2018 Oklahoma Native Royalty

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OKLAHOMA Native Royalty PUBLISHER Kent Bush MARKETING Brad Casto

GRAPHIC ARTISTS Cheyenne Meadows Reita Easley Brooke Jones

This magazine is published by The Shawnee News-Star.

Please contact Brad Casto at 405-214-3950 or brad.casto@news-star.com for more information.

Shelby Elizabeth Mata 2017 Miss Indian Oklahoma Comanche Nation University of Oklahoma Walters, Oklahoma

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Serena Horinek 2016 - 2018 Unit 38 Women’s Auxiliary Princess Choctaw and Ponca Frontier Middle School Red Rock, Oklahoma

Faithlyn Taloa Seawright 2017-2018 Miss Indian SOSU Chickasaw and Choctaw Southeastern OK State University Durant, Oklahoma

Isis RainyDae Mathews 2017-2018 Lake Eufaula Indian Club Powwow Princess Wichita Tribe Anadarko High School Anadarko, Oklahoma

Isabella Nycole Fridia Jr. Miss Indian Oklahoma City Wichita, Kiowa and Caddo Southridge Jr. High Moore, Oklahoma

Cyrus Tehauno Switch 2017-2018 Little Miss Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Iowa, Comanche, Otoe, Kiowa and Absentee Shawnee Eagle Clan Perkins-Tryon Intermediate School

Klandra Yazzie Miss Indian Bacone 2017-2018 Navajo Tribe Bacone College Muskogee, Oklahoma

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Jasmine Paige Phetsacksith (Wah-hla-tho-pa) Osage Nation Princess 2017-2018 Osage Nation Sun Carrier Clan (Zon-Zo-Li district) Jenks High School Jenks, Oklahoma

Euelle Ire Stoner 2017-2018 Miss Eastern Shawnee Pow Wow Junior Princess Navajo and Eastern Shawnee Tsaile Public School

Aubree Lane Wensman IICOT (Intertribal Indian Club of Tulsa) Princess Bird Creek Shawnee and Red Lake Ojibwe Waterbird Clan Booker T. Washington High School Tulsa, Oklahomav

Isabel Andrea’ Herrera Alfred Little Standing Buffalo Post 38 Princess Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma Lincoln Elementary Ponca City, Oklahoma

Jozette Paddlety Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) Native American Princess Caddo Nation Southwestern Oklahoma State University Weatherford, Oklahoma

Renora Moore T’ape Tday Hahp Mah 2017-18 Kiowa Tribal Princess SouthWestern Oklahoma State University Anadarko, OK

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BreAnna LaDawn Jefferson 2017-2018 Miss Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Choctaw Tribe Valliant, Oklahoma

Baylee Grace Byington 2017-2018 District 1 Little Miss Princess Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Denison Elementary School Idabel, Oklahoma

Chelbie Turtle 2017-2018 Jr. Miss Indian Oklahoma Cherokee Nation Sequoyah High School Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Danya Pigeon 2017-2018 Jr. Miss Cherokee Cherokee Nation Sequoyah High School

Madison Whitekiller 2017-2018 Miss Cherokee Cherokee Nation Northeastern State University Verdigris, Oklahoma

Julia SpottedBird 2017-2018 Cherokee Gourd Society Princess United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians of Oklahoma Bird Clan University of Oklahoma Tahlequah, Oklahoma

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Summer Leigh-Ann Foster Miss Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Bird Clan - Cevyha Band Seminole State College Vamoosa, Oklahoma

Hillary Mary Lien Quach-Gunville Jr. Miss Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Wind Clan - Tallahassee Band Northwest Classen High School Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Malena Azzurri Sutv Whitekiller Little Miss Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Tiger Clan - Tusekia Harjo Band Konawa Public School Wolf, Oklahoma

Aliayah Danielle Buffalohead 2017-2018 Gives Water Service Club Princess Ponca of Hisada Clan Tonkawa Mid-High Tonkawa, Oklahoma

Nadia Lynn Kent 2017-2018 Ponca Tribal Princess Wazaze Clan (Osage Clan) Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, Iowa, and Navajo Northern Oklahoma College Ponca City, Oklahoma

Lexia Leney Kent 2017-2018 Pawnee Indian Veterans Princess Skidi Band Pawnee, Ponca, Otoe, Iowa and Navajo Ponca City High School Ponca City, Oklahoma

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Little Miss Sac and Fox Nation

Jr. Miss Sac and Fox Nation

Miss Sac and Fox Nation

Aha Chumby

Stevi Johnson

Nova Franklin

Veteran’s Honor Guard Princess

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Stevi Mahri Johnson 2017-2018 Jr. Miss Sac and Fox Nation Sac and Fox and Absentee Shawnee Thunder Clan Longfellow Junior High Norman, Oklahoma

Ahachumby Fus-Caite Roubidoux 2017-2018 Little Miss Sac and Fox Nation Sac and Fox, Seminole, Mississippi Choctaw, San Carlos Apache, Kickapoo, Eastern Shawnee and Wyandotte Cross TImbers Elementary Shawnee, Oklahoma

Kylie Renee Cisco Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Tribal Princess Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Anadarko High School Anadarko, Oklahoma

Olivia Nicole Littlecook 2017-2018 Intertribal Children’s Pow Wow Princess Ponca, Otoe, Osage, Creek, Shawnee, Peoria Skiatook-Newman Middle School Skiatook, Oklahoma

Danielle L. Chanate 2017-2018 Sr. Bell Powwow Princess Kiowa, Cherokee, Arapaho, Absentee Shawnee Grandview Elementary School Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Malayna Parker Dinwiddie 2016-2018 Comanche Little Ponies Princess Comanche Nation Lawton, Oklahoma

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Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby, far left, and Lt. Gov. Jefferson Keel, far right, crowned three princesses who will serve as goodwill ambassadors for the tribe for 2017-18. Chickasaw Royalty includes, left to right, Little Miss Chickasaw Olivia Worcester, Chickasaw Jr. Princess Cydnee Miller, and Chickasaw Princess Tiffany Postoak.

Tyra Renee Williams 2017-2018 Tulsa Pow Wow Princess Ponca Nation Pashna (Skull) Clan Northeastern State University

Audrey Horton 2017-2018 Delaware Pow Wow Princess Cherokee and Osage Dewey Public School Dewey, Oklahoma

Lura Jon Robedeaux 2017-2018 Miss Iowa Tribal Princess Iowa Tribe Carney High School Meridian Technology Center Carney, Oklahoma OKLAHOMA NATIVE ROYALTY

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Aleiyah Gaddis 2017-2018 Little Miss Indian OKC Osage Nation Midwest City Elementary Midwest City, Oklahoma

Krystal DeAnna Noah 2017-2018 District 2 Jr. Miss Choctaw Princess 2017-2018 Sr. Miss Owa-Chito Choctaw Princess 2017-2018 Sr. Miss American Indian Leaders Youth Council Pow Wow Princess Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Broken Bow High School Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Skidi Star Leading Fox 2017-2018 Miss Greater Tulsa Indian Art Festival Pawnee Nation Skidi Band Pawnee High School Pawnee, Oklahoma

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