Culture

Winners of the 2015 Grand Ronde Contest Powwow

08.18.2015 Dean Rhodes Culture, Events

Junior Girls Jingle: Mary-Jane Rowan, Tsuu T’ina, first; Victoria Butler, Siletz/Yurok/Northern Cheyenne, second; Nizhoni Tallman-Olney, Yakama, third; Kaleigha Simi, Grand Ronde, fourth; and Aleena Westley, Grand Ronde, fifth.

Junior Girls Fancy: Macyquinn Johnson, Paiute/Wasco/Warm Springs, first; Shandiin Shebala, Blackfeet/Navajo, second; Valerie Scabbyrobe, Yakama, third; Katelyn Tanewasha, Warm Springs, fourth; and Semiah Cote Oppenheim, Cree/Soto, fifth.

Junior Girls Traditional: Jovena Scabbyrobe, Yakama, first; Oteskwe Shebala, Blackfeet/Navajo, second; Tia Butler, Siletz/Yurok/Northern Cheyenne, third; Zoe Bevis, Umatilla, fourth; and Maklt Brown-Eagle Branson, Flathead/Spokane, fifth.

Junior Boys Grass: Kenton Walsey, Warm Springs, first; Alvin Sixkiller, Cherokee/Ojibwe, second; Rylee Begay, Dine, third; Sabine Brown-Eagle Branson, Flathead/Spokane, fourth; and Kwn Matheson, Coeur d’Alene, fifth.

Junior Boys Fancy: Keaven Brown, Navajo/Digueno, first; Sun Hawk Barney, Navajo/Burns Paiute, second; Kalen Scalplock, Siksika/Navajo, third; Iitnakapi Scabbyrobe, Yakama, fourth; and Apollo Johnson, Wasco/Paiute/Warm Springs, fifth.

Junior Boys Traditional: Taylen Begay, Navajo, first; Kisymis Scabbyrobe, Yakama, second; Dylon Begay, Navajo, third; Nacoma Liebelt, Grand Ronde, fourth; and Matthew Paul, Yakama, fifth.

Teen Girls Jingle: Noralene Scalplock, Siksika/Dine, first; Kassie John, Navajo, second; Sahalie Crain, Klamath, third; Anna Delora, Warm Springs, fourth; and Susun Fisher, Siletz/Salish Kootenai, fifth.

Teen Girls Fancy: Autumn Sky, Wasco, first; Jaydean Randall, Lakota/Navajo, second; Smokee Liz Good Strikes, Kainai, third; Mariah Leavitt, Puyallup/Yakama, fourth; and Aurelia Johnson, Burns Paiute/Haida, fifth.

Teen Girls Traditional: Victory Randall, Lakota/Navajo, first; Ashley Meanus, Oglala Lakota/Warm Springs, second; Star Upshaw, Dine, third; Sydney Matheson, Colville/Coeur d’Alene, fourth; and Dancing Star Leighton, Nez Perce, fifth.

Teen Boys Grass: Devin Browneagle, Kalispell, first; Manny Howley, Cree, second; Marcel Allen Grand Ronde, third; Gaven GrowingThunder, Nez Perce/Sioux, fourth; and Amial Rhoan, Siletz, fifth.

Teen Boys Fancy: Devon Shaw, Shoshone/Dine, first; Brian George, Yakama/Nez Perce, second; Mylo Jones, Yakama, third; Ila Pinkham, Nez Perce, fourth; and Darion Shaw, Shoshone/Dine, fifth.

Teen Boys Traditional: Sitoya Scabbyrobe, Blackfoot/Cree, first; GaryJon Johnson, Wasco, second; Joshua White, Cree, third; Ethan Wallanee, Yakama, fourth; and Leland Whiteplume, Nez Perce, fifth.

Womens Jingle: Candice Chief Scabbyrobe, Cree, first; Henrietta McGurk, Navajo/Apache, second; Paula Shebala, Blackfeet, third; Madrienne Salgado, Muckleshoot, fourth; and Talia Reasoner, Seminole/Eastern Cherokee, fifth.

Womens Fancy: Desba White, Navajo/Yakama, first; Denelle Stanley, Ute/Navajo/Shawnee/Creek, second; Roseanne Greene, Nez Perce/Salish, third; Crystalena Pacheco, Sioux/Dine, fourth; and Davinee Kaht White Elk, Ute/Blackfeet, fifth.

Womens Traditional: Tilda Walsey, Warm Springs, first; Violet Olney, Yakama, second; Leah Villa, Grand Ronde, third; Lautiss Shebala, Nez Perce/Navajo, fourth; and Celeste McGurk, Navajo/Apache, fifth.

Mens Grass: Kelsey Haywahe, Wasco/Assiniboine, first; Darrell Paskimin, Plains Cree, second; Dakota Upshaw, Dine, third; Jesse Bevis Sr., Umatilla, fourth; and Gary Villa, Warm Springs, fifth.

Mens Fancy: Gary Olney, Yakama, first; Perry Thompson, Dine, second; River Thunderchild, Cree, third; Piita Thunderchild, Cree, fourth; and Manny Totus, Yakama, fifth.

Mens Traditional: Sheldon Shebala, Navajo, first; Gabe Cleveland, Ho-Chunk, second; Paris Leighton Sr., Nez Perce, third; Colin Chief, Cree/Warm Springs, fourth; and Hahots Shebala, Nez Perce/Navajo, fifth.

Womens Golden Age: Adele Waskewitch, Salish, first; Leah McGurk Brown, Navajo, second; Charlene Tillequots, Yakama/Nez Perce, third; Wilma Buck, Yakama, fourth; and Patty Young Running Crane, Flathead, fifth.

Mens Golden Age: Elvin Nicotine, Cree/Assiniboine, first; John Meninick, Yakama, second; Irvin Waskewitch, Cree, third; Stan Greene, Nez Perce/Salish, fourth; and Peter Joe Olney, Yakama, fifth.

Drum Contest: Blackstone, first; Iron Horse, second; Wild Rose, third; Iron Eagle, fourth; Consolation: Blacklodge and Red Hoop.