Society of Mother Earth (S.O.M.E.) hear our invitation to connect.
Oyate Hotanin (Voice of the People) is working to lead a movement for the next 500 years that supports a new era of art, healing and change, for our relationships with each other and the natural world.
Oyate Hotanin exists to creatively channel the potential of conversation, stories, art, and mobilizing to bring communities together to laugh, think, inspire healing, and address critical issues that spur change.
We are working to host regular artistic events and imbed community conversations in many settings to develop a movement in Indian country and beyond that supports a new era of art, healing and change.
Oyate Hotanin is based in Mni Sota Makoce, the original homeland of the Dakota people.
In solemn memorial to honor the life and service of VA nurse, Alex Pretti
Strong Buffalo, Micah Nickey, Joe Savage and Mikkel Beckmen offer words, music and prayer at Eat Streets February 06, 2026
We look around us today and see, this ice storm, this badness going on. I pray that we have the strength, to take another step forward to continue to grow…(continue)
Updates on Our Work
Our Repair Circle design work is heading to the next stage: pilot and trainings coming soon!
Crystal Norcross, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Chair and Executive Committee
Tim Blighton, African American/Métis Finance/Treasurer and Executive Committee
Long Vang, Hmong Secretary and Executive Committee
Al Gross, Ojibwe, Leech Lake Board Member and Artistic Production Committee
Mat Pendleton, Dakota, Lower Sioux Community Board Member and Dakota Culture Committee
Micah Nickey, Lakota and Choctaw Board Member and Traditional Arts and Society of Mother Earth Committees
Dr. Nick Metcalf, Rosebud Lakota Board Member and Community Relations and Academic Committees
Carrie Owen, Dakota and Meskawak Board Member and Community Relations Committee
Bella Dawson, Non-Native Board Member and Flower Power and Repair Circle Committee
Amanda Young, Dakota Board Member and Fundraising and Administration Committee
Seneca Stanley Board Member
Robert Stately Board Member
Ben Weaver Board Member and Society of Mother Earth Committee
Strong Buffalo, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Ex Officio Board Member and Non-Voting Executive Committee Member. Also Artistic Productions, Repair, Dakota Culture. And Society of Mother Earth
Laura LaBlanc Ex Officio Board Member and Non-Voting Executive Committee Member. Also Fundraising, Artistic Productions, Repair, and Society of Mother Earth Committees
Oyate Hotanin (Voice of the People) is working to lead a movement for the next 500 years that supports a new era of art, healing and change.
