Ann Miller-Larson
Running Strong for American Indian Youth® Dreamstarter Creative Ann Miller-Larson (Oneida and Ojibwe), of Green Bay, Wisconsin, used her grant funding to create large, beaded pieces (roughly 8×10 inches) that address the importance of traditional food and food sovereignty. With her $2,180 Dreamstarter Creative grant for her project “Our Foodways Are Sacred,” she purchased beads, […]
Alana Crutcher
Running Strong for American Indian Youth® Dreamstarter Creative Alana Crutcher (Paiute/Shoshone), of Elko, Nebraska, says her favorite medium is working with broadcloth and floral materials “bringing to light the feeling to embrace the quilts. Her Dreamstarter Creative project was “to share my quilting skills and the significance to our younger generations, sharing with them the […]
Menominee and Wakpala Smart Sacks Backpack Food
More than a decade ago, we at Running Strong for American Indian Youth® heard from the superintendent of the Menominee Indian School District (MISD) on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Keshena, Wisconsin, that young children were arriving at the elementary school on Monday mornings lethargic and unable to focus on their classwork. The reason? They […]
