Sundogs ​/​ Wíačhéič’ithi is inspired by a recent cold winter when some of my friends saw sundogs for the first time. Growing up in South Dakota, it was fairly common to see sundogs in the winter. I always loved that they were called sundogs; I imagined them as the sun’s two little pets. The Lakota word for the phenomenon is Wíačhéič’ithi, which means The Sun Makes A Campfire For Himself. So in this piece, I’ve portrayed the sun, with his campfire and companions, guiding us through a cold winter into the waiting spring.