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Giona Smalleyes

Giona Smalleyes is an emerging painter inspired by the landscapes of Mînîthnî and the everyday beauty of the reserve. She is also explore film practice with her cousin Jarret, and the two of them have co-directed several documentaries together. Giona is immersed in pow wow culture and likes to make regalia and bead. Her focus starting the project is to look at the Îethka language and how it has changed over time, its relation to other languages in the Sioux family, and different issues in recording and writing it. 

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