{"id":3422,"date":"2020-10-22T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T13:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2020-10-22T08:08:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T13:08:31","slug":"native-sun-news-today-lakota-playwright-wins-genius-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/22\/native-sun-news-today-lakota-playwright-wins-genius-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Sun News Today: Lakota playwright wins &#8216;Genius&#8217; grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fJqqW2qzQ1A\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">MacArthur Foundation: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/fJqqW2qzQ1A>Larissa FastHorse, Playwright | 2020 MacArthur Fellow<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">Sicangu playwright wins MacArthur \u201cGenius\u201d Grant<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Thursday, October 22, 2020<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Travis Dewes<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Native Sun News Today Staff Writer<\/div>\r\n<div class=source-website><a href=https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/>nativesunnews.today<\/a><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=http:\/\/www.hoganhorsestudio.com\/about-larissa>Larissa FastHorse<\/a>, a Santa Monica based playwright from South Dakota, ignored several calls from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation because she thought they were spam. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe MacArthur Foundation eventually sent her a text asking to talk with FastHorse. She thought that the meaning of the call would be to contract her consulting firm, <a href=https:\/\/www.indigenousdirection.com\/>Indigenous Direction<\/a>, which helps organizations and artists create culturally appropriate material about Native communities. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe call, however, was to inform FastHorse that she had <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/07\/lakota-playwright-larissa-fasthorse-wins-prestigious-genius-grant\/>received a MacArthur \u201cGenius\u201d Grant<\/a> which doles out $625,000 over five years with no strings attached. Its formal  name is The MacArthur Fellows Program. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\n\u201cI\u2019ve known about the award for a long time and always dreamed of it, but never thought I would get it,\u201d said FastHorse. \u201cI\u2019m just a girl from South Dakota.\u201d \r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-attachment-id=\"3423\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/22\/native-sun-news-today-lakota-playwright-wins-genius-grant\/larissafasthorse-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/larissafasthorse-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7M3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1599699313&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"larissafasthorse\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/larissafasthorse-1-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/larissafasthorse-1-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/larissafasthorse-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"larissafasthorse\" class=\"alignnone img-fluid wp-image-3423\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Larissa FastHorse. Photo \u00a9 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation \u2013 used with permission\r\n<\/figcaption><p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/programs\/fellows\/>MacArthur Fellows Program<\/a> is awarded to between 20 to 30 individuals each year and the recipients can work in any field. The Program defines its recipients as having shown \u201cextraordinary originality and dedications in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.\u201d \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nFastHorse was awarded the prize for \u201ccreating space for Indigenous artists, stories and experiences in mainstream theater and countering misrepresentation of Native American perspectives in broader society.\u201d\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nGrowing up in Winner and Pierre in South Dakota, FastHorse is a citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. She began her career as a ballet dancer but was forced to retire after 10 years due to an injury. She then became involved in Native American drama and film, and eventually began writing and directing her own plays. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"card mb-3\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">\r\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/09\/12\/nativesunnewstoday.png\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native sun news today\"\/>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <h5 class=\"card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">NATIVE SUN NEWS TODAY<\/a><\/h5>\r\n        <p>\r\n           Support Native media!\r\n        <\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>Read the rest of the story on Native Sun News Today: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/articles\/sicangu-playwright-wins-macarthur-genius-grant\/\">Sicangu playwright wins MacArthur \u201cGenius\u201d Grant<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t<p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativesunnews.today<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nsweekly\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nsweekly<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/p>  \r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<HR><EM>Contact Travis at travisldewes@gmail.com<\/em><HR>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<strong>Note: Copyright permission <A href=\"https:\/\/www.nativesunnews.today\/\">Native Sun News Today<\/A><\/strong>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/10\/07\/lakota-playwright-larissa-fasthorse-wins-prestigious-genius-grant\/\" title=\"Lakota playwright Larissa FastHorse wins prestigious \u2018genius grant\u2019\">Lakota playwright Larissa FastHorse wins prestigious \u2018genius grant\u2019<\/a> (October 7, 2020)","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ve known about the award for a long time and always dreamed of it, but never thought I would get it,\u201d said Larissa FastHorse. \u201cI\u2019m just a girl from South Dakota.\u201d ","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[543,2,544,542],"class_list":["post-3422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-national","tag-larissa-fasthorse","tag-native-sun-news-today","tag-rosebud-sioux","tag-theater","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/larissafasthorse-1-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-Tc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}