr.

"Brave Man"

Arikara

Genesis Elisa Rosales

"Shining Star From The West"

Turtle Mountain Ojibwe / Cora

Azelena Jozett Rosales

"Warm Mist"

Turtle Mountain Ojibwe / Cora

Shilo Ann Comeau

"Honors Mother Earth Woman"

Hunkpapa / Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe

 

Naomi Lillian Cross

"Loves By The Stars Woman"

Hunkpapa / Oglala

 

Melanie Ann Minafore

"Flag Woman"

Arikara

Lola Jolie Weddell

"Comes From The Earth Woman"

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska / Ihanktonwan 

Sabin Michael Vandal-Albertson

"Vandal-Albertson"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 

Chance Lee Rush

"Cloud Boy"

MHA Nation / Hidatsa 

Brian Lee Zarazua, Jr.

"One Buffalo"

MHA Nation / Kickapoo

 

Mathew Adrian Foolish Bear

"Two Hearts"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara

 

Ebony Reece Tiger

"Powerful Elk Woman"

Yankton Sioux / Standing Rock Sioux

 

Caroline Lynae High Elk

"Two Horse Woman"

Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara / Dakota / Lakota

 

Molina Lynn Ferguson

"Beautiful One"

Oglala Lakota Sioux

Ayden Benjamin Spears

"His Strong Spirit"

Teton Sicangu / Lakota

Edward Norman Spears

"Walks With The Eagle and Thunder Beings"

Teton Sicangu / Lakota

 

Michael Adam Spears

"Buffalo Spider"

Teton Sicangu / Lakota

 

Nikki Lynne LaFromboise

"LaFromboise"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Benjamin GoodBird III

"Wolf Head"

MHA Nation / Hunkpapa Sioux

Michael Charles Birdsbill III

"Birdsbill"

Fort Peck Assiniboine Sioux

Dalli Jo Keplin

"Blue Shooting Star Woman"

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Prince Roy Sanchez

"Sanchez"

Yankton Sioux / Mexican

KingRonin Lyric Sanchez

"Sanchez"

Yankton Sioux / Mexican

Princeston Lee Sanchez

"Sanchez"

Yankton Sioux / Mexican

Cray John Hudson

"Good Fur Robe"

MHA Nation

Morgan Jay Birds Bill

"Kills With His Knife"

MHA Nation

Justin Thad Baker

"Looks Back"

MHA Nation

Ethan Lee Young Bird

"Buffalo That Wallows"

MHA Nation

Dayle Tapaardjuk Miranaaq Kubluitok

"Moon"

Inuit

Adam Charles Heiden

and Sophia Isabella Heiden

"Red Roan"

Standing Rock Sioux

 

Misty Jo Heiden

"Rising With The Sun"

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

Maliyah Kiki Heiden

"Pretty Elk"

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate

 
       
       

Musee d'Archeologie Nationale in France

Your plates and your book safely arrived this morning at the museum. It is a wonderful gift and I cannot thank you enough for this. The plates are even more beautiful when you have them in hands; the surface is in itself something to admire.

Your approach is not very far from ours, as archaeologists. We extract things from the past and you offer things to the future, but all these things are snapshots of their times: they are fossils in a way, messages in a bottle for time travelers, which have been launched in the flow of time. Your images annihilate the distance of time, between past and present. They are somewhere in between.

But the challenge is not to make pictures of this American nostalgia for the vanished American Indian, since your images may also be watched “as if nothing had happen”: the “Indians” are still there, as they were in the past, when in fact they have been facing an attempt to erase them, which is not completely over by the way. In other words, there is a risk that the success of your images would be based on a false interpretation of the public: there is no reason, some would say, to worry about any “Indian Problem”, since, hey look, they are still wearing their feathers…

What makes the difference, for me, is your art. Art is a form of truth. It lays in the sights you catch, the body attitude you get, the silent thoughts and feelings that impress the picture. The uncatchable inheritance of the previous generations, the many invisible scares of history. Your work is about finding the deep truth of these people, no matter what one may think or believe. And themselves, they have to be ready or able to offer that to you. It is a huge responsibility, since this is this truth which is going to be transmitted to the future, though your plates – as an archive of our time. Digging for the inner truth of the past, and transmitting it, is basically what we do, as archaeologists. You are digging for the inner truth of the present, which is in fact exactly the same thing – since every past has been one day the present.

We are a few following this uncertain path. But we know each other.
I am happy to have found one more friend.

With all the very best,

Laurent
Head Curator of Celtic and Gallic Archaeology, National Museum of Archaology (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France)

February 6th, 2020

"Empowerment Through Unity"

United Tribes Technical College Pow Wow 2016

"Required P.O. Box Not Allowed!"

A Political Wet Plate to Address Native American Voter Suppression

http://hpr1.com/index.php/feature/news/voter-suppression-begins/

Father John Floberg, "Nape Wakan" which translates as "Holy Hand", Rector at the Saint James Episcopal Church at Cannon Ball

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Margaret Landin, "Beautiful Evening Star Woman", Arikara Hidatsa Assiniboine

Native American liaison, friend  and collaborator for

Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective

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"Uncovering Our Lost Children" with Nakeezaka Jack (Breaks The Belt)

(Giving a voice to the Native children lost to boarding schools)

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"Love Water, Not Oil" with Dale American Horse, Jr. 

(Plate #1 of the NO Dakota Access Pipeline Series)

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"Death by Oil" with Darren Thompson 

(Plate #2 of the NO Dakota Access Pipeline Series)

First Place Best Photograph - Human Rights Film & Arts Festival, Fargo, North Dakota November 18th, 2017

Original Plate Curated by the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

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"Tolerance by Oppression" with Sophie Landin

(Plate #3 of the NO Dakota Access Pipeline Series)

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"No Spiritual Surrender" with Floris White Bull 

(Plate #4 of the NO Dakota Access Pipeline Series)

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"Columbus Landed, Columbus Fell" with Allan Demaray and Lance Loken

(Pushing Back Against Columbus Day for my Friends)

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"The Unheard" with Dalli Keplin (Blue Shooting Star Woman)

(Raising Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman - MMIW)

Native Fashion in A.I. featured in Native Max Magazine with Shane Balkowitsch 7-15-2023

Mural to Recognize First Native American Miss North Dakota USA with Sanoah LaRocque 7-27-2022

 

My Wet Plate of Floris White Bull is featured in the movie AWAKE - A Dream from Standing Rock

My Wet Plates at DAPL featured on CNN Virtual Reality "Looking Back on the Stand at Standing Rock" June 2017

Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective by Cooperative Photography, March 3rd, 2020

Photo Essay: Shadow Catcher, February 26th, 2020

Indian Country Today Article Featuring Wet Plate of Cheyenne Kippenberger April 12, 2021

American Indians Through the Lens of Roland Reed at The Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum March 30, 2019 - My Original Plates on Display

Northern Plains Native Americans: Exhibition at the Rourke Museum August 24, 2018

Standing Rock is everywhere: one year later, The Guardian, Featuring Arvol Looking Horse Portrait, February 22, 2018

Shane Presenting Floris White Bull with Glass Print at the ND Human Rights Film Festival Opening Night 11-17-2017

"Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective" Opening Night KFYR TV 11-3-2017

"Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective" featured in POW WOW Magazine 10-29-2017

My Wet Plate "Death by Oil" is featured in the article "Culture Shift" by YES! Magazine

My Wet Plates from the Dakota Access Pipeline are featured in the documentary PEACEMAKER by Florida State University

CLICK HERE to read "This Native American Woman Changed the Standing Rock Narrative Forever" in Swaay with Floris White Bull 5-1-2017

CLICK HERE see the Economists "Edward's Curtis's Life and Photography" Video

CLICK HERE see my plates featured in "Stone Ghosts" by Consequence Magazine written by Stephen Dau 11-25-2016

CLICK HERE to "Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's Eldest Tribal Member Celebrates 100 Years" 11-08-2016

CLICK HERE to view Emily Ergen from the Historical Society talk about Ernie Lapointe's Plate "Eternal Field" 7-21-2016

CLICK HERE see my plate of Dave Archambault III featured on the front cover Le Temps in Switzerland 12-9-2016

Documenting Dakota Pipeline Protests in Wet Plate, Fargo Forum, August 15th, 2016

High Plains Reader, "Water and Oil Do Not Mix", August 25th, 2016

High Plains Reader, "Can't Drink Oil", September 15th, 2016

High Plains Reader, "Death by Oil" rder="0" width="400" height="481"> High Plains Reader, "Death by Oil" High Plains Reader, "Death by Oil", December 22th, 2016

 

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