Spotlight on these Two Kids for Native Heritage Month!

Spotlight on these Two Kids for Native Heritage Month!

Check out these two outstanding youth were featured on Time For Kids' website this past month for Native Heritage Month!

First up is Rito Lopez Jr. (Pima/Apache/Arikara/Hidatsa/Mandan) who won first place in the youth category at the 23rd Annual Heard Museum World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. Here he is in a video from Lizard Light Production.

Rito Lopez Jr. at the 2013 Heard Museum World Championship Hoop Dance Contest

Next up is Niizhoo Sullivan, who we've featured here on PowWows.com as one of the singers in the youth drum group Hay Creek. You might also remember he and brother, Preston, sang for President Barack Obama at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, in Washington, D.C.

Check them out!

Hay Creek @ Menominee 2.27.15

About Toyacoyah Brown

Toyacoyah Brown is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation, currently living in Chicago. She received her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma and an M.A. in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. When she's not scouring the Internet for fun things to share with PowWows.com readers you can find her digging for vinyl in her local record store or curling up with a good book.


One Comment “Spotlight on these Two Kids for Native Heritage Month!”

  • Avatar for Running Doe

    such beauty of the dances, the little one was so very good, wado for sharing, Running Doe

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