A self-taught artist and silversmith, Gayle Rencountre is a member of the Crow Creek Dakota Sioux Reservation.  He has been creating jewelry and other types of art since 1990.   Drawing from his combined ancestry from the Dakota, Lakota and the Nakota Sioux bands, Gayle Rencountre enjoys a life filled with creativity centered on the traditions he has grown to cherish.

Fern Cloud shares her heritage through several mediums; including oral history, traditional hide painting, storytelling and the performing arts. Working through the schools, she does presentations for youth, bringing to the next generation the gift of cultural support and knowledge of a proud heritage.  A Dakota language activist, Fern Cloud advocates for creative ways to teach Dakota people their first language.