{"id":39093,"date":"2025-08-14T20:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T01:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/essence-of-the-hills-from-the-sandhills-to-the-black-hills\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T20:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T01:25:31","slug":"essence-of-the-hills-from-the-sandhills-to-the-black-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/essence-of-the-hills-from-the-sandhills-to-the-black-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Essence of the Hills: From the Sandhills to the Black Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_39093\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/essence-of-the-hills-from-the-sandhills-to-the-black-hills\/\"  data-item_title=\"Essence of the Hills: From the Sandhills to the Black Hills\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2025\/08\/7p1-1024x490-1.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2025-08-14T20:25:23-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><div id=\"attachment_38196\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/2025-08-13\/7p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38196\" class=\"wp-image-38196 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2025\/08\/7p1-1024x490-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a0\" width=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-38196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>RAPID CITY \u2014 The Sioux Indian Museum, Indian Arts and Craft Board is currently showcasing a new exhibit, Essence of the Hills: from the Sandhills to the Black Hills featuring Uriah Little Hoop. The exhibition features paintings, beadwork, traditional regalia, and sculpture that showcase Uriah\u2019s multi-talented artistry, and will run from July 1 through September 25, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Uriah Little Hoop is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe. Her heritage also includes Sicangu Lakota and the Navajo (Din\u00e9) bands of the Tachiinii and Kiiya\u2019annii. She earned the name Whirlwind Dancing Woman through ceremony at age 13. She grew up in the Sandhills of western Nebraska where she attended schools in Alliance. After high school, she went on to Western Nebraska Community College and Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>Uriah is a multi-talented artist, and this exhibition showcases her paintings, beadwork, traditional regalia, and sculpture. She utilizes traditional methods with contemporary content. Raised in a family with many artists, as both a self-taught and a family taught artist, she has received their encouragement in all her artistic endeavors: painting, singing, dancing, public speaking, and sculpting. She credits her spiritual and cultural inspiration to the traditions and practices that she focuses on each day.<\/p>\n<p>Uriah lives contentedly in the area she values: that space encompassing both the Sandhills and the Black Hills. She stays inspired and loves the many creative outlets into which she immerses herself. Her engagement in each day is one where she follows her priorities and principles; asserting \u201cI will always strive to honor my family, my cultural traditions and remember to be appreciative and accountable to the artist I am and the continually evolving artist I desire to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sioux Indian Museum, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, is located in The Journey Museum, 222 New York Street, Rapid City, SD 57701.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/essence-of-the-hills-from-the-sandhills-to-the-black-hills\/\">Essence of the Hills: From the Sandhills to the Black Hills<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\">Native Sun News Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_39093\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/essence-of-the-hills-from-the-sandhills-to-the-black-hills\/\"  data-item_title=\"Essence of the Hills: From the Sandhills to the Black Hills\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2025\/08\/7p1-1024x490-1.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2025-08-14T20:25:23-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/essence-of-the-hills-from-the-sandhills-to-the-black-hills\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Original Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_39093\"  data-site_id=\"63347fe36fd08b6c05de3d9e\"  data-dislike_enabled=\"false\"  data-icon_dislike_show=\"false\"  data-white_label=\"true\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/essence-of-the-hills-from-the-sandhills-to-the-black-hills\/\"  data-item_title=\"Essence of the Hills: From the Sandhills to the Black Hills\"  data-item_image=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/files\/2025\/08\/7p1-1024x490-1.jpg\"  data-item_date=\"2025-08-14T20:25:23-05:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div><p>\u00a0 RAPID CITY \u2014 The Sioux Indian Museum, Indian Arts and Craft Board is currently showcasing a new exhibit, Essence of the Hills: from the Sandhills to the Black Hills featuring Uriah Little Hoop. 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