First Nations Storytellers
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A workshop of Indigenous writers & artists producing a public, living storybook of the world we call Turtle Island.
indigenousarts-mediacommunity-economyculture-identityfilm-storytellingmusic-performance
www.linkedin.com/in/tanyayoungwriter ↗ www.linkedin.com/in/billy-sparks ↗
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About
CONCEPT: This action-adventure series captures the gritty, electric reality of the competitive powwow scene from the P.O.V. of Native folks who live it and know it. This saga of found-family, love, humor, and perseverance is set among the unique and diverse communities where indigenous heritage thrives in dialogue with contemporary culture. REFERENCES: Hamilton and America’s Next Best Dance Crew meets James Cameron’s Avatar.
Impact
Fusing cultural knowledge, dance forms, activism & history, our project is a journey, a living parable, a vibe & a celebration of identity. In a deracinated world of immigration, displacement, forced migration, we invite viewers to find their roots.
Team
1. Tanya Young, Eastern Band Cherokee E: [contact redacted] https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyayoungwriter 2. Billy Sparks, Eastern Band Cherokee E: [contact redacted] https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-sparks
Funding
No displayed figures preserved for this project.
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/1674162970767x560759673875775600
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Not recovered: creator, tags, funding, drives, submissions, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.