Four days of contests ended Sunday at the United Tribes International Powwow. More than $60,000 in prize money was awarded.
There were 34 drums and 555 contestants. Winners were chosen in several categories. All first place dance category and singing contest winners received a jacket with the colorful 37th anniversary powwow logo, a trophy and cash. Second- through fifth-place winners received cash awards.
The first place winners: Junior Girls Fancy: Maycie Morin, Belcourt; Junior Girls Jingle: Brittany Brown Otter, Fort Yates; Junior Girls Traditional: Shaylynn Ramsey, Fort Yates; Junior Boys Fancy: Jason Taylor, Griswold, Manitoba; Junior Boys Grass: P-nut Ironstar, Canada; Junior Boys Traditional: Cameron Chaske, Fort Totten; Teen Women Fancy: Kelly Walker, Bismarck; Teen Women Jingle: Cassidy Smith, New Town; Teen Women Traditional: Megan Isnana, Fort Qui Appelle, Saskatchewan; Teen Men Fancy: Jory Black Eagle, Wolf Point, Mont.; Teen Men Grass: Chante Knight, Thunder Valley, S.D.; Teen Men Traditional: Clayton St. Claire Jr., Belcourt; Women Fancy: Kellie LeBeau, Eagle Butte, S.D.; Women Jingle: Sharon Fine Day, Moorhead, Minn.; Women Traditional: Jodi Gillette, Bismarck; Senior Women Traditional: Vera Kingbird, Bemidji, Minn.; Men Fancy: Jazz Bearstail, Albuquerque, N.M.; Mens Grass: Wayne Fox, White Shield; Men Traditional: Chaske LaBlanc, Morton, Minn.; Senior Men Traditional: Avery Thompson, Fort Thompson, S.D.; Chicken Dance: Rooster Top Sky, Rocky Boy, Mont.; Women Southern Buckskin: Danita Goodwill, Fairfax, Okla.; Men Southern Straight: Milton Miller, Sr., Bancroft, Neb.; Team Dance: Shake N Bake (Jazz Bearstail, Tonch St. John, Kenny Pratt, Rylan Baker); and Singing Contest: New Agency, Rocky Boy, Mont.
For complete results, visit www.uttc.edu and click on "Powwow."
Recognitions also were given for parade entries. Best Theme Entry: AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary, Bismarck; Best Drum/Dancer Float: "Our Family Float," Charles Lester Family, Cannon Ball; Best Horse and Rider Group: Spirit Riders, White Shield; and Best Youth/Cultural Group: Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates.
Posted in Local on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:00 pm Updated: 9:59 am.
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