AIHEC 2015 Competition Results

2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
SPEECH
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
3rd Solo Interpretive Dramatic
2nd Solo Interpretive Dramatic
1st Solo Interpretive Dramatic
Tyler One Horn
Thomas Worchester Jr.
Patrisse Vasek
Oglala Lakota College
Institute of American Indian Arts
Oglala Lakota College
3rd Solo Interpretive Humor
2nd Solo Interpretive Humor
1st Solo Interpretive Humor
Vicki Alberts
Ozawa Albert
Tyler One Horn
Ft. Berthold Community College
Institute of American Indian Arts
Oglala Lakota College
3rd Informative
2nd Informative
1st Informative
Valerie Howard
Larissa Horn
Nicole Little Whiteman
Leech Lake Tribal College
Blackfeet Community College
Oglala Lakota College
3rd Persuasive
2nd Persuasive
1st Persuasive
Nicole Little Whiteman
Dawn Arkinson
Robin Maxkii
Oglala Lakota College
Oglala Lakota College
Salish Kootenai College
3rd Duet Interpretive-Dramatic
2nd Duet Interpretive-Dramatic
1st Duet Interpretive-Dramatic
Christy Lincoln-Harris/Margaret Willow
Lloyd Frieson/Travis Spice
Dawn Arkinson/ Tyler One Horn
Wind River Tribal College
Menominee
Oglala Lakota College
3rd Duet Interpretive-Humor
2nd Duet Interpretive-Humor
1st Duet Interpretive-Humor
Lloyd Frieson/ Travis Spice
Veronica Bohrer/ Logan Maxon
Dawn Arkinson/Tyler One Horn
College of Menominee Nation
United Tribes Technical College
Oglala Lakota College
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
ONE ACT PLAYS
AWARD TITLE
TITLE
SCHOOL
First Place – One Act Play
Diné College
Second Place – One Act Play
Third Place – One Act Play
“When the Holy Ones Sent Coyote Down From the
Stars”
“Miye Unkiye”
“Red Pine”
Best Actor
Best Actress
Marcus Bear Eagle
Dawni Laughter
Oglala Lakota College
Diné College
Oglala Lakota College
Institute of American Indian Arts
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Ms. AIHEC
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
Ms. AIHEC
Kimberlee Belvins
United Tribes Technical College
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Co-Ed Volleyball
AWARD TITLE
TEAM
th
4 Place
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Institute of American Indian Arts
Navajo Technical University
Turtle Mountain Community College
MVP
Turtle Mountain Community College
AWARDEE
Royce Poitra
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Film Festival
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
Best Special Effects
Best Screenwriting/ Plot
Best Photography/ Cinematography
Director’s Award
Wade Shannah
Echota Cheyenne Killsnight
Echota Cheyenne Killsnight
Echota Cheyenne Killsnight
Navajo Technical University
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Critical Inquiry
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
st
1 Place Team
2nd Place Team
3rd Place Team
SCHOOL
Lauren Big Crow
Oglala Lakota College
Boyd Looks Twice
Cassandra Big Crow
Diandra Catches
TITLE: Blood Quatum Reformation: Self-Determination or the Path to Extinction
Renee Young
Southwest Indian Polytechnic Inst.
Allen Elwood
TITLE: Blood Quantum Reformation: A Pueblo Concern
Gabriel Spoonhunter
Wind River Tribal College
Morning Star Jones
TITLE: Marijuana Growing on the Reservation: Exercise in Sovereignty or Degradation of Tribal Society
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Science Bowl
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
Taylor Long Crow, Hehaka Numpa,
and Erin Blackfeather
Coach: Carmelita Sully
Leslie Brownrigg, Noel Stewart and
Matthew Weingart
Coach: Antony Berthelote
Joe Cluett, Leah Bercier
Coach: Dan Henry
Sinte Gleska University
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Salish Kootenai College
Turtle Mountain Community College
Name of Competition:
Scientific Poster Presentation
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
Noelani Villa
Winter Old Elk
Ashley Young
Northwest Indian College
Little Big Horn College
Diné College
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Name of Competition:
Scientific Oral Presentation
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
Tada Vargas
Camille Griffith
Sheerena Old Elk
Oglala Lakota College
Oglala Lakota College
Little Big Horn College
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Tribal College Journal – Student Writing
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
Top Entry – Fiction
Top Entry – Fiction
Top Entry – Fiction
Top Entry – Creative Non-fiction
Top Entry – Creative Non-fiction
Top Entry – Creative Non-fiction
Top Entry - Poetry
Top Entry - Poetry
Top Entry - Poetry
Poetry Slam – Runner Up
Poetry Slam – Poet Laureate
Honorable Mention – Fiction
Taylor Long Crow
Rudell Two Bulls
Ruby Hansen Murray
Elizabeth Anita Roastingear
Michelle Marion
Mary Kancewick
Ramona Emerson
Timothy Carrier
Ruby Hansen Murray
Carmelita Topaha
Vicki Alberts
Grace Roberts
Honorable Mention – Fiction
Honorable Mention – Creative
Non-fiction
Honorable Mention – Creative
Non-fiction
Honorable Mention Poetry
Honorable Mention Poetry
Mary Baker
Rudell Two Bulls
Sinte Gleska University
Navajo Technical University
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Leech Lake Tribal College
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Fort Berthold Community College
White Earth Tribal & Community
College
Fort Berthold Community College
Navajo Technical University
Alice Rose Crow
Institute of American Indian Arts
Vicki Alberts
Prairie Rose Seminole
Fort Berthold Community College
Fort Berthold Community College
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Chess
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
Chess Team - Champion
Chess Team - 2nd
Chess Team – 3rd
Chess Team – 4th
Chess Individual – 1st
Chess Individual – 2nd
Chess Individual – 3rd
Chess Individual – 3rd Tie
Chess Individual – 4th
Chess Individual – 4th Tie
Chess Individual – 5th
Chess Individual – 5th Tie
SCHOOL
Oglala Lakota College
Fort Peck Community College
Blackfeet Community College
Southwest Indian Polytechnic Inst.
Joe Razo
Neil Janis
Orion Smith
Jay Chinana
Brian Broken Leg
Shawn Nez
Sonya Smith
Wilson King
Blackfeet Community College
Oglala Lakota College
Fort Peck Community College
Southwest Indian Polytechnic Inst.
Sitting Bull College
Tohono O’odham Comm. College
Fort Peck Community College
Oglala Lakota College
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Knowledge Bowl
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE(S)
First Place - Champion
Second Place
Third Place
SCHOOL
Salish Kootenai College
Navajo Technical University
Diné College
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Computer Programming
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
First Place - Champion
Second Place
Third Place
Malcolm Bob
Aaron Huber
Joey Cluett
Diné College
Navajo Technical University
Turtle Mountain Community College
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Web Design
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
First Place
First Place
Second Place
Second Place
Second Place
Second Place
Second Place
Conrad Begay
Ricknell Delgarito
Malcolm Bob
Terrance Tso
Parvannah Lee
Don Laurent
Darrell Yazzie
Navajo Technical University
Navajo Technical University
Diné College
Diné College
Diné College
Diné College
Diné College
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Category 1: Quillwork
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 2: Textiles
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 3: Dimensional Work
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 4: Leatherwork
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 5: Beadwork
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 6: Painting
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
ART
AWARDEE
COLLEGE
Kahomy Souksavath
Roderick Bruce
Jeffery Begay
Oglala Lakota College
Turtle Mountain Comm. College
Institute of American Indian Arts
Lee Yekehn
Saeko Yamada
Katrina Ruhmland
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Salish Kootenai College
Tania Larsson
Regina Mad Plume
Carly Feddersen
Institute of American Indian Arts
Salish Kootenai College
Institute of American Indian Arts
Lee Yekehn
Justus Benally
Gene DeClay
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
United Tribes Technical College
Tania Larsson
Kiowa J. Taryole
Mildred Woodcock
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Salish Kootenai College
Daniel McCoy
George Alexander
LaShawn Medicine Horn
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Name of Competition:
Category 7: Printmaking
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 8: Photography
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 9: Drawing
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 10: Digital Design/Art
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 11: Ceramics/Pottery
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 12: Jewelry
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
ART cont.
AWARDEE
COLLEGE
Kuakea Yasak
Monty Little
Quanah Leija-Elias
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Kali Spitzer
Tania Larsson
Stephen Hunt
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Salish Kootenai College
Gregory Ballenger
Fannie Lockwood
Keena Numkena
Institute of American Indian Arts
Ft. Berthold Community College
Institute of American Indian Arts
Tania Larsson
Saeko Yamada
Joseph Azure
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Turtle Mountain Comm. College
Kali Spitzer
Dane Koponen
Brooke Beauvais
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Sinte Gleska University
Tania Larsson
Lee Yekehn
Sherietta Martinez
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Navajo Technical University
Name of Competition:
Category 13: Mixed Media
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Category 14: Sculpture
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
President’s Choice Award
Traditional Division:
Contemporary Division:
People’s Choice Award
Traditional Division:
Contemporary Division:
ART cont.
AWARDEE
COLLEGE
Seth Picotte
Monty Little
Tania Larsson
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Joslyn Werner
John Herrera
Tania Larsson
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Kiowa J. Taryole
Gregory Ballenger
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Kahomy Souksavath
Skye Azure
Oglala Lakota College
Turtle Mountain Comm. College
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
3-D Animation
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
First Place
First Place
Second Place
Second Place
Christian Cultee
Lea Scott
Aaron Huber
Sherietta Brown
Northwest Indian College
Northwest Indian College
Navajo Technical University
Navajo Technical University
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Traditional Plants and Herbs
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Orien LongKnife
LaShawn Medicine Horn
Alberta Nells
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
Institute of American Indian Arts
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
ARCHERY
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE
SCHOOL
3rd Men’s Individual
2nd Men’s Individual
1st Men’s Individual
Collins Woody
Filberto Vicenti
Richard Martinez
Navajo Technical University
Navajo Technical University
Aaniih Nakoda College
3rd Women’s Individual
2nd Women’s Individual
1st Women’s Individual
Kathleen Mariano
Dana Nez
Camille Griffith
Navajo Technical University
Navajo Technical University
Oglala Lakota College
3rd Men’s Team
Robert Rajacic, Travis Rajacic, Mark Misegan,
Gerald Jondreau
Nicholas Gibbons, Doug LeCompte,
Raymond Hernandez, Shane Begay
Cal Price, Tex Etsitty, Filiberto Vicenti,
Collins Woody
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa
Community College
Oglala Lakota College
Edwina Fills the Pipe, Camille Griffith,
Danielle Griffith, Patrisse Vasek
Leona Begay, Kathleen Mariano,
Orlynda Jodie, Dana Nez
Donna Martinez, Leoreal Wall, Emily Peck,
Alexis Estes
Oglala Lakota Community College
2nd Men’s Team
1st Men’s Team
3rd Women’s Team
2nd Women’s Team
1st Women’s Team
Navajo Technical University
Navajo Technical University
Institute of American Indian Arts
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Business Bowl
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE(S)
SCHOOL
First Place - Champion
Coach: Ahmed Al-Asfour
Captain: Kahomy Soukasvath
Team: Danielle Griffith, John Hussman, Don
Diago
Coach: Vernon “Ike” Schmidt
Captain: Derek Long Crow
Team: Cassandra Valandra, Lorraine Nez,
Marci Rodriguez
Coach: King Mike Jr.
Captain: Ernest Hildreth
Team: Leander Altsisi, Lyanter Begay,
Malcolm Bob
Oglala Lakota College
Second Place
Third Place
Sinte Gleska University
Diné College
2015 AIHEC Student Conference Awards List
Name of Competition:
Hand Games
AWARD TITLE
AWARDEE(S)
SCHOOL
First Place - Champion
Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College
Second Place
Oglala Lakota College
Third Place
Institute of American Indian Arts
Sportsmanshi p
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Best Vocals/Singer
Navajo Technical University
Best Team Spirit
Alberta Nells
Institute of American Indian Arts
Best Hider
Robert Watters
Oglala Lakota College
Best Guesser
Tyler Dubray
Oglala Lakota College
Best Dressed Traveling Trophy
Institute of American Indian Arts