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SEPTEMBER 1,2012
2012 Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Contest Powwow winners
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Annual Contest Powwow brings together Tribal youth, Elders in celebration
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Ihe Tribe's Uyxat Powwow
Grounds filled up with danc
ers not yet in regalia all day
on Friday, Aug. 17.
The day was warm and windy,
but not torrid like the previous
almost 100-degree plus days.
Hoys threw footballs back and
forth on two sides of the powwow
tent during the afternoon. They
weren't yet in anybody's way.
It was appropriate as children
were the centerpiece of the Tribe's
2012 Contest Powwow.
"Children," said Tribal Council
Chairwoman Cheryle A. Kennedy
in her welcoming introduction to
a filled tent, "you are the reason
your parents come to the powwow.
They come to see you doing things
in the right way." She thanked the
children "for helping carry on our
traditions."
Culture & Language Specialist
Hobby Mercier, in his invocation
following Grand Entry on Satur
day night, had another take on the
children.
"We are not raising children,"
Mercier said. "We are raising Elders
who can lead us in the future."
Elder Marcella Selwyn watched
her 3-year-old granddaughter Ray
auna Meneley dance in her first
powwow while wearing her first
regalia. Selwyn said she spent the
week before making the jingle-style
dress, including moccasins.
"She said, 'I want a dress that
makes noise,' " Selwyn said. At
powwow, under the tent, "Rayauna
looked at her feet and looked at
Sage (her cousin, also dressed in
regalia and ready to dance), and she
was out dancing," Selwyn said.
New Tribal Royalty also was
crowned under the tent.
Dancing as the West Coast Boys
drummed, 16-year-old Kiana Leno,
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Leah Brisbois, right, participates in an Intertribal dance during the 2012 Grand Ronda Contest Powwow at Uyxat
Powwow Grounds in Grand Ronda on Saturday, Aug. 1 8. Later that day, Brisbois competed in the Women's Traditional
dance category and took third place.
a junior at West Salem High School,
was named Senior Miss Grand
Ronde for 2012-13. In 2000-01, she
was Little Miss Tiny Tot. Before
that, she was an honorary prin
cess. Starting this summer, Leno has
once again been busy with Tribal
activities, starting with a summer
intern position in the Cultural Re
sources Department.
"I realized I did want to be a lot
more involved with the community
and the Tribe," Leno said.
Kailiyah Krehbiel, 10 and a sixth
grader at Willamina Middle School,
danced her way to this year's Junior
Miss Grand Ronde, though selec
tions are based on more than just
dancing. This was her first involve
ment with Tribal Royalty.
"I wanted to learn more about my
Tribe," Krehbiel said.
The contest for Little Miss Grand
Ronde for 2012-13 was delayed
until the fall.
More every year, the Tribe is
seeing the increasing benefits of
Royalty in every corner of Tribal
activities. Krehbiel also has pad
dled on the Tribal Canoe Journey
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Brian Krehbiel, right, dances during Grand Entry of the 201 2 Grand Ronde
Contest Powwow at Uyxat Powwow Grounds in Grand Ronde on Friday, Aug. 1 7.
Newly crowned Senior Miss Grand Ronde Kiana Leno, left, and Junior Miss
Grand Ronde Kailiyah Krehbiel, right, take a lap around the dance arena, with
family and friends following them, after being crowned at Uyxat Powwow
Grounds in Grand Ronde on Friday, Aug. 17.
Junior Girls Jingle: Alayna Bevis, Umatilla, first; Jackie Zamora-Heath,
Warm Springs, second; Shandiin Shebala, BlackfeetNavajo, third; Jocelyn
Hernandez, Siletz, fourth; and Victoria Butler, SiletzYurok, fifth.
Junior Girls Fancy: Leilonnie Wilson, Klamath, first; Carissa Jackson,
Klamath Modoc, second; Nizhoni Tallman, YakamaNavajo, third; Tawny
Etta Hunt, Yakama, fourth; and Kailiyah Krehbiel, Grand Ronde, fifth;
Junior Girls Traditional: Jovena Scabbyrobe, Yakama, first; Oteskwe
beeksaki Shebala, BlackfeetNavajo, second; Gagne Upshaw, Navajo,
third; Chelo Garcia, Siletz, fourth; and Elizabeth Watson-Croy, Grand
Ronde, fifth.
Boys Grass: Josiah Barney, NavajoBurns Paiute, first; Marcel Allen,
Grand Ronde, second; Rusty McCloud, DakotaPuyallup, third; Xavier
Bolton, BlackfeetTsimshian, fourth; and Dominicio Tafoya, Warm Springs,
fifth.
Boys Fancy: Dasan Scholfield, WintuPotawatomi, first; Colby White
Jr., KalispelNavajo, second; Sunhawk Barney, NavajoBurns Paiute, third;
Litnakapi Scabbyrobe, Yakama, fourth; and D.J. Shadleg, Klamath, fifth.
Boys Traditional: Demarcus Pacheco, Yakama, first; Leland Whiteplume,
Nez Perce, second; Gus Garcia, Siletz, third; Isaac Butler, SiletzYurok,
fourth; and Dru Moses, Yakama, fifth.
Teen Boys Grass: Tre'leigh Scabbyrobe, BlackfeetCree, first; Dakota
Upshaw, Navajo, second; Desmond Madera, BlackfeetColville, third; Elijah
Bevis, Umatilla, fourth; and Jordan Warren, KarukHoopa, fifth.
Teen Boys Fancy: Davey Madera, Blackfeet, first; Manny Totus, Walla
Walla, second; Ha Pinkham, Nez Perce, third; Garrett Begay, Yakama,
fourth; and Richard Scholfield, Potawatomi, fifth.
Teen Boys Traditional: Red Bear McCloud, Dakota, first; Tommy
Whiteplume, Nez PerceArapaho, second; Garyson Johnson, Warm
Springs, third; Teminah Greene, Nez Perce, fourth; and Sikoya Scabby
robe, CreeBlackfeet, fifth.
Teen Girls Jingle: Hokian Win McCloud, DakotaSiouxPuyallup, first;
Kateri Whitehead, SiletzColville, second; Nakoosa Moreland, Grand
Ronde, third; Cecillie Butler, SiletzColvilleGrand Ronde, fourth; and
Decole Wilson, Navajo, fifth.
Teen Girls Fancy: Mariah Leavitt, YakamaPuyallup, first; Alicia Schol
field, WintuPotawatomi, second; Julianne Scabbyrobe, Blackfeet, third;
Carole Azure, Yakama, fourth; and Mayu Molina, Kechua, fifth.
Teen Girls Traditional: Soshana Kee, ShoshoneNavajo, first; Mary Ann
Matheson, Colville, second; Sydney Matheson, Colville, third; ReeDawn
Weisee, ChippewaKlamath, fourth; and Ashley Meanus, Oglala Lakota,
fifth.
Mens Grass: Colton Tohannie, ShoshoneUte, first; Kelsey Haywahe,
WascoAssiniboine, second; Lee Jack Jr., Dine, third; Dakota Madera,
BlackfeetColville, fourth; and James Day, Ojibwe, fifth.
Mens Fancy: Douglas Scholfield, Wintu, first; J.J. Meninick, Yakama,
second; Clint Blackweasel, Blackfeet, third; Jamie Ward, Wintu, fourth;
and Adrian George, Yakama, fifth.
Mens Traditional: Colby White Sr., Navajo, first; Russell McCloud,
PuyallupYakama, second; Sheldon Shebala, Navajo, third; David Spotted
Eagle, Blackfeet, fourth; and Bryon Adams, Yakama, fifth.
Womens Jingle: Paula Shebala, BlackfeetChoctaw, first; Candice Chief
Scabbyrobe, Cree, second; Taunie Cullooyah, Kalispel, third; Prairie Rose
Jack, Dine, fourth; and Jodie Starlight, Cree, fifth.
Womens Fancy: Urseloria Kanuho, Dine, first; Carol Melting Tallow,
Blood, second; Latrishia Scabbyrobe, BlackfeetCree, third; Shandiina
Jack, Dine, fourth; and Irene Onepennee, YakamaBlood, fifth.
Womens Traditional: Thea McCloud, Dakota Sioux, first; Hollie Eagle
Speaker, BlackfeetBlood, second; Leah Brisbois, Grand Ronde, third; Tisa
Matheson, Nez Perce, fourth; and Crystal Howell, PaiuteLummi, fifth.
Women All Categories: Charlene Tillequots, YakamaNez Perce, first;
Louise Scabbyrobe, BloodYakama, second; Lynne Pinkham, Nez Perce,
third; Audrey Olney, Yakama, fourth; and Nancy Tailfeathers, WascoPai
ute, fifth.
Men All Categories: Charles Tailfeather, CreeBlackfeet, first; Peter Joe
Olney, Yakama, second; John Mennick, Yakama, third; Rainbow Azure,
Chippewa, fourth; and Gary Greene, Nez Perce, fifth.
and attends cultural presentations
with her father, Brian Krehbiel,
a Cultural Education specialist
with the Tribe. And she is among a
number of this year's Contest Pow
wow dancers who also have been
participating in recent intertribal
powwows for children coordinated
by Halona Butler and Washie
Squetimkin (Colville).
Butler also has been a longtime
Royalty member, active in Tribal
affairs before this year by start
ing the monthly children's inter
tribal powwows. She also works
for the Education Department at
the Tribe.
Another involved with the chil
dren's intertribal powwows was
Elizabeth Watson-Croy, who wore
traditional-style regalia for the
Contest Powwow. On Saturday
afternoon, she had danced once
and was happily getting ready to
dance a second time. She finished
fifth in the Junior Girls Traditional
contest.
Others from the children's inter
tribal powwows who also partici
pated in the 2012 Contest Powwow
included Dakota and Madison Ross,
Kaleb Reed, Makenzie Aaron, Iya
na Holmes and Kevin Simmons' five
children Kaelynn, 11, Makai, 9,
Nakoosa Moreland, 1 6, competes in the Teen Girls Jingle dance category
during the 2012 Grand Ronde Contest Powwow at Uyxat Powwow Grounds in
Grand Ronde on Saturday, Aug. 18. Moreland placed third.
Shasta, 7, Seq'hiya, 6, and Qwinem,
14 months who come up from Eu
gene for most of the powwows.
"They always look forward to
powwows," said Robin Simmons,
their mother. "They like coming
up and having to be in Grand
Ronde."
Dana Leno-Ainam, chair of the
Tribe's Powwow Special Event
Board, called it "a whole new revi
talization for our young people."
"Many will be out at powwow for
the first time," she said, because
"young people are understanding
powwow and wanting to be involved
with regalia and through dance."
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Leno-Ainam said that 25 Grand
Ronde youth between 6 and 12
years of age participated this year
compared to eight in 2011.
"In addition," Leno-Ainam said,
"there were several others who
danced socially. This is attributed
to the work of the cultural program
and those like Halona Butler and
Washie, Brian Krehbiel, Bobby
Mercier and many others have
done to start and support dance
class, regalia making and children's
powwow."
The Tribe's Culture Committee
hosted a children's play center with
beads, drawing utensils and adult
supervision that stayed busy.
A 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament,
the first ever at a Grand Ronde
Contest Powwow, was sponsored by
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Sophia Morningstar-Stewart, 9, performs a Fancy dance while participating
in Grand Entry of the 2012 Grand Ronde Contest Powwow at Uyxat Powwow
Grounds in Grand Ronde on Friday, Aug. 1 7.
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