The Medicine Heart Dancers

11/06/2018

Medicine Heart Dancers will be performing tomorrow at the Community College of Denver 12:00-12:45pm. Dancers please arrive early!

Next performance - this Saturday at Denver University for the Amnesty International Western Conference 9-9:20am. All dancers and singers please arrive by 8:15am
- then stick around for the Know Before You Go college info event at DU

08/28/2018

Happy Monday Dancers! Performance this Wednesday for Jeffco Indian Education Program’s Welcome Back event 6pm. Please arrive by 5:30pm. Potluck dinner. Hope to see you there!!

07/25/2018

Another great performance! Thanks again to all the families that made it out and stuck it out so late 😊

07/23/2018

We will performing at the Bellco Theatre tomorrow night at the Colorado Convention Center for a Summit on Public Lands and our Indigenous communities. We perform at 9pm but please arrive by 7-7:30pm to attend summit presentations. We will have VIP seating reserved for singers/dancers. ALL dancers welcome!

04/27/2018

Happy Friday!! All DANCERS and SINGERS - Please meet at the South Entrance (Boettcher Plaza) of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science no later than 3:30 pm Sunday to check-in for the performance. You will need to park at East High School and take the shuttle in. It runs every 20 mins. We will be performing promptly at 4pm for 45 mins. See you there!

04/25/2018

Happy Wednesday! We will be performing this Sunday, April 29 at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science for the FREE Dia Del Nino (Day of Children) event! Museum is open 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Medicine Heart Dancers will perform in the southeast atrium at 4:00 p.m. sharp!

04/11/2018

Happy Hump Day Dancers! We have been invited to perform at the Dia Del Nino Celebration at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

If you are interested in participating, please RSVP by messaging us here or emailing: medincineheartdancers@ gmail.com no later than Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

And don't forget, this is a FREE Day at the museum, so feel free to share with family and friends!

MEDICINE HEART DANCERS

11/22/2017

Thank you to all the families and friends who came out for today’s performance! You truly honor us all.

11/20/2017

REMINDER: Performance tomorrow at the Englewood Public Library for Native American Heritage Month. We go on at 4pm sharp. All dancers welcome!!

11/17/2017

Happy Friday DANCERS! Performance Tuesday, November 21 at the Englewood Public Library at 4pm. Please let us know if you can make it!!

11/16/2017

What an honor to have Matene Strikes First sing for us today at a performance for Standley Lake High School. Thank you for all you do for the community. You truly honor the ancestors in your actions!

In honor of , today, we recognize Matene StrikesFirst Jerome, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and also has Dakota roots. He is 18 years old and a dual resident of North Dakota and Colorado, spending his summers in his small home town of Trenton ND, located in the heart of the Bakken.

Matene is a youth advocate for social and environmental justice, dedicated to protecting water, land, and air from harm due to human exposure. He is a singer, chicken dancer and traditionalist, choosing to live a drug and alcohol free life. He is currently a freshman at Red Rocks College.

He has been raised in a traditional way and lives by our original instructions & virtues given to us by our ancestors. He has been greatly involved and committed to the movement to protect the water at Standing Rock, as well as standing up against environmental attacks around the world. An environmental youth advocate working through the non-profit organizations, Spirit Horse Nation, Youth Advocate with Honoring Our Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.), a member the national UNITY Council and founder/ Chairman of the 7th Generation Youth Council, he is often asked to speak and sing at youth conference, schools, marches and events.

He believes that the small actions we all make every day can have a lasting impact on our planet. Youth are suing the government, holding city councils to stop fracking, starting recycling programs, urban community gardens, making choices to stop using plastics and thousands of other projects.

"I believe we all must take a part in making the world a better place. I'm committed to a life of social and environmental justice. With understanding, prayer and hard work we can always find a way".

Matene made a song for the social movement at Standing Rock to honor the water protectors called, "Water Is Life". You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdyoUryJg_I