| GA-275880-20 | Public Programs: Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (Public Programs) | Magpie Creative | Winter Camp at Racing Magpie | 7/1/2020 - 12/31/2020 | $13,613.27 | Peter | | Strong | | | | Magpie Creative | Rapid City | SD | 57701-2742 | USA | 2020 | Arts, Other | Cooperative Agreements and Special Projects (Public Programs) | Public Programs | 13613.27 | 0 | 13613 | 0 | The hiring of ten individuals for the planning and implementation of a series of community events examining Lakota knowledge.
Winter camps were solutions to multiple problems for Lakota communities - practical ones like distribution of the hard tasks of preparing for and surviving the long winter periods and additional skills and labor, as well as the more esoteric and culture-building knowledge, aesthetic skills and understandings, documenting and passing along of cultural knowledge, and many other areas. This gathering and sharing of knowledge and work built connections and added resilience to communities and cultural solidarity, even with the vast distances that the Plains encompass. We are formalizing the community events to build momentum around this model. In our inaugural year, we will hold two workshops each month that will function under this goal of sharing, cultural vitality, and community building, with one monthly workshop geared towards youth participants and one towards adults. Each event will highlight a variety of interactive and engaging ways of learning and community building. |