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2013 Grand Ronde Contest Powwow winners

08.29.2013 Michelle Alaimo Culture, Events

Girls Jingle: Kimberly Chief (Warm Springs), first; Nizhoni Tallman (Yakama/Mesheekah), second; Jackie Zamora-Heath (Warm Springs), third; Marjorie Heath (Warm Springs), fourth; and Allena Westley (Grand Ronde), fifth.
Girls Fancy: Mirian Wesley (Yakama), first; Kenna Faithful (Cree), second; Denae Smith (Yakama), third; Macyquinn Johnson (no Tribal affiliation listed), fourth; and Leilonnie Wilson (Klamath), fifth.
Girls Traditional: Star Upshaw (Navajo), first; Ellalee Jim (Yakama), second; Kaykee Johnson (Paiute/Haida), third; Chelo Garcia (Siletz/Mesheekah), fourth; and Elizabeth Watson-Croy (Grand Ronde), fifth.
Boys Grass: Devin BrownEagle (Spokane/Kalispel), first; Rusty McCloud (Puyallup/Dakota Sioux), second; Xavier Bolton (Blood), third; Alvin Sixkiller (Cherokee/Ojibwa), fourth; and Sabine BrownEagle (Spokane/Kalispel), fifth.
Boys Fancy: Jorron Gadwa (Cree), first; Colby White Jr. (Kalispel/Navajo), second; Sunhawk Barney (Burns Paiute), third; William Wesley Jr. (Yakama), fourth; and Cadon Stewart (Yakama/Umatilla), fifth.
Boys Traditional: Jon Moreno (Dine), first; Leland Whiteplume (Nez Perce/Arapaho), second; Kaiwin Clements (Wasco/Cayuse), third; Gus Garcia (Siletz), fourth; and E.J. Denny (Warm Springs), fifth.
Teen Girls Jingle: Kia McCloud (Puyallup), first; Destiny Buck (Yakama/Wanapah), second; Shadiin Horton (Dine), third; Christa Waskewitch (Plains Cree), fourth; and Desiree Two Braids (Pascua Yaqui), fifth.
Teen Girls Fancy: Katrina Blackwolf (Warm Springs/Yakama), first; Autumn Johnson (Warm Springs), second; Carole Azure (Yakama/Chippewa), third; Mariah Leavitt (Yakama/Puyallup), fourth; and Aurelia Johnson (Paiute/Haida), fifth.
Teen Girls Traditional: Shawna Waheneka (Yakama/Warm Springs/Blackfeet), first; Shoshana Kee (Navajo/Shoshone), second; Sydney Matheson (Colville/Coeur d'Alene), third; Destiny Summers (Klamath/Wasco), fourth; and Allie Watchman (Dine), fifth.
Teen Boys Grass: Alik-sal Bluff (Kalispel), first; Chad BrownEagle (Spokane), second; Marcel Allen (Grand Ronde), third; Logan Butler (Colville), fourth; and Elijah Bevis (Umatilla), fifth.
Teen Boys Fancy: Ila Pinkham (Nez Perce), first; Jonathan Sampson (Yakama), second; and Heyaza Brien (Grand Ronde), third.
Teen Boys Traditional: Tommy Whiteplume (Nez Perce), first; Joe Jim (Yakama), second; Grayson Johnson (Warm Springs), third; Red Bear McCloud (Puyallup/Dakota Sioux), fourth; and Devian Leigh (Blackfoot/Cherokee), fifth.
Men's Grass: Colton Toannie (Shoshone), first; Victor Harry (Squamish), second; Jeremy Barney (Burns Paiute), third; Dakota Upshaw (Navajo), fourth; and Darryl Bolton (Tsimshian), fifth.
Men's Fancy: Gary Olney (Yakama), first; Manny Totus (Walla Walla), second; Aaron Wright (Klamath), third; and Jonathan Jack (Yakama), fourth.
Men's Traditional: Russell McCloud (Puyallup), first; Colin Chief (Cree), second; Cory Williams (Eastern Shoshone), third; Jason Stacona (Warm Springs), fourth; and Saul Jurado (Siletz), fifth.
Women's Jingle: Acosia Red Elk (Umatilla), first; Deanna Candice Chief (Canadian Cree), second; Sharen KickingWoman (Blackfeet/Gros Ventre), third; Maxine Alex (Navajo), fourth; and Sheena Legrade (Puyallup/Yakama), fifth.
Women's Fancy: Urseloria Kanuho (Dine), first; Roseanne Greene (Nez Perce/Salish), second; Carol Melting Tallow (Blood), third; Crystal Howell (Paiute/Lummi), fourth; and Candace Godwa (Cree), fifth.
Women's Traditional: Thea McCloud (Dakota), first; Leah Brisbois (Grand Ronde), second; Cheryl Stinnett (Kiowa), third; Shalene Joseph (Gros Ventre), fourth; and Tisa Matheson (Nez Perce), fifth.
Women's Golden Age: Charlene Tillequots (Yakama/Nez Perce), first; Lynne Pinkham (Nez Perce), second; Adele Washewitch (Cree), third; Wilma Buck (Yakama), fourth; and Audrey Olney (Yakama), fifth.
Men's Golden Age: John Meninick (Yakama), first; Peter Jo Olney (Yakama), second; Irvin Waskewitch (Cree), third; Rainbow Azure (Chippewa/Yakama), fourth; and Stan Greene (Nez Perce/Salish), fifth.