March 24-28, 2007 Best Western Ramkota Hotel and Convention Center Sponsored by the following Higher Education Institutions AIHEC COMPETITION WINNERS Oglala Lakota College announced today the competition winners for last week’s American Indian Higher Education Consortium spring conference. There were academic, cultural, and athletic competitions for students from the 33 United States tribal colleges and 1 Canadian tribal college.

Art Show

Beadwork 1 st place – Stephanie Sorbel – Oglala Lakota College

Leather work 1 st place – Shirley Anderson – United Tribes Technical College

Quill work 1 st place – Stephanie Sorbel – Oglala Lakota College

Textiles 1 st place – Gabrielle Knife – Oglala Lakota College

Dimensional work 1 st place – Rebecca Pennington – Leech Lake Tribal College

Miscellaneous 1 st place – Carol Johnson – United Tribes Tech. College

Painting 1 st place – Lyman Vivier – United Tribes Tech. College

Graphics 1 st place – David Black Cloud – United Tribes Tech. College

Photography 1 st place – Lyman Vivier – United Tribes Tech. College

Ceramics 1 st place – Latanya Largo – Dine College

Pottery 1 st place – Cheri Goodwin – Leech Lake Tribal College

Jewelry 1 st place – Karla Blue Dawn – Institute of American Indian Arts

Sculpture 1 st place – Charlie Anderson – United Tribes Tech. College

Functional Crafts 1 st place – Luta Martinez – Oglala Lakota College

 

Beadwork 2 nd place – Arnold Williams – Sisseton Wahpeton College

Leather work 2 nd place – Mike Curran – Oglala Lakota College

Quill work 2 nd place – Simoine Seminole – Sisseton Wahpeton College

Textiles 2 nd place – Donna Hall – Fort Berthold College

Dimensional work 2 nd place – Tanya Parker – Sinte Gleska University Miscellaneous 2 nd place – Myra Lehman – Salish Kootenai College

Painting 2 nd place – Bethany Drapeau – United Tribes Tech. College

Graphics 2 nd place – Amy Redhorse – Dina College

Photography 2 nd place – Amanda Jones – Dine College

Ceramics 2 nd place – Craig Judy – Dine College

Pottery 2 nd place – Bethany Drapeau – United Tribes Tech. College

Jewelry 2 nd place – Simoine Seminole – Sisseton Wahpeton College Sculpture 2 nd place – Daryl Big Hair – Salish Kootenai College

Functional Crafts 2 nd place – Alice Christjohn – Turtle Mountain Comm. College

 

Beadwork 3 rd place – Simoine Seminole – Sisseton Wahpeton College

Leather work 3 rd place – Autumn Elm – United Tribes Tech. College

Quill work 3 rd place – None

Textiles 3 rd place – Leah Lee – Salish Kootenai College

Dimensional work 3 rd place – Lyman Edward Vivier, Jr.–United Tribes Tech. Co. Miscellaneous 3 rd place – Cante Skuya Hall – United Tribes Tech. College

Painting 3 rd place – Emerito Dalton – Dine College

Graphics 3 rd place – Derrick Bitsie – Institute of Am. Indian Arts

Photography 3 rd place – Danielle Begay – Haskell Indian Nations Univ.

Ceramics 3 rd place – Cornellus R. Olney II – Fort Peck Comm. College

Pottery 3 rd place – Phillip Gridel – United Tribes Tech. College

Jewelry 3 rd place – Valerie Collins – Oglala Lakota College

Sculpture 3 rd place – Donna Hall – Fort Berthold College

Functional Crafts 3 rd place – Jonathan Miguel – Tohono O’odham Comm. Co.

 

 

One Act Play

1 st place – Navajo Technical College – “The Umbilical Cord”

• Charlene Ashley
• Wynoma Foster
• Michele Whitney
• Laura Lee Yazzie
• Gerald Brown
• Danielson Barbone
• Markist James

 

2 nd place – Leech Lake Community College “Native Soap”

• Amanda Burnette
• Ashley Cloud
• Katherine Norton

3 rd place – Northwest Indian College “A General Life”

• Carmen Blaud
• Charene Alexander
• Victor Turtle Johnson

 

Critical Inquiry

1 st place – Sinte Gleska University “Law & Order, Is There Justice on the Reservation”

• Tanya Parker
• John Reynolds

2 nd place – Oglala Lakota College “Indian Recognition Act, is it effective or not effective”

• Alana Apple
• Jerrod Hernandez

3 rd place – Lac Courte Orielles Ojibawa Community College – “Blood Quantum”

• Todd Cutler
• Karen Washington

 

Knowledge Bowl – 5 team members

1 st place – Sinte Gleska University

Sylvia Lasley

Shere Wright

Hattie Dunham

Lori Long Crow

Chad Whirlwind Soldier

2 nd place – Oglala Lakota College

David White Bull

Tanya Sharp Fish

Kevin Killer

Carmen Fourd

Kimberly Killer

3 rd place – College of Menominee Nation

Cara Thunder

Dee Cobb

George Otradovec

Lori Waupoose

 

Team Sportsmanship – Haskell Indian Nation University

 

Hand games

1 st place – Fort Berthold Community College

1 st place – Blackfeet Community College

3 rd place – Turtle Mountain Community College

 

MVP’s

Fanciest Hider:

- Woman: Donna Hall, Fort Berthold Community College

- Man: Orlando Avery, Oglala Lakota College

 

Individual Spirit:

- Woman: Amanda Hicks, Turtle Mountain Community College

- Man: Dave Zephier, Sinte Gleska University

 

High Points:

- Woman: Erica Falcon, 8 points, Turtle Mountain Community College

- Man: Tino Tadena, 7 points, Haskell Indian Nation University

Speech

1 st place – Oral Interpretation – Mimi Little Whiteman – Oglala Lakota College

1 st place – Duo Interpretation – Mimi Little Whiteman & Farrah Big Crow - OLC

1 st place – Persuasive – Glorianna Cordova-Under Baggage - Oglala Lakota College

1 st place – Informative – David Tucker - Oglala Lakota College

2 nd place – Oral Interpretation – Donna Hall – Fort Berthold Community College

2 nd place – Duo Interpretation – Nataniel Madsen & Jessica Buettner – College of Menominee Nation

2 nd place – Persuasive – Randy Elliott – Northwest Indian College

2 nd place – Informative – Tino Tadena – Haskell Indian Nation

3 rd place – Oral Interpretation – Angel Brady – Fort Berthold Community College

3 rd place – Duo Interpretation – Sina Bear Eagle & Tabor White Buffalo – OLC

3 rd place – Persuasive – Oralia Diaz – Candeska Cikana Community College

3 rd place – Informative – Tino Tadena – Haskell Indian Nation

 

Web Page

1 st place – Individual – Tina Kelly – Bay Mills Community College

2 nd place – Individual – Sid Bahr - Oglala Lakota College

3 rd place – Individual – Wanda Poitra – Turtle Mountain College

1 st place – team – Wind River College

2 nd place – team - Navajo Technical College

3 rd place – team – Navajo Technical College

 

Traditional Plants

1 st place – Ulrike Werner – Oglala Lakota College

2 nd place – Kristing Simons – Fort Peck Community College

3 rd place – Heath Ducheneaux – Oglala Lakota College

 

Business Bowl

1 st place – Accounting – Andrew Limmer – Salish Kootenai College

1 st place – Spreadsheets – Will White Eyes – Oglala Lakota College

1 st place – Marketing – Jason Smith – Salish Kootenai College

1 st place – Management – Joleen Dutcher – Bay Mills Community College

1 st place – Personal Finance – Winona Dobb-Brady – Fort Berthold Community College

2 nd place – Accounting - Deanna Benjamin – Fond Du Lac Tribal College

2 nd place - Spreadsheets – Tammy Hammer – Fort Berthold Community College

2 nd place – Marketing - Theresa Church – Fort Berthold Community College

2 nd place – Management – Will White Eyes – Oglala Lakota College

2 nd place – Personal Finance – Andrew Zimmer – Salish Kootenai College

 

3 rd place – Accounting - Nichole Cottier - Oglala Lakota College

3 rd place – Spreadsheets – Deanna Benjamin – Found Du Lac Tribal Community College

3 rd place – Marketing – Elijah Hopkins – Fort Peck Community College

3 rd place – Management – Jason Smith – Salish Kootenai College

3 rd place – Personal Finance – Stephanie Sorbel – Oglala Lakota College

 

Business Plan

1 st place – “Thunder Cloud Cinemas” Turtle Mt. Community College

• Joseph Etobgi
• Shaila M. Decotau
• Crystal J. Parisien
• Floyd P. Parisien
• Wanda Poitra

2 nd place – “Red Wire” Oglala Lakota College

• Jesse Short Bull
• James LaPointe
• Pierrette Rave
• Madonna Whirlwind Horse
• Glorianna Cordova

 

3 rd place – “ Pizza Place” Ft. Berthold Community College

• Vernel S. Buckman
• Theresa Church
• Wynoma Brady
• Doreen Lyons
• Tammy Hammer

 

Honorable Mention – “Secure Storage” – Fort Peck Community College

• Becky Low Dog
• Ada Talks Different
• Jessica Martell
• Elijah Hopkins
• Tmecina Escarcega

 

Science Bowl

1 st place – Cankdeska Cikana Community College

• Heather Marxen
• Darren Kimmerly
• Kristen Green
• Brittany Brown
• Challsey Lawrence

2 nd place – Fort Berthold College

• Kerry Hartman
• Dawn White
• Erica Good Bear
• Jim Helphery
• Thomasina Stevens

3 rd place – Salish Kootenai College

• Bill Swaney
• Zachary Underwood
• Clinton Shepard
• Lowell Yellowhorn
• Katier McDonald

 

Oral Presentation

1 st place – Caleb Marceau – Salish Kootenai College

2 nd place – Dawn White – Fort Berthold Community College

3 rd place – Latrice Tatsey – Blackfeet Community College

 

Poster Showcase

1 st place – Josh Marceau – Salish Kootenai College

2 nd place – Katie McDonald – Salish Kootenai College

3 rd place – Donald Belile, Jr. – Oglala Lakota College

 

 

Student Congress Awards

 

Film Festival

1 st place – Insomnia – James LaPointe – Oglala Lakota College

2 nd place – The Road to Wounded Knee – Jesse Shortbull – Oglala Lakota

3 rdplace –1973: Retrospect of the Occuption at Wounded Knee – Razelle Benalley –IAIA

 

Mr. AIHEC – Elijah Hopkins – Fort Peck Community College

Ms. AIHEC – Tanya Sharpfish – Oglala Lakota College

 

Writing

Personal Narrative Memoir

1 st place – Eulogy for a Warrior – Micki Lindeman – United Tribes Technical Tribes

2 nd place – Deadly Alaska – Rebecca Dakai – College of Menominee Nation

3 rd place – Shima Sani – Laura Lee Yazzie – Navajo Technical College

4 th place – Broken Promises–Sharon Redhorn–Chamberlain – Little Priest Tribal College

5th place – A Place of Serenity – Rachel Hanson – College of Menominee Nation

6 th place – Life and Times of Indian Jim – James Edmond Jackson, Sr. – Northwestern Indian College

7 th place – Objects in the Mirror – Kristiaan A. Rawlings – Oglala Lakota College

8 th place – A Person I Really Know – Corrine Tsoodle – Comanche Nation College

9 th place – Boys will be Boys – Dan Hawk – College of Menominee Nation

10 th place – In Their Shoes – Samantha Falcon -

 

Poetry

1 st place – Gifts – Alina Phillips – Salish Kootenai College

2 nd place – Ghosts of a Crystal Place – Gerri Williams – Institute of American Indian Arts

3 rd place – Lichtenstein’s Girl – Jaquetta Shade – Haskell Indian Nation University

4 th place – Being Indian in White Country – Michael Bonga – Haskell Indian Nation University

5 th place – Ursuline Inheritance – Amanda Irvine-Louie – Salish Kootenai College

6 th place – I Know This Man – Lumhe Micco Sampson – Haskell Indian Nation University

7 th place – Rain Song by Daniel Remmenga – Haskell Indian Nation University

8 th place – I will go to Tso’Dzilth – Kyerin Bennett - Haskell Indian Nation University

9 th place – Walking Among Wisdom – Kyle Tsosie - Haskell Indian Nation University

10 th place – Tribal Seduction – Jimmy Beason - Haskell Indian Nation University

 

Short Story

1 st place – The Wildman – Jesse Short Bull - Oglala Lakota College

2 nd place – My Cousin, As Told to Dog – Marianne Addison -

3 rd place – Nice Guys Finish Last – Jerry Manheimer – Dine College

4 th place – Henry’s Last Will and Testament – Mandi Henderson – Blackfeet Community College

5 th place – Rabbit’s Tale of River – Angel Brady – Fort Berthold Community College

6 th place – The Mirror of Cultural Identity – Shana Trottier – Turtle Mountain Community College

7 th place – The Best Stickgame Tournament of My Life – James Edmond Jackson, Sr. – Northwestern Indian College

8 th place – Knowledge and Wisdom – Miranda Manheimer – Dine College

9 th place – The Execution – Willard Freemont, Jr. – Little Priest Tribal College

10 th place – What I Call a Nightmare – Samantha Longie – Turtle Mountain Community College

 

Men’s Basketball

Champions – Salish Kootenai College

2 nd place – Northwest Community College

3 rd place – Blackfeet Community College

 

Men MVP – Delbert Trombly – Salish Kootenai College

 

All Stars

Howard Walker – Salish Kootenai College

Ed Running Rabbitt – Salish Kootenai College

David Maddock – Northwestern Indian Community College

Doug Williams - Northwestern Indian Community College

Elvis Oldbull – Little Big Horn College

Alvin Yellow Owl – Blackfeet Community College

Dave Gourneau – Turtle Mountain Community College

Jonathan Bear – Fort Berthold Community College

Lucas King – Chief Dull Knife Community College

Dominic Saucedo – Oglala Lakota College

Sportsmanship – Turtle Mountain Community College

 

Women’s Basketball

Champions – Salish Kootenai College

2 nd place - Oglala Lakota College

3 rd place – Little Big Horn College

 

MVP – Bobbie Woodworth – Salish Kootenai College

 

All Stars

Carla Mclean – Salish Kootenai College

Rikki Ollinger - Salish Kootenai College

Tyan Pourier - Oglala Lakota College

Tera Cuny - Oglala Lakota College

Lavel Spotted Bear – Little Big Horn College

Raylee Pretty Weasel - Little Big Horn College

Ferin Davis – Turtle Mountain Community College

Shannon Gunville – Turtle Mountain Community College

Mary Standing Alone – Fort Berthold Community College

Janelle Talawyna – Chief Dull Knife Community College

 

Sportsmanship – Turtle Mountain Community College