DescriptionBilly Mills, member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, won a gold medal in 10K race at the 1964 Tokoyo Olympics. He created a foundation to help Native youth and for track and field, and he came to talk at Wakina Sky in Helena. He is posed left to right Jim Mason, Carol Mason (Blackfeet), unknown, Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota), Marilyn Richardson (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), Ronnie Hawkins, Joe Anderson (Blackfeet), Len Wheeler (Seneca). Joe Kneeling in front, unknown. Wakina Sky was an after school group for Native youth that met at the Old Colorado Building in Helena, which for years housed the Helena Indian Alliance. Wakina Sky operated from approximately 1998 to 2012. Joe Anderson was president and Len Wheeler was a board member. TypeImageGenrephotographsDateCirca 2007SubjectGroup portraitsContributing InstitutionHelena Indian AllianceGeographic CoverageHelena, MontanaDigital CollectionMontana Urban Indian CollectionDigitization SpecificationunknownSourceLen WheelerDate Digitized2024
