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Native Hope Champions
Native Hope Champions: Las Morenas
Lucinda Hinojos, known professionally as La Morena, was commissioned by the NFL as the first Native American artist to design theme art for a Super Bowl. Her artwork will be featured on Super Bowl LVII tickets, displays, footballs and more. Amongst this notable work is a 9,500 square foot mural the largest to date created for a Super Bowl. La Morena who is Chicanx, Apache, O’odham and Yaqui, would enlist the help of other Indigenous Artists from various Native and Indigenous Nations to complete the mural in just 22 days. It was a team driven by strong and resilient women. Native Hope Champions: Las Morenas, is a segment that highlights some, but not all of the artists including “CC” Carie Sage Curley (Apache), Eunique Yazzie (Navajo), Anitra “Yukue” Molina (Pascua Yaqui), and Jessie Yazzie (Diné). Thank you to Cahokia Social Tech + Art Space, Hello Badger PR, Candace Hamana, Eunique Yazzie, The NFL, The La Morena Team, and Ash Kee for helping create this piece.
