WINNERS OF AIHEC 2012 STUDENT COMPETITIONS Archery Competition Marcel Bull Bear, Coordinator Men's Team: 1) Navajo Tech 2) OLC 3) Laccourte Women'sTeam: 1) Navajo Tech 2) OLC 3) Fort Berthold Men's individual: 1) Woody Collins (Navajo Tech) 2) Gary Antoine (Sinte Gleska) 3) Mark Ojibway (Laccourte) Women's Individual: 1) Deanna Charley (Navajo Tech) 2) Elaine Yellow Horse (OLC) 3) Pearl Roy (Fort Berthold) Coaches Challenge Joe Flood (Oglala Lakota College)
ANLSAMP Undergraduate Scientific Oral Presentation Winners First Place: Institution: Presentation: Amy Stiffarm Salish Kootenai College Polymerase Chain Reaction to Distinguish Diploid and Triploid Forms of Prize: $500 Butomus umbellatus Second Place: Ulrike Werner Institution: Presentation: Oglala Lakota College Protection from Electromagnetic Radiation through Soil used as Construction Material Prize: $400 Third Place: Institution: Presentation: Loretta Grey Cloud Salish Kootenai College Salish Kootenai College Outreach Program Discovers New Virus: Undergrad Research Leads to Proving Lysogeny Prize: $300 ANLSAMP Undergraduate Scientific Poster Presentation Winners First Place: Institution: Presentation: Noelani Villa Haskell Indian Nations University Caloric Restriction and Autophagy in Cardiac Function Prize: $500 Second Place: Christopher Cassandro Institution: Presentation: Fond du Lac Tribal College Paenibacillus dendritiformis strain is found in Manoomin sediments Prize: $400 possibly recycling nutrients
Third Place: Institution: Presentation: Burdette Birdinground Salish Kootenai College Conversion of Primary Forest Residue to Biochar with a Mobile Pyrolysis Blanket Prize: $300 Art Show Competition Marty Red Bear, Coordinator BEST OF SHOW DIVISION ONE TRADITIONAL Gary Lesser Fish Trap Salish Kootenai College DIVISION I - TRADITIONAL WINNERS I. BEAD WORK 1 st Place: Artist Name Andrea George Gibson Tribal College Enrolled Salish Kootenai College Title of art piece Beaded Bag 2 nd Place: Artist Name R. James Shoshone Jr. Tribal College Enrolled Northwest Indian College Title of art piece Peyote Fan 3 rd Place: Artist Name Elizabeth Sam Tribal College Enrolled United Tribes Technical Title of art piece Faster Than Lightening II. LEATHER WORK 1 st Place: Artist Name Julia Orloff-Duffy Tribal College Enrolled Northwest Indian College Title of art piece Orloff Drum 2 nd Place: Artist Name Warren Giago
Title of art piece Deer Legs 3 rd Place: Artist Name Lauren Good Day Giago Title of art piece Scared Deer III. QUILL WORK 1 st Place: Artist Name Hollis Chitto Title of art piece Blood Bracelet 2 nd Place: Artist Name Jasmin Larson Tribal College Enrolled White Earth Tribal College Title of art piece Purple Birch Bark Quilled Flower 3 rd Place: Artist Name Lauren Good Day Giago Title of art piece A Woman s Work IV. TEXTILES 1 st Place: Artist Name Tahnee Growing Thunder Title of art piece Let Me Show You My Tribes 2 nd Place: Artist Name Lauren Good Day Giago Title of art piece Hehaka Wayankapi 3 rd Place: Artist Name Sheena Begay_ Tribal College Enrolled Navajo Technical College Title of art piece Navajo Rug
V. DIMENSIONAL WORK 1 st Place: Artist Name Tammy Rahr Title of art piece Cayuga Couple 2 nd Place: Artist Name Lauren Good Day Giago Title of art piece Beauty 3 rd Place: Artist Name Hollis Chitto Title of art piece Taylor (Crow Woman) BEST OF SHOW DIVISION II CONTEMPORARY Sharon Lewis Pottery Institute of American Indian Arts DIVISION II - CONTEMPORARY WINNERS I. PAINTING 1 st Place: Artist Name Cody Giraux Tribal College Enrolled Sinte Gleska University Title of art piece Taylor Rose 2 nd Place: Artist Name Veneron Yazzen Title of art piece The Painter and the Sculpture
3 rd Place: Artist Name Charles Her Many Horses Tribal College Enrolled Sinte Gleska University Title of art piece Untitled II. DRAWING 1 st Place: Artist Name Nelson Chasing Hawk Tribal College Enrolled Sinte Gleska University Title of art piece Untitled 2 nd Place: Artist Name Sharon Vargas Title of art piece Trudell & Simplicity 3 rd Place: Artist Name Kaulouyah Mauni Looking Horse Tribal College Enrolled Oglala Lakota College Title of art piece Remember Our History III. PRINTMAKING 1 st Place: Artist Name Crystal Worl Title of art piece Gagaan Rising 2 nd Place: Artist Name James McCloud Title of art piece Space Indians Issue #1 3 rd Place: Artist Name Quinton Decker Tribal College Enrolled Salish Kootenai Title of art piece Bird
IV. DIGITAL 1 st Place: Artist Name Sina Bear Eagle Tribal College Enrolled Oglala Lakota College Title of art piece Baseball Series Native American Baseball Players in MLB 2 nd Place: Artist Name Bryson Meyers Tribal College Enrolled Fort Peck Community College Title of art piece Scared Fire 2 3 rd Place: Artist Name Katrina Montoya Title of art piece..at night V. PHOTOGRAPHY 1 st Place: Artist Name Colin Denny Tribal College Enrolled Dine College Title of art piece The Grand Entry 2 nd Place: Artist Name Moira Garcia Title of art piece Las Damitas 3 rd Place: Artist Name Monte Grant Tribal College Enrolled United Tribes Technical College Title of art piece Reflections VI. CERAMICS/POTTERY 1 st Place: Artist Name Sharon Lewis Title of art piece Dragonfly Inspiration
2 nd Place: Artist Name Nathan Bordeaux Tribal College Enrolled Sinte Gleska University Title of art piece Ina - Mother 3 rd Place: Artist Name Jenn Messier Title of art piece Boundary VII. JEWELRY 1 st Place: Artist Name Saeko Yamada Title of art piece Belt Buckle 2 nd Place: Artist Name Sherietta Martinez-Brown Tribal College Enrolled Navajo Technical College Title of art piece Warrior s Bow Guard 3 rd Place: Artist Name Brian Fleetwood Title of art piece Untitled VIII SCULPTURE 1 st Place: Artist Name Carlo Martinez Title of art piece Swallowed Up 2 nd Place: Artist Name Gary Lesser Tribal College Enrolled Salish Kootenai Title of art piece Fish Trap
3 rd Place: Artist Name August Walker Title of art piece Duality IX MIXED MEDIA 1 st Place: Artist Name Carl Little Tribal College Enrolled Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Title of art piece Stitches In Time 2 nd Place: Artist Name James Shoshone Tribal College Enrolled Northwest Indian College Title of art piece Waterbirds 3 rd Place: Artist Name Chalsey Snyder Tribal College Enrolled Fort Berthold Community College Title of art piece Flared Sunset Business Bowl Competition Lorie Broberg, Coordinator 1 st place Salish Kootenai College 2 nd place Fort Peck Community College 3 rd place Fort Berthold Community College Critical Inquiry Competition Janice Richards, Coordinator 1 st Place Leech Lake Community College 2 nd Place IAIA 3 rd Place Oglala Lakota College
Handgames Competition Wilmer Mesteth, Coordinator Best Hider Alexis Wenna Best Guesser Nataanii Means Sportsmanship Courtney Yellow Fox Best Dressed Best Singing Most Enthusiastic Amy Stiffarm Cankdeska Cikana Community College IAIA Sitting Bull College IAIA Oglala Lakota College Salish Kooteni College 1 st Place IAIA 2 nd Place Fort Berthold Community College 3 rd Place Cankdeska Cikana Community College Film Festival Competition Kathy Aplan, Coordinator 1 st Place Paranormal Inverstigators Tribal Edition Socorro Gonzales IAIA 2 nd Place - The Water Drum Clinton Desiderio/Mathanio Yazzie Navajo Technical College 3 rd Place Worl a Venizia Crystal Worl IAIA People s Choice The Water Drum Clinton Desiderio/Marthanio Yazzie Navajo Technical College
Knowledge Bowl Competition Billi Hornbeck, Coordinator 1st Place - Institute of American Indian Arts Team Members: 1. Genea Vallo 2. Blue Tarpalechee 3. Brian Fleetwood 4. Logan Blue Jacket 5. Shontysa Joe Coach - Nocona Burgess 2nd Place - Dine College 1. Delphine John 2. Solito Becenti 3. Maurita Begay 4. Ashton Tso 5. Jonathan Jones Coach - Apryl Joe 3rd Place - Salish Kootenai College 1. Tyrell Smith 2. Anthony Alexander 3. Samantha Rainbow 4. Charlene Charlo 5. Sasha Pietsch-Rivers Coach - Sharon Noel One Act Play Competition - Tony Fresquez, Coordinator First Place: Rez Wedding Oglala Lakota College Warren Gus Yellow Hair Tyler One Horn Julia Red Bear Shannon Whiting Dustin Kills Straight Shields King Tom Swift Bird
Darrell Red Wing Second Place: Raven s Story Time Institute of American Indian Art Crystal Worl Third Place: Finding the Corn Pollen Path Dine College Sergio Lester Lyndzey Barney Cheryl Cook Robin McGee Gabriel Parker Alvin Dahozy Speech Competition Kim Bettelyoun, Coordinator Duo Interpretation Serious 1st Alvin Dahozy and Lyndzey Barney 2nd Eric Lewis and Dyami Thomas. 3rd Robin McGee and Sergio Lester. Dine Dine Northwest Duo Interpretation Humorous 1st. Cherish Waters and Tyler One Horn. OLC 2nd Celestine Stadnick and Anna Saloman. OLC 3rd. Elliot Hamilton and Wiyaka His Horse Is Thunder. OLC Oral Interpretation Serious 1st. Wiyaka His Horse Is Thunder. OLC 2nd. Steven Walker UTTC 3rd. Allan Seeger. Sinte Gleska Oral Interpretation Humorous 1st. Tyler One Horn. OLC 2nd. Gary Martine. Wind River 3rd. Dallas Peterman. Dine
Informative 1st Blue Tarpalechee. IAIA 2nd Bianca McClosky. Sinte Gleska 3rd Elliot Hamilton. OLC Persuasive 1st. Sara London. Northwest 2nd. Chelsey Snyder. Ft. Berthold 3rd. Anna Salomon. OLC Web Page Competition Tony Brave, Coordinator 1 st Place -Caring for Animals on the Navajo Nation Navajo Technical College Dody Begay, Sherietta Brown, Martina Martinez 2 nd Place - Scarlett Elle Photo IAIA Sadie Red Wing 3 rd Place - Fort Peck Community College Lanette Ryan, Michelle Tibbets Cassandra Gilbertson, Matthew Gordon Writing Competition Tribal College Journal (Sponsored by Coast Guards) Top Three Entries: We All Look Alike, by Jamie Figueroa, Institute of American Indian Arts Thunder and Lightning, by Jennifer Whitewolf, Comanche Nation College Of Hand Blooming, by Monte J. Little, Institute of American Indian Arts Honorable Mention: Where the Ancestors Cried, by Stephanie A. Fisher, Salish Kootenai College Tikena Tribe, by Beatresea Kien, Institute of American Indian Arts The Bike, by Chasity Ann Vigil, Institute of American Indian Arts
Memoir Top Three Entries A Collection for My Mother and Father by Katrina Montoya, Institute of American Indian Arts The Blanket by Jayni Anderson, Fort Peck Community College So She Took the Sun with Her, by Delores Tourtillott-Grignon, College of Menominee Nation Honorable Mention The Whisper by Jayni Anderson, Fort Peck Community College Intersections on the Journey to Higher Learning by Chad J. Reynolds, Salish Kootenai College Smoke Signals by Elizabeth Sam, United Tribes Technical College Poetry Top Three Entries Golden Arches and Indian Tacos by Katrina Montoya, Institute of American Indian Arts Letter to June 2032 by A.M. Nelson, Institute of American Indian Arts Red Fox by Loga Fixico, Salish Kootenai College Honorable Mention I Am Made of Cardboard by A.M. Nelson, Institute of American Indian Arts Daisy by Loga Fixico, Salish Kootenai College Statistically Speaking by Millicent M. Pepion, Haskell Indian Nations University Traditional Plants Competition - Leslie Henry, Coordinator 1 st Place Bonita Rickers IAIA 2 nd Place Tanya Driver Fort Berthold Community College 3 rd Place Ulrike Werner Oglala Lakota College