For the People: MMIP Benefit Show with Kunu Bearchum, Mato Wayuhi & Niandra Blonde

May 4th @ 7:30PM

Join us for a benefit concert to fundraise and bring awareness to the crisis of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People and the MMIP movement.

HEADLINER:

Mato Wayuhi, Oglala Lakota artist and musician originally from South Dakota, is the musical composer of FX’s award-winning television series Reservation Dogs and the 2022 drama film War Pony. He is also featured on the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Hollywood & Entertainment. Niandra Blonde is an Apsáalooke guitarist and musician who will be performing with Mato Wayuhi.

OPENER:

Kunu Bearchum, of the Northern Cheyenne and Ho-Chunk Nations, is a multimedia producer, filmmaker and recording artist based in Oregon.

All proceeds will go to organizations supporting Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP)/ Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S). To learn more about MMIP/MMIWG2S, visit the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center website or the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women website.

This event is being organized & run by the Students Advocating for Equity (SAFE) affinity group at Crescent Valley High School, in the Corvallis School District.

The Corvallis School District does not necessarily sponsor this organization or its activities. The District assumes no liability for its contents or events arising out of this distribution.