Mni Wiconi
Denver, Colorado
45' x 5' 3"
Completed at Gold Crown Clubhouse in Edgewater, Colorado April - May 2018
Golden Crown Edgewater art studio
Water is life: it sustains us, it heals us, it is us.
Members of the Indigenous Youth Council healed through their trauma of being at Standing Rock by contributing to this mural. Community families also healed through creating this mural by finding a place of belonging.
Participating Artists:
Valeria Burciaga, Vanessa Burciaga, Wendy Chavez, Adrienna Corrales Lujan, Alex DeCarli, Wazhinguda Eli Florine, Adrienne Garbini, Belinda Garcia, Belem Gonzalez, Micala Ironshell Dominguez, Simon Johnson, Tomas Lopez, Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand, Raylnn Mora, Erica Padilla Saiz, Nimani Padilla, Huitzilcuucatzin Padilla Saiz, Muti Padilla Saiz, Xochihuitzillin Padilla Saiz, Leroy Saiz, Chico Stange, Daniel Stange, Uncle Louie, Itzia Villalobos, Maritza Villalobos, Mia-luz Villalobos, Rudy Villalobos, Tahi Athalia Villalobos
"Words are not needed to express things. Social consciousness and healing are created from doing, and those are both found in this mural."
-Belinda Garcia
Partners
Sisters of Color United for Education
International Indigenous Youth Council
Jeffco Indian Education
HEART of Saguache
The Range
Sponsor
Jeffco Indian Education
Language
Lakota - Water Is Life