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Check out this FRESH video made by youth participants at the National Indian Child Welfare Assiocation's Circle of Care Grantee meeting in Denver, CO on August 12, 2009. The song is by one of the youth participants! Check it out... Props to David Bernie for editing!

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[06 Jul 2009 | Monday] 

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Riding Out of the Past
Smithsonian Event Explores Native American Skater Culture                                                                                                                                                       

Washington Post Staff Writer 
Monday, July 6, 2009

As an ample but staid crowd peers down from balconies and staircases, nine young skateboarders fasten their helmets and scrabble up the sides of a pristine half-pipe, which sits, improbably enough, smack in the middle of the Potomac Atrium at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.
Punky, up-tempo music issues forth at a museum-appropriate volume, and the Smithsonian's Native Skate Jam begins. The skaters -- some in skinny jeans, some in Vans or Chucks, some in Native Skates T-shirts -- politely take turns. One leans down and discreetly applies a sticker to the otherwise unblemished surface of the half-pipe.
"You get your coffee yet?" asks emcee Jim Murphy, 44, an American Indian skater and owner of Wounded Knee Skateboards and Propaganda, which he operates from his home in Queens, N.Y.
The audience hardly responds, although the adults are eagerly snapping photos and the children are perched on tip-toe, watching intently.
"All right," says Murphy with a grin. "We'll wait for the Starbucks to sink in."
The five-year-old museum's atrium, which days earlier housed a demure smattering of canoes under an imposingly vast ceiling, is normally a bit too outsize and bare for the more-intimate collections it houses.
But this weekend, during a series of demonstrations, skaters participating in the Native Skate Jam made the museum feel more lived in. Some drove in from Michigan or flew from Arizona to promote the exhibit "Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America," which runs through Sept. 13. Participants were busy grinding on the edges of the half-pipe and landing 360s as Murphy and fellow emcee Todd Harding provided a jolly running commentary.
Audience members were kept from the roped-off skating area and encouraged to keep to the staircases and balconies. As blankets were laid along the half-pipe's perimeter to prevent stray boards from rocketing into ankles, Smithsonian project manager Betsy Gordon breezed by to whisper, "If anyone gets up on that ramp without a helmet, they shut us down," drawing a finger across her throat.
"Ramp It Up" focuses mainly on the Native American skateboarding culture of the West Coast, tracing the sport from its origins in native Hawaiian surfing to contemporary skaters, companies and events such as the annual All Nations Skate Jam. It includes four short films, 45 images, several native-designed decks and graffiti-backdrop panels by Native American artist Jak Fragua.
Gordon, who curated the exhibit, said "Ramp It Up" is the first time the Smithsonian has brushed shoulders with a skating crowd. Getting approval, she said, wasn't easy.
"I think there was an incredible amount of resistance from some people," Gordon said, "because it just didn't have any scholarly validity."
The program tells a family-friendly story of American Indian skateboard culture as one that provides a physical and creative outlet that encourages an increased sense of American Indian identity and community while also discouraging crime and drug use.
Although this is a story that, say, a police officer shooing spray paint-wielding skaters from a national monument might find hard to swallow, it's one that skaters such as Murphy corroborate.
Murphy said violence on the Cheyenne River reservation in South Dakota has dropped 70 percent since a skate park was installed there.
Gordon said the exhibit, as with the "Comic Art Indigene" show that closed in May, is meant to draw a younger crowd to the museum. Gordon said the museum is concerned about how to entice younger patrons, although "Comic Art" and "Ramp It Up" weren't designed specifically to meet that goal.
Walter Trepanier, 15, of the Saginaw Chippewa tribe participated in the skate jam.
Skating "creates a bond with other people that you wouldn't be able to get if you aren't skating," Trepanier said.
And it keeps him out of trouble.
"Oh, yeah. Most definitely," he said with a grin.
Graphic artist Bunky Echo-Hawk, 34, who is featured in "Ramp It Up," said in a telephone interview from his home in Longmont, Colo., that the exhibit is "amazing."
"I think there's a lot of preconceived notions out there about what Native American art is and what Native American culture is," Echo-Hawk said. "Like that we're a people of the past, or that the only part of our culture that's worthy of exhibition is our past. I think it's awesome that they're focusing on the skate culture, because it's raw, it's contemporary, it's what we're doing right now in this moment."
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Echo-Hawk, the artist
Indian Country Today
By Rob Capriccioso
Story Published: Mar 20, 2009


WASHINGTON – The Echo-Hawk name has been making big waves lately as a result of political wrangling in Washington. But the name isn’t synonymous with politics. For Bunky Echo-Hawk, it’s all about creating art. It just so happens that the messages of his art often end up being political.

Echo-Hawk, 33, has long been expressing himself through painting and drawing, but it was last August, during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, that his work began to attract an even larger nationwide Native following.

The Pawnee and Yakama tribal member was invited to attend an Aug. 27 event celebrating Native contributions to the Democratic Party. There, he was asked to create a unique live painting, with dozens of attendees watching over him as he worked.

Attendees of the event said he seemed to have a vision in mind before he began, but some insisted he was free-flowing, as he is sometimes known to do. He said at the time that he “hadn’t decided what it was going to be,” when he started painting.

As Echo-Hawk’s paints slid onto the canvas, distinguishing shapes began to appear: A prominent chin; a strong nose; a tell-tale ear of an important politico in profile. Echo-Hawk’s vision contained all the distinctive features of then-President-elect Barack Obama.

But he wasn’t done yet. Echo-Hawk added a headdress to the portrait with feathers hanging down to the gentleman’s suit coat and tie. A red line of paint was also added to Obama’s lower and upper eye regions. Then, the artist imprinted the plain suit with a bright red image of his own hand, and signed his artist’s signature in hot pink.

In the end, Echo-Hawk’s portrayal somehow made Obama seem like both a revolutionary warrior and a peaceful listener.

Just as artist Shepard Fairey was able to express the feelings of the change movement by creating a distinctive representation of Obama in a much celebrated poster with the block words “Hope” imprinted at the bottom, Echo-Hawk was sending a message: Obama should be the clear choice for Natives. He was a man who would understand. He was a man who would listen.

Soon, the painting began getting attention throughout Indian country; YouTube videos were made about its creation; and it received plenty of tribal attention in the Denver region.

By the time Obama was sworn in as president Jan. 20, the painting had come to Washington too, along with Echo-Hawk. Organizers of the American Indian Inaugural Pow Wow allowed the work of art to be displayed at the hotel where the festivities were held.

By then Echo-Hawk had been able to produce hundreds of prints of the canvas painting, ranging from large sizes to postcards.

“They are just beautiful,” said Sally Frazier, an Alaska Native, to a person at the booth where Echo-Hawk’s replicas were being sold. “They say so much to me.” She bought a packet of five postcards, which she planned to send to family members.

When Indian Country Today featured a picture of Echo-Hawk’s “Barack Black Eagle: He Who Helps People Throughout the Land,” on www.indian
country.com after Obama’s inaugural address, people commented expressing their support for his work. A sample: “Your painting looks beautiful. You are really an awesome artist.”

Echo-Hawk said he was inspired to create the piece after hearing the words of Obama during his campaign visit to Crow Agency, Montana in May 2008 where he was adopted as an honorary member of the Crow Nation by the Black Eagle family.

To commemorate the piece, the Tuell-Guest collection, in conjunction with Echo-Hawk, has released authorized reprints. Information on how to get commemorative posters and T-shirts featuring the design are available on Echo-Hawk's Web site.

While the events surrounding the painting have made for an amazing year, Echo-Hawk’s artistic story did not start with his popular tribute to Obama. He’s been a full-time artist for several years. He labels himself a “proACTIVE ARTist.”

“I get inspired and motivated to do my art from injustice in Indian country,” Echo-Hawk said in a recent interview posted on YouTube. “There are a great number of atrocities that our people faced throughout the past 500 years. My fuel for my art comes from how those atrocities affect us today as Americans, as Native Americans.”

Echo-Hawk believes art is a pathway to re-educating the public and correcting stereotypes about Native Americans.

“Through art, that can be achieved,” Echo-Hawk said. “It can set sparks off in people’s minds, in people’s hearts, and inspire them to want to look at these issues and do something about it.”

He believes, too, that artwork should be affordable, so that it is accessible to everyone. Sometimes he sells massive paintings that would normally cost thousands of dollars for a few hundred dollars. He said he most enjoys painting for Native people.

In addition to being a freelance graphic designer and photographer, Echo-Hawk is a full-time father. He is also the director of NVision, a nonprofit group that focuses on developing Native youth leadership and traditional and contemporary expressions of art, culture, education and media from a Native perspective. It is based in Longmont, Colo. and is an affiliate of the Seventh Generation Fund, one of the oldest Native foundations in the country.

Echo-Hawk said the organization promotes the development of a new generation of Native leaders, artists, educators and activists within a context of respect and understanding for traditional Native life ways, sovereignty and community.

Get the story: http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/home/content/41529327.html

FOR PRINTS AND T-SHIRTS: http://www.bunkyechohawk.com/barackblackeagle

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[08 Dec 2008 | Monday] 

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Nawa All . . .

I can't begin to express how proud of Ryan Red Corn I am. The awesome article below is just a glimpse into his success, and doesn't even begin to shed light on his character. I urge you all to get to know him!

Check Ryan Red Corn on myspace!

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Designer Is Drawn to His Native Roots
December 5, 2008
By Shannon Shaw
RezNet News
http://www.reznetnews.org/multimedia/slideshow/designer-drawn-his-native-roots-26490

PAWHUSKA, Okla. — Ryan Red Corn believes that if you build an economic infrastructure in the place you live, a community will emerge.

Even though his graphic design talent could let him work anywhere, he chose to move back to his reservation and open his own graphic design firm. After everyone doubted him, Red Corn's Red Hand Media is now one of the top Native graphic design firms in Indian Country.

"They said it couldn't be done," Red Corn said of opening his business in Pawhuska, a town of approximately 3,400. "Our language department's here, all the Osages are here or around here, why not Pawhuska?"

Pawhuska is probably one of the least likely places someone would find a store like Red Corn's. A delicate balance of cowboys and Indians, Pawhuska boasts a tall-grass prairie, a buffalo reserve, a Ted Turner ranch, a yearly cowboy cavalcade, but more importantly to Red Corn, the Osage Nation headquarters.

Red Corn, a 29-year-old Osage tribal member, has built his businesses on graphic design work for entities such as the Native American Rights Fund, National Congress of the American Indian, UNITY and the National Museum of the American Indian. Aside from doing artwork for Native organizations and non-profits, Red Corn takes pride in serving tribes, nations and their language-preservation programs.

"Each project I take on I want it to be a portfolio piece," Red Corn said. "With each project, I take to it the same intensity and want the next one to be better than the last."

The new look of Native advertising

Red Hand Media took off when it landed a contract in 2006 with the Native American Rights Fund. The contract was to rebrand the 38-year-old non-profit Native law firm to help it re-emerge into Indian Country's consciousness. The firm's slogan, "Modern Day Warriors," was coined by Native journalist Jodi Rave in the 1980's when she worked for NARF.

Crystal Echohawk, NARF's assistant director of development, said the firm asked Red Corn to work with that. The firm was looking for a fresh and sophisticated feel.

"My favorite always will be his Sitting Bull," Echohawk said. "It was the first one he came out with and it's Sitting Bull in a suit; and that design to this day, when I'm working with Ryan and he asks me what I think and I say, 'I'm sorry, Ryan, but this one will always be my favorite.'"

NARF budgeted approximately $24,000 for the campaign and raised more than $104,000 with the help of Red Corn's design.

"We just got such a tremendous national response," Echohawk said. "We got calls from Hollywood asking if they could run the ad and they even said, 'We'll run it for free.'"

Red Corn's designs are a modern take on Native culture and often have a youthful but sophisticated look that is cross-generational, Echohawk said. Red Corn has worked with NARF ever since the ad campaign that he did for the organization received critical acclaim. He has created similar campaigns using Geronimo, Chief Joseph and current NARF president, John Echohawk. The next one features a Native woman.

"His unique gift is through his design—he's just an incredible talent in terms of recognizing the type of messaging that resonates in Indian Country," said Crystal Echohawk. She said his designs "get to the root of Native identity in a very fresh and contemporary way. It's gotten to such a nice point, he understands our work. It's not a lot of push and pull with him. He's really helped us find our stride and make us look more professional."

Red Corn said things stepped up considerably after the NARF work. Once the Sitting Bull ad broke, he was inundated with referrals. "It exploded into a lot more work for me," he said.

There is competition in Indian Country for graphic design contracts, but most of the competition is from non-Indian companies or from companies that aren't ready for a national playing field, he said. What Red Corn brings to the table is a Native perspective to designs that translate to Natives and non-Natives.

"I would encourage young Natives to get into graphic design because there is so much work going to non-Natives," he said. Since there is such a high demand, he doesn't think Red Hand Media will be going out of business anytime soon. "The demand is too high," he said.

Buffalo Nickel Press

Red Corn owns three businesses: Red Hand Media; Buffalo Nickel Press, a business that prints and distributes custom shirts; as well as Demockratees.com, his politically satirical line of T-shirts. He also distributes Red Corn Native Foods, a line of pre-packaged Native foods.

"First thing we try to accomplish is staying in business," he says with a laugh. But funny business aside, Red Hand Media doubled its business in the last year, while Buffalo Nickel Press tripled.

In 2007 Red Hand Media made approximately $60,000 and is projected to make $120,000 in 2008; Buffalo Nickel Press made approximately $97,000 in 2007 and is projected to make $230,000 in 2008, Red Corn said.

Upon entering Buffalo Nickel Press, patrons see an explosion of color from his Demockratees line, which can either be taken as offensive or genius. On the walls of his store are spray-painted murals of Osages, Osage dancers and Osage chiefs.

"I'm not forcing my opinions on anyone ... only if they come to my store and see the front of it," he said, laughing. The front of his store is covered with freedom of the press ads and other political literature.

Red Corn does all of his work for Red Hand Media out of his store. While most of his business is from Natives, non-Native businesses have come knocking. Red Hand Media was selected by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma, Tulsa Chapter, as the 2008 Company of the Year. Non-Natives pay attention to that award.

"It probably puts us on the radar, although we do a lot of work for national clients," Red Corn said. While his job is making other businesses look good, the award will bring attention from businesses in Oklahoma that may not have been aware of Red Hand Media. "We work for everyone; we did work for Sony last month." he said.

He has only two employees at the moment who hold the place together when he's out of town, he said. The work is too much for one person and Red Corn said that Todd Vedder, his assistant for the last year and a half, nearly has a panic attack. Vedder is Pawnee/Otoe/Iowa.

"We've got clients from all over," Vedder said. "It gets pretty busy."

So busy, in fact, that during the summer Red Corn has to hire eight employees and just hired another full-time assistant, Casie Renee, Choctaw.

"I met Ryan about two to three years ago and I had heard about Demockratees," she said. "I approached him, and we became friends. We've been adding some structure and organization to the businesses."

An Osage way of life

The main appeal of the Osage reservation to Red Corn is his involvement in the culture here.

"You have to have Osages in proximity to have a community," he said. Creating a lasting community is important to Red Corn. Most of the clients who come into his store are Osage and he's proud of that.

Once he moved to Pawhuska, he took the initiative to enroll in the Osage's growing language program. Mentored by his uncle, Talee Red Corn, one of the tribe's more fluent speakers, Ryan Red Corn does work for the program and for other Native language programs around the country.

"I am thoroughly invested in making sure that our language continues to survive for future generations," Red Corn said. "It is the window to a true Wa.zha.zhe (Osage) thought process."

"Without involvement in language and cultural literacy in our people's ways by our tribal members, community members and our youth, there is no Osage Nation. These things are the basis for which all extensions of our tribal sovereignty are based," Red Corn said. "To recognize this is to understand the importance that its existence be concreted."

Red Corn took it upon himself to learn Osage traditional songs and regularly sings at Osage functions. He dances in the Osages' three In-Lon-Schka dances and is a member of the Pawhuska In-Lon-Schka dance committee.

"He's always been willing to listen and willing to do that extra effort so he could learn tradition, learn culture and learn language," Talee Red Corn said. "He was a good listener and had an open heart to be able to understand, to be able to comprehend the old traditional way of the Osage, if I can say that. I feel real inadequate in saying that myself but I feel he took it to the best level you can go for our family and our tribe."

Ryan Red Corn continually stays committed to traditional singing and sacrifices his time so he can sing at dances in Oklahoma and learn the songs and learn the meaning, Talee Red Corn said.

"I enjoy singing, dancing and being around the drum and the fellowship that happens during those times," Ryan Red Corn said. "You can't get that by living anywhere else in the world than right here (on the Osage reservation). The same goes for the language. The best place to learn and talk Wa.zha.zhe i.e (Osage language) is here at home."
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[12 Nov 2008 | Wednesday] 

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Bunky Echo-Hawk | Curriculum Vitae

Born: 1975 in Toppenish, WA. An enrolled member of the Yakama Nation and a member of the Pawnee Nation.
Education: Institute of American Indian Art, Associate of Arts Degree

SELECTED MUSEUM AND GALLERY EXHIBITIONS

2009
"In Justice" | solo exhibition | Daybreak Star Gallery | Seattle, WA

2008
"REmixed" | Group Exhibition | Peabody Museum at Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
"Native Nations: Uniting for Change" | Two Person Exhibition | Denver Art Museum | Denver, CO
"Contemporary Native Art" | Group Exhibition | Brown University | Providence, RI
"Weapons of MASS Media II" | Solo Exhibition | Schingoethe Museum | Aurora, IL
"Living Icons" | Solo Exhibition | Amerind Museum | Dragoon, AZ
"Impacted Nations" | Group Exhibition | Dahl Arts Center | Rapid City, SD

2007
"American Icons Through Indigenous Eyes" | Group Exhibition | DC Arts Center | Washington, DC
"Columbucide" | Group Exhibition | Laughing Bean | Denver, CO
"Living ICONS" | Solo Exhibition | Native American Trading Company | Denver, CO
"Visions for the Future Art Show" | Group Exhibition | St. Juilen Hotel | Boulder, CO
"Living ICONS" | Solo Exhibition | FRCC Visual Arts Gallery | Denver, CO
"Living ICONS" | Solo Exhibition | Gary Farmer Gallery of Contemporary Art | Santa Fe, NM
"Expressions of Freedom and Justice" | Group Exhibition | Dairy Center for the Arts | Boulder, CO
"Tribal Paths" | Group Exhibition | Colorado History Museum | Denver, CO

2006
""Weapons of Mass Media" | Solo Exhibition | Trickster Gallery | Chicago, IL
"Inheriting the Legacy" | Solo Exhibition | Guilford Native American Art Gallery | Greensboro, NC
"Impacted Nations" | Group Exhibition | Trickster Gallery | Chicago, IL
"Impacted Nations" | Group Exhibition | SmokeBrush Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
"Impacted Nations" | Group Exhibition | Ancient Traders Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2005
"Counter Cultured" | Three Person Exhibition | Modo Gallery | Hudson, NY
"Contemporary Native American Art" | Group Exhibition | ARt at the JCC | Santa Barbara, CA
"Impacted Nations" | Group Exhibition | Nathan Cummins Gallery | New York, NY
"Recent Works" | Group Exhibition | Westend Suites | Boulder, CO
"Hometown" | Group Exhibition | Dairy Center for the Arts | Boulder, CO
"Red Resources" | Solo Exhibition | International Institute of Indigenous Resource Management | Denver, CO

2004
"Painted Indians" | Two Person Exhibition | Museum Der WeltKulturen | Frankfurt, Germany
"New Paintings" | Solo Exhibition | Dairy Center for the Arts | Boulder, CO
"Open Doors, Open Minds" | Group Exhibition | Boulder History Museum | Boulder, CO
"New Work" | Solo Exhibition | CVC Gallery | Lyons, CO

2003
"Gas Mask as Medicine" | Solo Exhibition | Ellen Kathryn Gallery | Boulder, CO
"Recent Work" | Solo Exhibition | Solstice Institute | Boulder, CO
"Red Politics" | Solo Exhibition | Milagros | Alamosa, CO

SELECTED LIVE ART PERFORMANCES

2009
"BunkHaus Live Art" | National Museum of the American Indian | Washington, DC

2008
"Native Nations: Uniting for Change" at the Democratic National Convention | Denver Art Museum | Denver, CO
"Rock the Vote" | Fort Lewis College | Durango, CO
"International Indigenous Hip Hop Gathering" | Ford Amphitheater | Hollywood, CA
"Huckleberry Jam" | Yakima Sun Dome | Yakima, WA
"The Blue Star Party" | The Mainstage | Seattle, WA
"The Longest Walk Benefit Concert" | Avalon Theater | Hollywood, CA
"NorthWest Indian Youth Conference" | Cultural Center | Warm Springs, OR
"Blue Light CD Release Party" | Knitting Factory | Hollywood, CA
"Trail of Broken Mics Tour" | The Agency | Albuquerque, NM
"Rock the Nine" | Sunshine Theater | Albuquerque, NM
"BunkHaus Live Art" | Aurora University | Aurora, IL
"BunkHaus Live Art" | University of Northern Colorado | Greeley,CO
"Live Art Battle" | Max's Tavern | Yakima, WA
"Red Ink Magazine Premiere Party" | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ
"Live Art Benefit" | Eagles Lodge | Toppenish, WA
"BunkHaus Live Art" | Portland State University | Portland, OR

2007
"Insurgent Verses" | The Knitting Factory | Hollywood, CA
"Visual Voice" | Columbia University | NYC
"Modern Day Warriors" | St. Julien Hotel | Boulder, CO
"Rock OUT Columbus Day" | The Oriental Theater | Denver, CO
"A Night with Andrea Menard" | Dazzle Jazz Lounge | Denver, CO
"Red Ink Magazine Premiere Party" | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ
"GongShow" | Calgary Dream Center | Calgary, Alberta, CA
"NVision Tour" | Standing Rock Nation | Cannonball, ND
"NVision Tour" | Pawnee Nation | Pawnee, OK
"Iron Indians Tour" | Nuts and Bolts | Albuquerque, NM
"Primary Blends" | Gathering of Nations | Albuquerque, NM
"Visual Verse" | The Ferral Building | Santa Fe, NM
"Red Ink Magazine Premiere Party" | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ
"Hip Hop Hideaway" | Herman's Hideaway | Denver, CO
"Impacted Nations Premiere Party" | Fort Lewis College | Durango, CO

2006
"Back To The Roots" | University of California | Irvine, CA
"Native Voices Film Festival" | The Elks Theater | Rapid City, SD
"Painting Denver Red" | The Roxy Theatre | Denver, CO
"NARF Visions of the Future" | Republic of Boulder | Boulder, CO
"NVision: The Next 500 Years" | Republic of Boulder | Boulder, CO
"Anti-Columbus Show" | Fine Line Cafe | Minneapolis, MN
"Southern Plains, The Doin's" | Bricktown Gallery | Oklahoma City, OK
"Council Tree Native American Music Festival" | Fort Collins Museum | Ft. Collins, CO

ART AUCTIONS

2008
Native Get Out The Vote | "Native Nations: Uniting for Change @ the Democratic National Convention" | Denver, CO
Native American Rights Fund | "Visions for the Future" | Santa Fe, NM
Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce | "2008 Gala"| Denver, CO
Leonard Peltier Defense Fund | "Oglala Commemoration" | Pine Ridge, SD
Red Ink Magazine | "Premiere Party" | Tucson, AZ
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians | "ATNI Conference" | Yakima, WA
Potlatch Fund | "White Swan Skate Park Fundraiser" | Yakima, WA

2007
Native American Rights Fund | "Visions for the Future" | Santa Fe, NM
Transform Columbus Day/American Indian Movement | "Columbucide" | Denver, CO
Native American Rights Fund | "Visions for the Future" | Boulder, CO
Red Ink Magazine | "Native Pop Art Premier Party" | Tucson, AZ
Red Ink Magazine | "Humor and Taboo Premier Party" | Tucson, AZ


NVision | "NVision Tour" | Pawnee, OK
NVision | "NVision Tour" | Oklahoma City, OK
NVision | "Pawnee Nation College" | Pawnee, OK
Native American Rights Fund | Santa Fe, NM

2005
American Indian College Fund | "Gadugi Celebration" | Los Angeles, CA
Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of Commerce | "Benefit Gala" | Denver, CO
NVision: The Next 500 Years | "Debut Fundraiser" | Boulder, CO
ANTI-columbus Day Show | Minneapolis, MN
Native Voices Film Festival | Rapid City, SD
Visions for the Future, Boulder | Boulder, CO
Visions for the Future | Santa Fe, NM
Southern Plains "The Doin's" | Oklahoma City, OK

2004
Native American Rights Fund | "Visions for the Future" | Santa Fe, NM
American Indian College Fund | "Flame of Hope Gala" | New York, NY
YWCA of Boulder County | "Hall of Fame Auction" | Boulder, CO
Chinook Clubhouse | "Beautiful Art for Beautiful Minds" | Boulder, CO

2003
Native American Rights Fund | "Visions for the Future " | Santa Fe, NM
Mountain States Groundwater Association | "Benefit Auction" | Laughlin, NV

2002
Mountain States Groundwater Association | "Benefit Auction" | Laughlin, NV

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS

2008 Harvard University Gazette, Show Review
2008 El Semanario, Show Review
2008 SNAG Magazine, Featured Artist
2008 Spirit Magazine, Cover and Featured Artist
2008 Honor The Earth Annual Report, Cover and Featured Artist
2008 Say Magazine, Featured Artist
2008 Red Ink Magazine, Featured Artist and Poet
2008 Boulder Daily Camera, Artist Interview
2008 Native Peoples Magazine, Featured Artist
2008 Northwest Quarterly, Featured Artist
2008 Red Ink Magazine, Featured Artist
2008 The Missoulan, Show Review
2007 Colorlines Magazine, Featured Artist
2007 Visions for the Future, Book Cover and Featured Artist
2007 Washington Post, Show Review
2007 Courier International, Review
2007 Red Ink Magazine, Cover and Featured Artist
2007 Yellow Medicine Review, Cover Artist and Featured Poet
2007 Native Voice (NAJA publication), Featured Artist
2007 Heritage Magazine, Featured Artist and Poet
2006 The X-Indian Chronicles, Book of Masaupe, Cover Illustration of the Novel
2006 Heritage Magazine, Featured Artist
2006 Art Revue, Featured Artist
2006 Spirit Magazine, Featured Artist
2006 New University Press, Show Review
2006 Westword, Show Review
2006 Daily Times Call, Show Review
2006 Chicago Daily Herald, Show Review
2006 Native Peoples Magazine, Featured Artist
2006 The NAICA.org, On-Line Featured Artist
2005 Indian Gaming Magazine, April cover
2004 Native American Rights Fund 2003 Annual Report, Featured Artist
2004 Frankfurt Algemeine, Show Review (in German)
1997 Pasta Poetics, Featured Poet
1996 Pahto's Shadow, Featured Poet
1995 Home is in the Blood, Featured Poet
1994 Different Homeland, Featured Poet

TELEVISION AND RADIO APPEARANCES

2008 Current TV, Documentary Feature on the Artist
2008 CW Network (USA), Featuring NVision
2008 National Geographic Channel, Featuring NVision
2008 MTV Canada, Featuring NVision
2008 CTV, Featuring NVision
2008 Democracy Now, New York, Artist Interview
2007 WRHU Radio, New York, Artist Profile
2007 KZSC Radio, California, Music In Regular Rotation
2007 KGNU Radio, Colorado, Panel Discussion Broadcast Live
2006 KNBC 4, Los Angeles, Artist Profile
2006 WOJB Radio, Wisconsin, Artist Profile
2004 Rhein-Main TV, Frankfurt, Germany, Artist Profile
2003 KRZA Radio, Colorado, Artist Profile
2002 KGNU Radio, Colorado, Artist Profile
1997 KGNU Radio, Colorado, Artist Profile
1995 KUNM Radio, New Mexico, Artist Profile

AWARDS AND HONORS

2008 Boulder County Multicultural Award Winner
2008 First Peoples Fund,Business in Leadership Fellowship
2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation, 2008 Painters & Sculptors Grant Nomination
2008 United States Artists, USA Fellowship Nomination

PERMANENT AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Schingoethe Museum | Aurora University | Aurora, IL
National Museum of the American Indian | Washington, DC
Peabody Museum | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA
National Indian Gaming Association | Washington, DC
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in the Sciences | Santa Cruz, CA
Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO
Longmont Museum of Culture | Longmont, CO
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[19 Oct 2008 | Sunday] 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities



CHECK IT | 4Real Series premiers in the US on CWTV – 4Real Pawnee
Nation airs TODAY, October 19!!!


In August 2007, the TV series 4REAL joined NVision Tour stop at the Pawnee Nation with actor Casey Affleck. 4REAL is a series of half-hour television shows that take celebrity guests on adventures around the world to connect with young leaders who, under extreme circumstances, are affecting real change.

NVision Founder and President, Crystal Echo Hawk, was chosen as one of the young leaders to be highlighted in the series and saw this as an important opportunity to highlight the work on the organization and the youth that the organization works with.

"Our work with 4REAL and Casey Affleck was truly an amazing and special experience. This was not only an amazing opportunity to showcase the work of NVision but more importantly put a national and international spotlight on our Native youth and the issues they ar dealing with. Unfortunately, our Native youth and the challenges they are confronting are usually invisible to the general public," stated Crystal Echo Hawk. "4REAL gave our young people an important platform to express themselves in terms of not only their challenges, but also their hopes, needs and dreams. We are forever grateful to 4REAL and the series producers Sol Guy, Josh Thome and Shoshana Guy and Casey Affleck for believing in NVision and our Native youth."

The series has already aired globally on National Geographic and MTV Canada. Cast for Season 1 includes Cameron Diaz, Mos Def, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Casey Affleck and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. 4REAL Pawnee will premiere this coming Sunday October 19 at 5:30pm on CWTV. 4REAL Pawnee will repeat on Sunday October 26 at 5pm and on Sunday December 7 at 5pm.

4REAL online at: http://www.4real.com
4REAL on CWTV: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/4-real
4REAL-NVision profile: http://www.4real.com/profile.asp?p=crystal


4REAL Pawnee Nation Promo




NVision Pawnee Nation Student Film

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[19 Oct 2008 | Sunday] 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Art and Photography

Nawa All . . .

So, a bunch of years ago, I picked up a DJ Bedz mix at a local record shop. It was one of the ILLEST mixes I had ever heard.

Then, a few years later, I took my little brother Anthony to a DMC Battle at the Fox Theater. DJ Bedz was one of the judges . . . my boy Neil Macyntire won the MC battle, hands down. My brother, who stole my Bedz cd, was blown away by the event. It was real fresh . . . real hip hop.

Anyway, I hit up Bedz on myspace, and told him about my brother, and how much he has inspired him. Without hesitation, Bedz mailed my brother a BUNDLE of fresh mix cds. When my brother got it in the mail a few days later, he was so touched. He couldn't believe that one of his heroes actually mailed him something!

DJ Bedz earned even more respect from me. I thought his kind gesture was the true essence of hip hop. He selflessly shared his talent, just to make my bro smile.

So, yesterday, I returned the love, and made a portrait of Bedz. He was celebrating his birthday at The Loft, in Denver, where he spins every Saturday night. David Bernie and I went downtown...It was dope being able to bring that giant canvas into the club and present it to him.

It's all about respect!

b-HAUS

Check out DJ Bedz on myspace: Add DJ Bedz

Peep the painting!




"DJ Bedz" | acrylic on canvas | 36"x48" | 2008
photo by David Bernie


photo by David Bernie


photo by David Bernie

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[17 Oct 2008 | Friday] 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Art and Photography

Nawa All . . .

Check out this fresh video! It was filmed, edited, and produced by filmmaker W.T. Morgan. It was shot at NVisionIt, LLC's Native Nations: Uniting for Change event at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

VOTE!

b-HAUS


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[08 Oct 2008 | Wednesday] 

Current mood:  optimistic
Category: Art and Photography

Nawa All . . .

So, here's the deal. I just placed two paintings up on eBay. They are original portraits, both 48"x36", acrylic on canvas, and from my "Living ICONS" series, which has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States.

This size painting is priced at $2600. I created a portrait of Obama, on the same size canvas, at the Democratic National Convention: it sold for $4000.

So, I've opened the bidding on these two paintings at $500. It's a good deal.

Here are the paintings. Click on the links below to check them out on eBay and make a bid! And, please, help me get the word out and repost this message! I would appreciate that so much!

Ta'tura Tsiksu (With Much Respect),

bunky echo-hawk




Click here to check out Quese Imc on eBay!


CLICK HERE to check out Brian Frejo, aka Shock B, on eBay!
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[04 Sep 2008 | Thursday] 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Art and Photography

Nawa All . . .

Did you get your BunkHaus Board yet from Native Skates? Go to my page, find Native Skates on my top friend list, and hit them UP!

b-HAUS

















Skate or get COLONIZED!
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