Grantee: American Indian Center
Location: Chicago, Ill.
Award: Artist and Community Collaboration Initiative
Discipline: Enter the Circle
Web Site: http://aic-chicago.org/
In collaboration with community members and facilitation by master artists, non-reservation urban Indian youth initiated into intertribal powwow culture through dancing, singing, drumming, song writing, and creating regalia and hand drums.
The project culminated in a music and dance performance at a graduation powwow, transforming the youth into culture bearers and strengthening intergenerational ties.