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Walt Pourier
Walt Pourier is an American skateboarder, artist, designer, and skateboarding activist. Pourier is Oglala Lakota. Early life Pourier started skating growing up on Pine Ridge. As a child, he moved with his mother to Orange County, California for a period of time. In California, Pourier began hopping fences and skating pools. Pourier returned to Pine Ridge, where he worked as an artist, eventually starting his own business, Nakota Designs. Art career Pourier is an artist who paints and designs on skateboards, canvas, and other materials. He was Artist in Residence at the Denver Art Museum in 2017. Stronghold Society Pourier and Jim Murphy (skateboarder), Jim Murphy co-founded the Stronghold Society. Walt Pourier is the Executive Director for the Stronghold Society. Wounded Knee Four Directions Skatepark Program Murphy and Pourier developed the Wounded Knee Four Directions Skatepark Program dedicated to creating and sustaining skateparks in Native Americans in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oglala Lakota
The Oglala (pronounced , meaning "to scatter one's own" in Lakota language) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota people, Dakota, make up the Sioux, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A majority of the Oglala live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, the eighth-largest Indian reservation, Native American reservation in the United States. The Oglala are a List of federally recognized tribes, federally recognized tribe whose official title is the Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously called the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota). However, many Oglala reject the term "Sioux" due to the hypothesis (among Sioux#Names, other possible theories) that its origin may be a derogatory word meaning "snake" in Ojibwe language, the language of the Ojibwe, who were among the historical enemies of the Lakota. They are also known as Oglála Lakhóta Oyáte. History Oglala elders relate stories about the orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
