Hey check it out… Nakota Designs, the Nakota Dogs Movement and one of our Raven Cry Skateboard decks is part of the….

“Ramp it Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America” show being exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (On the National Mall, Washington, DC) from June 12, 2009–September 13, 2009

Ramp it Up celebrates the vibrancy, creativity, and controversy of American Indian skate culture. Skateboarding combines demanding physical exertion with design, graphic art, filmmaking, and music to produce a unique and dynamic culture. One of the most popular sports on Indian reservations, skateboarding has inspired American Indian and Native Hawaiian communities to host skateboard competitions and build skate parks to encourage their youth. Native entrepreneurs own skateboard companies and sponsor community-based skate teams. Native artists and filmmakers, inspired by their skating experiences, credit the sport with teaching them a successful work ethic. The exhibition features rare and archival photographs and film of Native skaters as well as skatedecks from Native companies and contemporary artists.

Get over there and check it out its gonna be an awesome show… big shout out to Betsy Gordon at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian for making this show possible… she rocks!!!

The Raven Cry Skateboard deck is available for purchase and SOON (within a few days!!!) here on our Shop Nakota section of our website along with t-shirt designs, fine art prints, stickers… we are getting there… keep an eye out for more product to come. Big things to come in Indian Country… very exciting!

thanks for all you do.
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