Wildhorse Announces Results of 23th Annual Pow Wow

The 23rd annual Wildhorse Resort and Casino Pow Wow was a success by all measures.  Hosted over the first weekend in July, hundreds of dancers and drummers were on hand to compete for their chance at over $90,000 in cash and prizes.

Winners of the drum group competition were:

DRUMMING CONTEST

1^st:     Black Lodge                      White Swan, WA               Yakama/Blackfeet

2^nd:     Buffalo Hill                        Usk, WA                           Yakama

3^rd:     Indian Hill                          Jemez Pueblo, NM            Inter-Tribal

4^th:     Southern Express              Milton, WA              Navajo/Shawnee/Kiowa

5^th:     Little Island Cree               Saskatchewan, CAN          Cree

HAND DRUM

1^st:     Young Spirit                      Shiprock, NM                    Plains Cree

2^nd:     Hill Side                            Jemez Pueblo, NM            Jemez Pueblo

3^rd:     Charles Woods III             Pendleton, OR                  CTUIR

4^th:     Sonny Eagle Speaker        Yelm, WA                         Cree/Blood

 

Dance competition winners were:

JUNIOR BOYS FANCY    

1^st:     Dylan Sampson                 Walla Walla             Pendleton, OR

2^nd:     Caden Steward                 Umatilla                  Pendleton, OR

3^rd:     Garian McDonald              Umatilla                  Pilot Rock, OR

4^{th* tie}:  Liam Beebe                      Blood                      Toppenish, WA

4^{th* tie}:  Conan Foltz                      Yakama                  Wapato, WA

JUNIOR BOYS GRASS

1^st:     Rusty McCloud                  Puyallup/Dakota/Walla Walla       Harrah, WA

2^nd:     Eligiah Denny                    Warm Springs         Warm Springs, OR

3^rd:     Sevastran Scabby Robe    Blackfeet                Tama, IA

4^th:     Moon Billy                         Yakama                  Wapato, WA

JUNIOR BOYS TRADITIONAL

1^{st* tie}:  Herschel Williamson          Nimiipuu                 Kamiah, ID

1^{st* tie}:  Christopher Beebe            Blood                      Toppenish, WA

2^nd:     Bryson Wallahee               Payallup/Yakama    White Swan, WA

3^rd:     A’Tish Williams                  Cayuse                   Thornhollow, OR

4^th:     Sheldon Joseph                Hopi/Umatilla           Pendleton, OR

JUNIOR GIRLS FANCY

1^st:     Valerie Scabby Robe         Yakama                  White Swan, WA

2^nd:     Keaira Wak Wak               Yakama                  White Swan, WA

3^rd:     Katelyn Tanewasha           Warm Springs         Warm Springs, OR

4^th:     Jada Meninick                   Yakama                  Toppenish, WA

JUNIOR GIRLS JINGLE

1^st:     Tosha McCloud                 Puyallup/Dakota Sioux       Harrah, WA

2^nd:     Alayna Bevis                     Umatilla                  Pendleton, OR

3^rd:     Kailee Lefthand                 Stoney Nakoda       Morley, AB

4^th:     Victoria Butler                   Siletz                      Grand Ronde, OR

JUNIOR GIRLS TRADITIONAL

1^st:     Willena Whiterass             Meskwaki/Hochunk/           Starr School, MT                                                            Blackfeet

2^nd:     Tyla Freeman                    Pawnee                  Bellevue, WA

3^rd:     Jareen Hines                     Umatilla                  Adams, OR

4^th:     Frieda Delores Buck          Yakama                  White Swans, WA

TEEN BOYS FANCY

1^st:     Brian Mason George         Yakama                  Toppenish, WA

2^nd:     Iitnakapi Scabby Robe       Yakama                  White Swan, WA

3^rd:     Preston Olney                   Dinè/Yakama          Winslow, AZ

4^th:     Kyal Dakota                      Yakama                  Toppenish, WA

TEEN BOYS GRASS

1^st:     Manny Hawley                  Chippewa Cree       Seattle, WA

2^nd:     Hampton Onley                 Dinè/Yakama          Winslow, AZ

3^rd:     Ezrah Jim                         Yakama                  Wapato, WA

4^th:     Tyus Beebe                      Blood                      Toppenish, WA

TEEN BOYS TRADITIONAL

1^st:     TJ Olney                           Dinè/Yakama          Winslow, AZ

2^nd:     Nataos Beebe                   Blood                      Toppenish, WA

3^rd:     Donovan Cree-Chief          Din’e                       Shiprock, WA

4^th:     Ethan Wallahee                 Yakama                  White Swan, WA

TEEN GIRLS FANCY

1^st:     Heaven Walsey                 Yakama                  Satus, WA

2^nd:     Violet Whitegrass              Blackfeet/Meskwaki Browning, MT

3^rd:     Kaleen Joseph                  Hopi/Umatilla           Polacca, AZ

4^th:     Aurelia Johnson                Paiute/ Haida          Salem, OR

TEEN GIRLS JINGLE

1^st:     Natasha Smith                  Yakama/Nimiipuu    Lapwai, ID

2^nd:     Ashley Big Knife                Chippewa Cree       Toppenish, WA

3^rd:     Julianah Matamoros          CTUIR                    Pendleton, OR

4^th:     Denae Smith                     Yakama/Navajo       Pendleton, OR

TEEN GIRLS TRADITIONAL

1^st:     Heaven Walsey                 Yakama                  Satus, WA

2^nd:     Rena Penney                    Nez Perce               Adams, OR

3^rd:     Tia Butler                          Siletz                      Salem, OR

4^th:     Dancingstar Leighton         Umatilla                  Pendleton, OR 

WOMENS GOLDEN AGE

1^st:     Wilma Buck                       Yakama                  White Swan, WA

2^nd:     Audrey Olney                    Yakama                  White Swan, WA

3^rd:     Charlene Tillequots            Yakama/Nez Perce Harrah, WA

4^th:     Pat Heemsah                    Yakama                  Toppenish, WA

MENS GOLDEN AGE

1^st:     Peter Jo Olney                  Yakama                  White Swan, WA

2^nd:     Clayton Chief                    Ministickwan Cree   Island Lake, SK, CAN

3^rd:     Rainbow Azure                 Chippewa/Yakama  Toppenish, WA

4^th:     Terry Heemsah Sr.            Yakama                  Harrah, WA

WOMENS FANCY

1^st:     Summer Dawn Olney        Dinè/Yakama          Winslow, AZ

2^nd:     Denelle Stanley                 Ute/Navajo/Shawnee/Creek         Seattle, WA

3^rd:     Mary Harris                       Cayuse                   Pendleton, OR

4^th:     Teata Ellenwood                CTUIR                    Pendleton, OR

WOMENS JINGLE

1^st:     Acosia Red Elk                  Umatilla                  Pendleton, OR

2^nd:     Kia McCloud                     Puyallup/Dakota Sioux       Harrah, WA

3^rd:     Keeli Littleleaf                   Warm Springs/Wasco        Longview, WA

4^th:     Denette Chee Chief           Dinè                       Shiprock, NM

WOMENS TRADITIONAL

1^st:      Leah Villa                          Grand Ronde          Warm Springs, OR

2^nd:     Edwina Morning Owl          Yakama/Crow         Pilot Rock, OR

3^rd:     Destiny Buck                     Wanapum/Yakama  Mattawa, WA

4^th:     Thea McCloud                   Dakota Sioux          Harrah, WA

MENS FANCY

1^st:     Gary Olney                       Yakama                  White Swan, WA

2^nd:     Manny Totus                     Yakama                  Puyallup, WA

3^rd:     Jay Meninick                     Yakama                  Lapwai, ID

4^th:     Jamie Ward                      Wintu                      Carmichael, CA

MENS GRASS

1^st:     Gary Villa                          Warm Springs         Warm Springs, OR

2^nd:     Denny Stanley Jr.              Ute/Dine/Shawnee   Milton, WA

Creek

3^rd:     Alec Bluff                          Kalispel                   Usk, WA

4^th:     Morris Crookedneck          Cree                       Billings, MT

MENS PRAIRIE CHICKEN

1^st:     Alex Meninick                    Yakama                  Harrah, WA

2^nd:     Logan Quaempts              CTUIR                    Pendleton, OR

3^rd:     Jesse Bevis Sr.                 Umatilla                  Pendleton, OR

4^th:     Kellen Joseph                   Walla Walla             Pendleton, OR

MENS TRADITIONAL

1^st:     Colby White Sr.                 Yakama                  Usk, WA

2^nd:     Russell McCloud               Puyallup/Yakama/   Harrah, WA

Walla Walla

3^rd:     Nakia Williamson               Nez Perce               Lapwai, ID

4^th:     Quindon Calica                  Warm Springs         Warm Springs, WA