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Protect Our Children: The Winners

The community T-shirt design contest asked the youth of Turtle Island to design for a cause. These three did it best.

Speak out. Speak up. Design for a cause.

Marker drawing by Nahui Medina: a tree growing into a medicine-wheel sun ringed with feathers, against a blue sky, with the words All My Relations, A'HO!

1st Place

Nahui Medina

Yokut · 8 years old

“All My Relations, A'HO!”

Prize: $500 scholarship & a T-shirt

Marker drawing by Annalicia Olvera: a hillside fire shared by Baby, Teen, Adult, and Elder, under a sky split between red day with a feather and blue starry night, titled All my Relations

2nd Place

Annalicia Olvera

Miwok, Wilton Ranchería · 11 years old

“All my Relations”

Prize: $250 & a T-shirt

Marker drawing by Cece García Medina: a blue river carrying music notes across a golden field, with a red star, an olive branch, and a circle of figures titled Love my family

3rd Place

Cece García Medina

Maidu and Yokut · 9 years old

“Love my family”

Prize: $150 & a T-shirt

To every young artist who sent a design: thank you for speaking up.

The winning designs are headed for T-shirts and will be used in efforts to host youth activities.

Protect Our Children contest winners flyer. First place Nahui Medina, Yokut, age 8, wins a $500 scholarship and a T-shirt. Second place Annalicia Olvera, Miwok, Wilton Rancheria, age 11, wins $250 and a T-shirt. Third place Cece Garcia Medina, Maidu and Yokut, age 9, wins $150 and a T-shirt. Thank you to every youth of Turtle Island who entered.
Download the winners flyer

Questions? Naomi Fritzinger — 541-359-9525

From past events

All Nations Indigenous Artisans Market and Wellness Gathering, November 1 through 3, 2024, at Ya-Ka-Ama in Forestville, California.
Native American Cultural Celebration raising awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, September 7, 2024, at Red Bluff High School.
California Indian Market celebrating 20 years on May 20, 2023, at Black Oak Casino Resort Heritage Park in Tuolumne, California.
Pit River Family Wellness Day on June 10, 2023, at VFW Hall in Burney, California.
Suscol Inter-Tribal Council Pow-Wow honoring the harvest, September 30 through October 1, 2023, at Skyline Wilderness Park in Napa, California.