1st Phase: How does the mountain's current welfare reflect our/your own well-being?

"Hopi Thoughts" by Dane Shaw
"She knows a thing or two, because she’s seen a thing or two...” by Michael Sekaquaptewa - <br> <b>★1st Prize Winner </b> <br> "The mountain’s current well welfare is being disregarded by the colonial powers. I and people like me are also disregarded by the colonial powers. It sucks. We are reaching our boiling point."
"Nurturing Mother" by Leah White - <br> <b>★ Runner-up!</b>
Glenda Davis "Can You Hear the Song?" - <br> <b>★ Runner-up!</b>
"At the End of the Day" by Candace Williams - <br> <b>★ Runner-up</b>
"Koyemsi!" by Precious Vicente - <br> <b>★ Runner-up!</b> <br> "When the San Francisco went up in flames it took a large toll on many of our Hopi people. The peaks are sacred place where our Katsinas live and where many stories take place. I was told by a friend that there was a news article and it was reported that people actually seen these Koyemsi’s running towards the fire into the peaks. In my head i’d like to think they were trying to help put out the fire or rescuing other living beings. As Indigenous people and those especially who have a connection here, we need to do better and protect our Katsinas from things like Snowbowl and other major construction being planned in the future. If you drive in the peaks now everything’s burnt, and the sad thing is we will never see it the way it was before...at least not in our lifetime."
"Shidziil" by Melvatha R. Chee - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b> <br> "My art reflects ideas that come to me regarding my language and culture. This has been a way for me to share my heritage language outside the classroom setting. And through art, I am also able to share a sliver of Diné knowledge. When creating these language cards, I hope that the message penetrates the mind, evokes curiosity, and leads those who interact with it to use the language, to learn the language, and to learn the teachings that it is naturally intertwined with. The words can be interpreted in many ways, but the basic message is that with mental strength, one is strong like a mountain."
"My Culture’s Struggle" by Lacey Yazzie - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b> <br> "There's very limited options for me to express myself because of my busy schedule. So being able to make art is something that helps me cope with the stress of my life, while allowing me to stay around my daughters. This piece is my representation of the disintegration of my culture. Technology, cultural appropriation, construction, and ignorant youth are all reasons why my traditional ways are slowly dying out. I wanted to show that the lifestyle we came from is hardly possible now, because of constant change and greed. This is upsetting because I cannot pass on my tradition to my daughters without the home I came from. And these days, it feels like we are at constant war over our own land."
"We Are What We Do On Earth" by J. Kae Good Bear - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b> <br> "I tried to represent Dook’o’oosłííd at dusk to embody their spiritual significance. No matter how far away I travel or how long I’ve been gone, when I see the Peaks they give me comfort because I know I’m back within the sacred mountains. I created this piece to share the thought that we are what we do to the earth. Nothing we do to the earth is ever without consequence."
"MonoWaterbird" by Travis Charleston - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b> <br> "Naming an art piece has never crossed my mind as something to do for the past couple years of creating art. With this art, the piece resembles the formed outline of a waterbird with my own inspired native pattern with only one color to compliment its design. With this color I chose red as MMIW are overlooked in many parts of the country. The mountain's welfare provides security for these places that are unseen."
"La vida illega al mundo meurto." by Javier mauri chave meneses - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b>
"Optimistic Future" by Rhiannon Nez
"Losing Ourselves" by Amanda K Blackburn
"Prayer" by Travis Tubinaghtewa
"Dook’o’oosłííd the sacred" by Dawn Nez
"A Portrait of Dook’o’oosłiid" by Chelsi Tsosie
"Yearned" by Amy Lincoln
"Kʰe Kanema, Kʰe Winowa" by Davina Millay Gomez
"Wounded-Mountain" by Nicole Pete
"Sleeping Mountain" by Isabella Roberts

"Hopi Thoughts" by Dane Shaw
"She knows a thing or two, because she’s seen a thing or two...” by Michael Sekaquaptewa - <br> <b>★1st Prize Winner </b> <br> "The mountain’s current well welfare is being disregarded by the colonial powers. I and people like me are also disregarded by the colonial powers. It sucks. We are reaching our boiling point."
"Nurturing Mother" by Leah White - <br> <b>★ Runner-up!</b>
Glenda Davis "Can You Hear the Song?" - <br> <b>★ Runner-up!</b>
"At the End of the Day" by Candace Williams - <br> <b>★ Runner-up</b>
"Koyemsi!" by Precious Vicente - <br> <b>★ Runner-up!</b> <br> "When the San Francisco went up in flames it took a large toll on many of our Hopi people. The peaks are sacred place where our Katsinas live and where many stories take place. I was told by a friend that there was a news article and it was reported that people actually seen these Koyemsi’s running towards the fire into the peaks. In my head i’d like to think they were trying to help put out the fire or rescuing other living beings. As Indigenous people and those especially who have a connection here, we need to do better and protect our Katsinas from things like Snowbowl and other major construction being planned in the future. If you drive in the peaks now everything’s burnt, and the sad thing is we will never see it the way it was before...at least not in our lifetime."
"Shidziil" by Melvatha R. Chee - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b> <br> "My art reflects ideas that come to me regarding my language and culture. This has been a way for me to share my heritage language outside the classroom setting. And through art, I am also able to share a sliver of Diné knowledge. When creating these language cards, I hope that the message penetrates the mind, evokes curiosity, and leads those who interact with it to use the language, to learn the language, and to learn the teachings that it is naturally intertwined with. The words can be interpreted in many ways, but the basic message is that with mental strength, one is strong like a mountain."
"My Culture’s Struggle" by Lacey Yazzie - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b> <br> "There's very limited options for me to express myself because of my busy schedule. So being able to make art is something that helps me cope with the stress of my life, while allowing me to stay around my daughters. This piece is my representation of the disintegration of my culture. Technology, cultural appropriation, construction, and ignorant youth are all reasons why my traditional ways are slowly dying out. I wanted to show that the lifestyle we came from is hardly possible now, because of constant change and greed. This is upsetting because I cannot pass on my tradition to my daughters without the home I came from. And these days, it feels like we are at constant war over our own land."
"We Are What We Do On Earth" by J. Kae Good Bear - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b> <br> "I tried to represent Dook’o’oosłííd at dusk to embody their spiritual significance. No matter how far away I travel or how long I’ve been gone, when I see the Peaks they give me comfort because I know I’m back within the sacred mountains. I created this piece to share the thought that we are what we do to the earth. Nothing we do to the earth is ever without consequence."
"MonoWaterbird" by Travis Charleston - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b> <br> "Naming an art piece has never crossed my mind as something to do for the past couple years of creating art. With this art, the piece resembles the formed outline of a waterbird with my own inspired native pattern with only one color to compliment its design. With this color I chose red as MMIW are overlooked in many parts of the country. The mountain's welfare provides security for these places that are unseen."
"La vida illega al mundo meurto." by Javier mauri chave meneses - <br> <b>☆ Honorable Mention ☆</b>
"Optimistic Future" by Rhiannon Nez
"Losing Ourselves" by Amanda K Blackburn
"Prayer" by Travis Tubinaghtewa
"Dook’o’oosłííd the sacred" by Dawn Nez
"A Portrait of Dook’o’oosłiid" by Chelsi Tsosie
"Yearned" by Amy Lincoln
"Kʰe Kanema, Kʰe Winowa" by Davina Millay Gomez
"Wounded-Mountain" by Nicole Pete
"Sleeping Mountain" by Isabella Roberts