November 13, 2014 Neighborhood House – Wellstone Center Performance Hall

Rosy Simas
Douglas K. Limòn
R. Vincent Moniz, Jr.
Heid E. Erdrich
Join us in celebrating
Native Artists and the work of Tiwahe Foundation
November 13, 2014
Neighborhood House – Wellstone Center Performance Hall
179 Robie Street East
St. Paul, MN 55107
Rosy Simas (Seneca) is a contemporary dance choreographer and teacher. Her work investigates how culture,
history, homeland, and identity are stored in the body and can be expressed in movement. The Tiwahe Foundation
grant supported traveling back and forth between Minneapolis and her home reservation in Cattaraugus, NY. S
imas unraveled traumatic and powerful stories of her grandmother’s life, which inspired her work, We Wait In The
Darkness. This dance is currently on tour in North America and has been nominated for two 2014 Minnesota Sage
Awards for Dance.
Douglas K. Limon (Oneida) is a traditional and contemporary artist whose beadwork is a spiritual
expression of ancient traditions and cultures that has survived thousands of years. His Cradleboard and Bandolier Bag
projects have been recognized locally and nationally. Tiwahe Foundation helped in launching his greeting cards. He
has received numerous awards and grants for his work and was recently honored with the First Peoples Fund Jennifer
Easton Community Spirit Award.
Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe) is author of four poetry collections, most recently Cell Traffic: New and Selected
Poems. A recipient of numerous awards, most recently from First People’s Fund, among other honors. Heid’s newest
book is Original Local: Indigenous Foods Stories and Recipes from the Upper Midwest. Heid’s performance for Tiwahe
involves a community-made poem on art and food.
R. Vincent Moniz, Jr. (Mandan Hidatsa Arikara) has been a part of the Twin Cities artistic c
ommunity for over two decades as an actor. The work of this Southside firestarter has been published in the Yellow
Medicine Review and online as part of Native Literatures: Generations. Moniz was selected as a 2012 Jerome Fellow,
a 2013 Beyond the Pure Fellow and most recently Vincent was selected as a 2014 Intermedia Arts Verve Fellow. At the
E. Donald Two-Rivers Memorial Poetry Slam,Vincent was crowned and is now the current and reigning Indigenous
Poetry Slam Champion.
Robyne Robinson is not only one of the first African-Americans
to anchor a prime-time newscast, but is an icon of Twin Cities broadcasting.
Her 20 years on air have been filled with numerous honors, including the
Upper Midwest Emmy for Best Anchor and the Minneapolis NAACP
Industry award for Outstanding Contributions to Broadcasting. Robyne is
currently the Arts and Culture Director of the Airport Foundation.
Appetizers and refreshments at 5:30 pm
Performance starts at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25
Purchase tickets in advance online at tiwahefoundation.org/tiwahe-events
Or mail checks to:
Tiwahe Foundation, 2801 21st Avenue S. #132F, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Sponsors
The Waterbury Group
First Person Radio
Event Host Committee
Andrew Adams III, Leslie Apple, Carrie Day Aspinwall and Richard Aspinwall, Carly Bad Heart Bull,
Yvonne Barrett, John Bobolink, James Boyle, Ellis Bullock, Jackie Dionne, Kelly Drummer, Juanita Espinosa,
Justin Huenemann, LeMoine LaPointe, LaVon Lee, Daniel Lemm, Carol Mollner, Katherine Nielsen,
Joy Persall and Steve Newcom, Barbara Slade, Elaine Salinas,
James Vukelich, Laura Waterman Wittstock
Tiwahe Foundation
2801 21st Ave South, Suite 132-F, Minneapolis, MN 55407 H tiwahefoundation.org