The Office of Multicultural Affairs is pleased to announce an opportunity to support K-12 American Indian educational programming on the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Campus.
Today there is an immediate need to address the educational obstacles faced by American Indian students. For the past twelve years the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has created innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematics programming for students across South Dakota and surrounding states. Students have been afforded the opportunity to reside on campus and work with premier faculty on current research and other activities both on the School of Mines campus and their high schools. Students, through scholarship opportunities, are empowered to enroll in and complete science and engineering degrees. We are proud of their dreams and accomplishments.
The painting "Looking Beyond One's Self" was commissioned by the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1995. Oglala Lakota artist Don Montileaux was asked to create a work of art that represented the desire for young American Indians to reach beyond themselves...toward the stars and their visions. The finished piece depicts three American Indian youth looking beyond the immediate horizon and toward a vision of the future. 400 prints were made to help inspire future generations reach for their dreams. The original painting flew aboard the March 1995 STS-67 NASA mission of the space shuttle Endeavor. The Endeavor was also the shuttle, which took the first American Indian Astronaut Commander John Herrington, "to the stars" on November 22, 2002.
In March 2007, the original painting was placed in the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian's permanent collection where future generations will have the opportunity to receive its message and to look beyond themselves. Now the public has the opportunity to bring the painting's message into their own lives through the purchase of an official print. In addition, prints may be purchased to place in public schools. Each signed and numbered print measures 25.5"x18.25" and costs $185.50. To purchase a print, use the order form link below . Pilamiye' (Thank you)
To purchase a "Looking Beyond One's Self" print, please click the link below:
"Looking Beyond One's Self"
For more information contact...
Office of Multicultural Affairs
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, SD 57701
Work Phone 605-394-1828
oma@sdsmt.edu
