Right: Indian Gaming Association Board Member gather with Lyons to present him with the Leadership Award Below: Chairman Stevens prested Lyons a pair of boxing gloves on behalf of Lonnie Ali, the widowof Muhammad Ali to acknowledge his Indian Gaming recognition.
Bottom Right: Ernest Stevens, IV opens up the recognition event with prayer.
Lyons is a celebrated artist and painter, a member of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame, and a tireless activist for American Indian causes and humanity’s responsibilities to the earth and future generations. Along with several other awards, he is a recipient of the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor, the United Nations NGO World Peace Prize, the Smithsonian’s award for Art and Cultural Achievement, and Sweden’s Prestigious Friend of the Children Award, along with a colleague, Nelson Mandela. Lyons joins other past distinguished recipients such as Native American Actor & Producer Wes Studi, Lynn Valbuena, Chairwoman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, LaDonna Harris, Founder and President of Americans for Indian Opportunity and Steve Ortiz, Chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the late Stan Jones, Sr. former Chairman of the Tulalip Tribes, to name a few. Lyons was presented a pair of boxing gloves from the widow of Muhammad Ali, Lonnie Ali, to acknowledge his Indian Gaming recognition.
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