Completed November 2021, downtown Denver, CO.

We are all around, woven gently into this two-world society that was once nothing but gifts of our Mother Earth’s creations. We came from the stars, are guided by the stars, and look to the stars when we speak to the Great Mystery. We have thrived, then survived, adapted and evolved… all while clinging onto what we have left of our ancestors’ teachings. We smudge off the resistance and make it our existence and are thankful for today. Today, we are the descendants of the strongest warriors that were fortunate to survive. We are the bloom from the seeds of our aunties and uncles planted at Alcatraz, Wounded Knee, DC…. Today, we have taken back our identities and speak our narratives outloud. We’ve reclaimed our braids, our sleeping languages, our prayers, and our life ways. Our great-grandmas would be so unbelievable proud. Today, we walk our paths pairing hoodies with mocs, our fur pelts with Nikes, and always show up in the best earrings that there ever was. We are a proud people and know where we come from; no one will take that away from us. WE ARE STILL HERE.

Located at the Denver Central Market parking lot at 27th and Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. This mural represents: Kiowa, Choctaw, Lakota, Diné, Seminole, Yakama and Pawnee people. These are depictions of real life people, including friends and people I admire.

22 ft x 9 ft mural for the Denver Broncos as Empower Field. Completed December 2023.

Custom mural for CU Boulder Engineering Department, 2023.

Mural completed as part of Babe Walls 2022 PRIDE in Adams County, Colorado.

Commissioned mural for CU Boulder, 2023.

Version 2 of this concept done for ColorCon 2022 mural festival in the Golden Triangle neighborhood of Denver, CO.

Commissioned mural for Brown International Academy in Denver CO, 2023

Done as a private commission for the Denver Zoo in November 2022.

Collaborative mural with R0melle for BABE WALLS 2020
(painted on a private residence)

Distant view - corner

Broad view of wall 3

Paying homage to the Ute, Cheyenne & Arapaho people that inhabited the lands of Colorado but were forcibly removed. Private commission done in the township of Niwot, Colorado, April 2022.

Mural at Denver Indian Center
November 2020
“Waníyetu wówapi” is Lakota and translates to “anything that can be counted or read in a year” or simply referred to as: winter count. In our Lakota ways, we historically kept record of important and events through oral stories. A winter count was a record kept each year to document the important happenings of the community, typically drawn and painted in a ledger-esque style of art on a buffalo or deer hide. This is my version of a 2020 winter count event.

Broad view of both walls
Denver Indian Center
November 2020

Community Scene: Honoring fatherhood & protecting our elders
Denver Indian Center - wall 2
November 2020

Commissioned mural or Denver School of Innovation & Sustainable Design, 2023.

120 square foot mural
mixed media: wheat paste, aerosol, bucket paint
Located along the Ralston Creek Trail in Arvada, Colorado
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This mural was created to highlight the women behind the American Indian Movement. Womxn were the backbone of these movements despite men having most of the media attention during this era, (60’s / 70’s). It was especially important for me to feature Madonna Thunder Hawk and Phyllis Young (my auntie) who were (& continue to be) warrior women for our people and future generations. They were responsible for helping to eliminate the forced sterilization of Native American women and also changing the laws around adopting our Native children to non-Native families (Indian Child Welfare Act) and so much more! This was truly an honor to create this for the Lakota wíŋyan that came before me.

A close-up of the overall mural featuring a painted portrait of Madonna Thunder Hawk, a Lakota woman who led many initiatives within the American Indian Movement (AIM) and then went on to be one of the founding members of W.A.R.N. (Women of All Red Nations). More information on Madonna and all her warrior women work can be found at: https://www.warriorwomen.org/

Four Winds American Indian Council was founded in the 1980’s as a “liberated zone” in the heart of Denver, CO for American Indian people to gather, celebrate, host, and share events with the mission of Native empowerment. I created this mural during the height of the covid19 pandemic with the idea in mind that grandmother earth (unci maka) gives us everything we need and that while Western medicines were being used, we as Native people can also turn to our natural medicines for healing. We, as Native people, have been through many pandemics and epidemics for centuries and we have survived with the assistance of using our traditional medicines, which have been passed down to us by our ancestors generation after generation.

This mural is installed in the community gathering space on the lower level of the building.

Lala Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Grandfather Sitting Bull), is a mural installed in the summer of 2021 at the 30Pearl Apartments as part of the Street Wise Mural Festival held in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado is home to the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute and 48 other tribes that had historical ties, including the Lakota. Native American people and histories are not often visible, so I wanted to honor my relative, the Lakota Chief who led our people through one of the toughest times of colonization.

This mural was installed at North High School in Denver, Colorado. This high school is known to have one of the highest populations of American Indian students, yet we continue to fight invisibility of our people. When I was hunting for a location to install this mural, I settled on a school. As a child, it would have been a game-changer for me to see my cultural and people represented in such a public way and amongst my peers. I don’t ever recall seeing public art depicting BIPOC people where I grew up (North Dakota).

Through this mural, I wanted to honor our Indigenous students past, present and future and to accomplish the following:
- Normalize boys/men with braids
- Depict an accurate representation of Native people and students
- Incorporate themes of “two worlds” because Indigenous people residing in urban areas often carry their traditions and culture while living in a contemporary society. Sort of like wearing a moccasin on one foot and an Adidas on the other.
- Normalize non-binary & two-spirit folx
- Acknowledge how proud we are of our Native and Indigenous graduates & athletes
- Incorporate my Lakota culture by using meaningful geometric symbols (kapémni) throughout the room
- Highlight that Native people are still here

Another view of the mural installed in the cafeteria at North High School in Denver, CO. This one shows a wide show of the Kapémni design that is incorporated throughout. This is the Lakota word that translates to “twirling round and round” (mirroring). This symbol is seen in many of our designs. It describes our entire relationship with the universe: as above, so below. I painted the kapémni 9 times throughout the cafeteria to honor the nine Lakota students whose bodies were finally returned home in the summer of 2021 from the Carlisle Indian Boarding School. Ernest, Maud, Lucy, Friend, Warren, Alvan, Dora, Dennis, and Rose: may you each rest peacefully on your homelands surrounded by your relatives.

Another view of the mural installed in the cafeteria at North High School in Denver, CO. This depicts a youth Native woman standing up for the missing & murdered Indigenous persons’ crisis happening through North America. In the distance, you see a Lacrosse player, historically known as an Indigenous sport played by many tribes for centuries.

Another view of the mural installed in the cafeteria at North High School in Denver, CO. This depicts a young man proudly wearing his long braids while dressed in contemporary clothing. A great visual example of living in “two worlds”. In the distance, you see an Aztec dancer dressed in traditional regalia. Many people do not consider our relatives south of the colonized border (Mexico, Central and South America) to also be Indigenous. We honor our relatives to the North (Canada) and all our relatives to the South.

A colorful, geometric mountain scene on the corner of 28th & Larimer Streets in Denver, Colorado. This mural was installed as a commission to be part of a television commercial. It was meant to be temporary, but the building owner loved it and asked for it to stay! It’s become a fun backdrop for tourists and residents alike to snap a photo for social media! :)

This mural is part of several scenes within room 211 of an art-themed boutique hotel in the Golden Triangle neighborhood of Denver, CO called “The Acoma House”. The building owner selected 20+ local Denver artists and assigned each of us to a room in this historic building and former communal boarding house. Each artist was allowed full creative control with the mural designs and room concepts. I decided to paint dreamy scenes of Lakota women and the connection we have to our buffalo relatives. In Lakota culture, the buffalo were centric to who were were; they provided us food, clothing and shelter. We were a nomadic people and we went wherever the buffalo went - - to include areas of Colorado. These whimsical scenes pay homage to our sacred tatanka and the ideology of: mitakuye oyas’in (we are all related).

Another view of Room 211 at The Acoma House in downtown Denver.

This view depicts a woman enjoyed a cup of wakalyapi (coffee) in room 211 at The Acoma House (a unique and artistic hotel in downtown Denver).

This view shows an entire wall filled with a bunch of tiny hand-painted buffalo. This wall will be the backdrop of where the bed will be placed in room 211 at The Acoma House in downtown Denver. This unique hotel is host to over 20 rooms, all painted by local artists of Denver, Colorado.