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'''Danielle SeeWalker''' is a self described "artivist," combining art and activism. She is a [[Lakota people|Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta]] citizen from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She is a multimedia artist, and experiments with materials to combine tarditionaltraditional and modern techniques. Her work has been seen at the [[Super Bowl LVIII|2024 Superbowl]], on [[Disney+]], and at the [[Mile High Stadium|Denver Broncos Stadium]].<ref name="first nations">{{cite web |title=Danielle SeeWalker |url=https://www.firstnations.org/artist/danielle-seewalker/ |website=First Nations.org}}</ref><ref name="boulder">{{cite web |title=Danielle SeeWalker |url=https://www.colorado.edu/cwa/danielle-seewalker |website=University of Colorado Boulder Conference on World Affairs}}</ref>▼

'''Danielle SeeWalker''' (birthdate &ndash; death)

▲self described "artivist," combining art and activism. She is a [[Lakota people|Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta]] citizen from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She is a multimedia artist, and experiments with materials to combine tarditional and modern techniques. Her work has been seen at the 2024 Superbowl, on Disney+, and at the Denver Broncos Stadium.

<ref name="first nations">{{cite web |title=Danielle SeeWalker |url=https://www.firstnations.org/artist/danielle-seewalker/ |website=First Nations.org}}</ref>

<ref name="boulder">{{cite web |title=Danielle SeeWalker |url=https://www.colorado.edu/cwa/danielle-seewalker |website=University of Colorado Boulder Conference on World Affairs}}</ref>

==Biography==

Danielle SeeWalker was born in [[Bismarck, North Dakota]] and is a Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta, part of the [[Standing Rock Indian Reservation|Standing Rock Sioux Tribe]]. She was raised on the reservation by parents who suffered from alcoholism.<ref name="denverite">{{cite news |last1=Vargas |first1=Isaac |title=Danielle SeeWalker’s art captured national attention. Her new History Colorado show brings it back home |url=https://denverite.com/2024/02/28/danielle-seewalker-history-colorado-indigenous-art-disneyplus-echo/ |publisher=Denverite |date=February 28, 2024}}</ref>

SeeWalker attended high school in Philadelphia.<ref name="denverite" /> She then attended college, while working 3 jobs and becoming a mother.<ref name="denverite" />

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===Expanded description===

SeeWalker earned a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology. Her childhood influenced her desire to break the cycles of poverty and mental health issues in Indigenous youth. <ref name="denverite" />

She was a co-chair of the Denver American Indian Commission from 2020 to 2022, which worked on legislative matters related to Indigenous people in Colorado. She worked with Colorado Senator [[Jessie Danielson]] on the [[Native American mascot controversy|Prohibit American Indian Mascots]] bill in 2021, and the commission created the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigneous Relatives in 2022.<ref name="denverite" />

She published a book, "Still Here: A Past to Present Insight of Native American People and Culture."<ref name="first nations" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Still here : a past to present insight of Native American people and culture |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1305855686 |website=WorldCat.org}}</ref>

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She won an Emmy for her illustrations for a PBS documentary, A New Chapter.<ref name="denverite" /><ref>{{cite web |title=2023 HEARTLAND EMMY® AWARDS |url=https://emmyawards.tv/awards/2023-emmy-awards-nominees-winners/ |website=Emmy Awards}}</ref>

SeeWalker gained national recognition with two major commissions, from Paramount and Disney. Paramount commissioned a mural for the 2024 Superbowl. Marvel Studios commissioned SeeWalker to create art for the Disney+ series "Echo," which focuses on a Choctaw superhero called Maya Lopez.<ref name="denverite" />

*Superbowl

*Disney Echo

SeeWalker has been part of the Denver Broncos Stadium Artist Series, and her mural can be seen inside the Mile High Stadium.<ref name="denverite" />

===Personal life===

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==Recognition==

*2023, Emmy award, PBS documentary "A New Chapter."

*2022, Denver Mayor's Awards for Excellence in Arts and Culture, Arts and Culture Innovation Award<ref name="first nations" />

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