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EducationPromoting Kickapoo heritage for kids in Mexico
Promoting Kickapoo heritage for kids in Mexico
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Kickapoo children meeting colors and shapes
This artistic stimulation workshop sponsored by Lutisuc this summer in Tamichopa, Bacerac, Mexico, was the first experiencie with basic colors and shapes for these kickapoo children
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Two girls experiment with pastel technique
For one week, boys and girls, and their parents too, could "learn by playing" about diferent artistic techniques with a cultural approach.
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Alex follows the lessons in the workshop
This little Kickapoo boy, with his eyes and ears wide open, listen carefully to mix well the painting and join the group of the new muralists.
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A group of Kickapoo people with Lutisuc's team
During the one week workshop, Lutisuc’s team had meetings with the people, dictated two conferences about the Kickapoo history and made one theater presentation
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One of the goals for this workshop was to get the drawings by the own hand of the Kickapoo children that can be use to design the two board games of the project. Animals, colors and other things named in three languages: Kickapoo, English and Spanish.
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Painting our legends and the fields growing
These are two of the three basic themes for the children to paint: the land in blossom and the rising of Kitzihiata an ancient Kickapoo god, the sacred fire and the presence of the deer, their sacred animal.
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Estrella paints a peseki0ia, sacred animal
This girl named Estrella, Star in Spanish, paints a deer, an animal that represent the sacred. As the legend says, the deer die and reborn for the survival of the Kickapoo people.
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Our footprints symbolize a long journey
The other important theme of the workshop was the Kickapoo history. The time pasted and the road walked from the mother land in the Great Lakes centuries ago to this community in Mexico: Tamichopa, Bacerac, Sonora
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Making a mural painting with Lutisuc's team help
The drawings of the children were joined in three mural paintings. Was a delightful experience to allow their creativity to express
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Kikapoo women from Tamichopa with their dolls
Photo from Progress Report 'Good news fron Tamichopa'
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Liliana in the traditional costume
Photo from Progress Report 'Good news fron Tamichopa'
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Learning to take beautiful photos
Photo from Progress Report 'Good news fron Tamichopa'
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Checking the construction of the Kikapoo Community Center
Photo from Progress Report 'News from Tamichopa'
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Cover of the Kikapoo Lottery and Memory Game
Photo from Progress Report 'News from Tamichopa'
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Kikapoo People and Lutisuc working together in this project
Photo from Progress Report 'News from Tamichopa'
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The games have a colorful box to invite the kids to play
Photo from Progress Report 'The Kickapoo People of Sonora'
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The lottery it’s like bingo, but using images instead of numbers
Photo from Progress Report 'The Kickapoo People of Sonora'
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Smile, Luz! But she’s to shy. She lives in Tamichopa, Sonora, Me
Photo from Progress Report 'The Kickapoo People of Sonora'
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