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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.

Questions? Naomi Fritzinger — 541-359-9525

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