Best of Pow Wow 2024
Golden Age Men's Dance Winners
GOLDEN AGE MENS SOUTHERN
1st - Rick Yazziet - Navajo
2nd- Paul Stewart - Dine, CRIT
3rd - Wilson Roberts - Choctaw
4th - Ben Henry - Dine
5th - Calvin Yazzie - Dineh
6th - Mando - Akiemal Pima
GOLDEN AGE MENS NORTHERN
1st - Greg Red Elk - Yankton Dakota
2nd - John Meninick - Yakama
3rd - Richard Paker - Omaha
4th - Clarence Yarholar - Creek
5th - Bruce Cutknife - Cree
GOLDEN AGE MENS FANCY GRASS
1st - Tommy Draper - Dine
2nd - Wade Baker - Three Affiliated
3rd - Allenroy Paquin - Jicarilla Apache, Zuni Pueblo
4th - Darrell Goodwill - Lakota Dakota
5th - Dean Webster - Ojibwe Oneida
Golden Age Women's Dance Winners
GOLDEN AGE WOMENS SOUTHERN
1st - Sharon Roberts - Chickasaw
2nd - Phyllis Manson - Dine
3rd - Patricia Yarholar - Sac & Fox
4th - Annie Begay - Apache
5h - Bobbie MedicineBird - Yaavi, Lakota
6th - Rena Brown - Bishop Paiute
GOLDEN AGE WOMENS NORTHERN
1st - Edith Yazzie - Dine
2nd - Claudius Kukie Gayton - Mandan, Hidatsa, Lakota
3rd - Laura Draper - Dine
4th - Arnita Swanson - Lakota
5th - Charlene Redner - Bishop Paiute
6th - Martha Gregg - Alaskan, Eskimo, Hiada Clinkitt
GOLDEN AGE WOMENS FANCY JINGLE
1st - Ladybird Jack - Dine
2nd - Loretta Begay - Dine
3rd - Carolyn Reyes - Turtle Mountain Ojibewe, Spirt Lake Dakota
4th - Marjorie Webster - Navajo
Senior Men's Dance Winners
SENIOR MENS SOUTHERN
1st - Matthew Sheka Sr - Ho Chunk
2nd - Everett Moore - Otoe Ponca Kickapoo
3rd - Kelly Grant - Omaha
4th - David Patterson - Sac and Fox, Kickapoo
5th - Sean Spice - Seneca, Otoe
6th - Brian Frejo - Pawnee, Seminole
SENIOR MENS NORTHERN
1st - Kevin Haywahi - Nakota
2nd - Tony Wahweetten - Prarie Band Potowatomi
3rd - Rod Atcheynum - SweetGrass First Nation
4th - Steve Sierra - Ysieta Pueblo
5th - Daniel Roan - Erminskin Cree
6th - Damien Bear - Meskwaki
SENIOR MENS FANCY GRASS
1st - Randall Paskemin - Plains Cree
2nd - Amos Yazzie III - Navajo
3rd - A Taite Honadick - Mohave, Navajo
4th - Jeff Downing - Wicasa
5th - Al Childs - Prairie Island Dakota
6th - Vaughn Johnson - Dine
Senior Women's Dance Winners
SENIOR WOMENS SOUTHERN
1st - Leah Brown - Dine
2nd - Roberta Smith - Navajo
3rd - Laurie Whitecloud - Otoe, Diegueno
4th - Patsy Grant - Navajo
5th - Lucia Polk - Quechan, Apache
6th - Kristine King - Juaeno Acajhemen, White Mountain Apache
SENIOR WOMENS NORTHERN
1st - Melody Goodstriker - Cree
2nd - Kelly Swanson - Crow Creek Sious
3rd - Tina Paddock - Navajo
4th - Raquel Bear - Navajo
5th - Jacqueline Cantser - Ute Mountain Ute
6th - Rita Shondeen Bostic Clubfoot - White Mountain Apache
SENIOR WOMENS FANCY JINGLE
1st- Candice Johnson - Forest County Potawatomi
2nd- Theresa Jim - Dine
3rd - Melinda Good Will - Dakota, Lakota
4th - Irene Onepennee - Yakama
5th - Michelle Black Kettle - Siksika
6th - Nadiine Baker - Kwagiuith
Men's Dance Winners
MENS SOUTHERN STRAIGHT
1st - Lewis Perkins - Comanche, Wichita, Choctaw
2nd - Buckaroo Wallahee - Yakama
3rd - Maximus Sheka - Ho-Chunk, Navajo
4th - Marshall Funmaker - HoChunk
5th - Marq Sheridan Sr. - Omaha
6th - Brian Zunigha - Delaware Tribe of Indians
MENS SOUTHERN FANCY
1st - Silas Whitebuffalo - Cheyenne, Lakota, Dakota
2nd - Buster Cleveland - Ho-Chunk
3rd - Keaven Brown - Dine, Kumeyaay
4th - Pasan Scholfield - Potawatomi
5th - Landon Primeaux - Sac & Fox, Ponca
6th - Tyrese Jensen - Navajo
MENS NORTHERN FANCY
1st - Daniel Scholfield - Potawatomi
2nd - Sean Snyder - Dine/Ute
3rd - Mabahi Baker - MHA
4th - Xavier Little Head - Northern Cheyenne, Navajo
5th - Landon Primeaux - Sac & Fox, Ponca
6th - Tyrese Jensen - Navajo
MENS NORTHERN ORIGINAL
1st - Rusty McCloud - Puyallup, Yakama
2nd - Trevor Street - Meskwaki
3rd - Jeremy Begay - Dine
4th - Russel McCloud - Dine, Payallup, Yakama
5th - Anthony Hernandez - Norther Paiute
6th - Sheldon Shebala - Navajo
MENS NORTHERN CONTEMPORARY
1st - Nathan Largo - Dine
2nd - Malcolm Murphy - Dine
3rd - Jared Brown - Dine
4th - Tego Warrington - Menominee
5th - Samuel Siera - Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo
6th - James Day - Ojibwe
MENS GRASS
1st - Chad Star - Spokane Tribe
2nd - Misun Mills - Oglala Lakota
3rd - Adam Nordwall - Shosone, Chippewa, Navajo
4th - Adam Bodie Nordwall - Shoshone, Chippewa, Dine
5th - Therien Paskemin - Plains Cree
6th - Marshall Baker - Apache, Navajo, MHA
MENS CHICKEN
1st - Rooster Top Sky - Chippewa Cree
2nd - Marshall Rosales - Ojibwe
3rd - Cortez Osborne - Blackfeet
4th - Trevor Jim - Dine
5th - Kobe Morsette - MHA
6th - Isaiah Deschamps - Cree
Women's Dance Winners
WOMENS SOUTHERN BUCKSKIN
1st - Jaida Whitecloud - Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Otoe, Ojibwe
2nd - Alexa Rae Day - Anishinaabe
3rd - J.W. Sheridan - Southern Cheyenne
4th - Snow Wing Wagner - Ute Mountain Ute
WOMENS SOUTHERN CLOTH
1st - Amanda Moore - Comanche/Sac & Fox
2nd - Stephanie Townsend - Pawnee
3rd - Kolani Yazzie - Dine
4th - Michelle Allrunner Sanchez - Dine, S. Cheyenne, Kiowa, Apache
5th - Shawntay Yellowhair - Dine
6th - Cheyenne Felix - Chickasaw, Creek, Shawnee
WOMENS NORTHERN BUCKSKIN
1st - Lauren Goodday - MHA
2nd - Oteskwe Shebala - Blackfeet, Navajo
3rd - Kishey Ahemakew - Cree
4th - Alyssa Songoi - Paiute
5th - Aurora Toledo - Paiute, Shoshone
6th - J'Shen Tsosie - Dine
WOMENS NORTHERN CLOTH
1st - Verlina Whiteman - Blackfeet
2nd - Gina Hindsley - Ho-chunk, Menominee
3rd - Jacinta Tsosie - Dine
4th - Kerri Bear - Meskwaki
5th - Shoshana Kee - Shoshoni
6th - Neela Samayoa - Oglala Lakota
WOMENS FANCY SHAWL
1st - Tarian Lasley - Mcskwali, Objiway
2nd - Laura Lasley - Mcskwali, Objiway
3rd - Dezuroe Tootoosis - Plain Cree
4th - Oke-twisha Roberts - Chocktaw, Stoney Nakoda
5th - Laryn Oakes - Neekaneet Cree Nation
6th - Nadine Obey - Cree, Dakota, Lakota
WOMENS JINGLE DRESS
1st - Tahiaana Wright - Pejula Zi Zi Dakota
2nd - Washwante Stonefish - Odawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi
3rd - Prarie Rose Jack - Dine
4th - Aura Cardinal - Cree
5th - Baby Clarissa Morninggun - Blackfeet, Yakima
6th - Mikal Whitecloud - Onibwe, Choctaw
Cons - Shaina Snyder - Dine, Ute
Cons - Osa Roan - Cree
Cons - Paula Shebola - Blackfeet
Teen Boys Dance Winners
TEEN BOYS SOUTHERN STRAIGHT
1st - Dre Smoker - Paiute
2nd - Junior Sheridan - Omaha
TEEN BOYS NORTHERN TRADITIONAL
1st - Trenton Jim - Dine
2nd - Cooper Paddock - Navajo
3rd - Kole Birons - Sioux
4th - Lorenzo Janoko - Tule River
TEEN BOYS GRASS
1st - Roderick Cable - Commache
2nd - Clyde Bearstail - MHA
3rd - Nathan Littlechild Jr. - Dine, Cree
4th - Tyrone Yazzie - Navajo
TEEN BOYS FANCY
1st - Pistol Bears Tail - MHA
2nd - Lucas Cleveland - Ho-Chunk
3rd - Darnell Baker - MHA
4th - Liam Yazzie - Navajo
Teen Girls Dance Winners
TEEN GIRLS SOUTHERN TRADITIONAL
1st - Naliya Littlechild - Dine, Cree Kiowa Dine
2nd - Tyla Freeman - Kiowa
3rd - Airas Draper - Dine
4th - Talayna Yazzie - Navajo
TEEN GIRLS NORTHERN TRADITIONAL
1st - Tweet Half - Cree
2nd - Mylee Yellowbird - Plains Cree
3rd - Angel Desiree - Caushatta Tribe of Louisiana
4th - Hummingbird Montgomery - Pit River Chukchansi Mono Cherokee Yaqui
TEEN GIRLS FANCY SHAWL
1st - Shayla Yellowhair - Dine
2nd - Alani Barr - Pyramid Lake Paiute
3rd - Alani Robinson - Lakota, Blackfoot, Choctaw
4th - Lennyn Paskemin - Plains Cree
TEEN GIRLS JINGLE DRESS
1st - Bossy Yazzie - Navajo
2nd - Taylor Jishie - Dine
3rd - Tosha McCloud - Yakama
4th - Danielle Baker - Yavapai, Apache, MHA
Junior Boys Dance Winners
JUNIOR BOYS SOUTHERN STRAIGHT
1st - Dre Smoker - Paiute
2nd - Junior Sheridan - Omaha
JUNIOR BOYS NORTHERN TRADITIONAL
1st - Heltaka Goodday - MHA
2nd - Lennya Begay - Navajo
3rd - Gage Lynch - Paiute
4th - Robert Bostic - Apache
JUNIOR BOYS GRASS
1st - Jacob Sweetwater-Trinh - MHA
2nd - Marlon Tubby Deschamps Jr. - Cree
3rd - Trayden Alexis Michel - Cree
4th - Sikimionkitopi Wagner - Blackfeet, Blood
JUNIOR BOYS FANCY
1st- Leo Brady - Pawnee
2nd - Nabane Shebala - Blackfoot Navajo
3rd - Sully John - Kaibab Paiute
4th - Keanu Fasterse-Begay - Warm Springs
Junior Girls Dance Winners
JUNIOR GIRLS SOUTHERN
1st - Padme Whitelcoud - Otoe, Kiowa, Diegueno
JUNIOR GIRLS NORTHERN
1st - Nizhoni Yazzie - Navajo
2nd - Ivy Deschamps - Cree
3rd - Sacred Dawn Kaiser - Wiseno, Lakota
4th - Mila Paul, -
JUNIOR GIRLS FANCY SHAWL
1st - Maleya Jishie -
2nd - Jocelynn Phoenix - Navajo, Tohono Oodham, Paiute
3rd - Steshaunu Goodday-Decory - MHA
4th - Feliciana LeRoy - Yaqui, Ponca
JUNIOR GIRLS JINGLE DRESS
1st - Xavi Wagner - Blackfeet, Blood, Ute Mtn Ute
2nd - Skuya Jackson - Quechan, Ho-Chunk, Dakota
3rd - Pairsh Jackson - Quechan, Pima (Gila River)
4th - Jaime Oliver - Mono
Adult Drum Contest Winners
ALL STYLES COMBINED, NO SEPARATE CATEGORIES
1st - Blackstone
2nd - Ho Chunk Station
3rd - Blacklodge
4th - Sharpshooter
5th - Leading Arrow
6th - The Boys
7th - Charging Horse
8th - Ironswing
9th - Mountain Kree
10th - Wild Rose
11th - Iron Star
12th - Whitetail Boyz
13th - Shakey Town
14th - Wabanaki Confederacy
15th - Pipestone Dakota
16th - Broken Treaties and Diabetes
Youth Drum Contest Winners
ALL STYLES COMBINED, NO SEPARATE CATEGORIES
1st - Krazy Bear
2nd - Badfish Creek
3rd - War Party
4th - Little Elk
Charlie Tailfeather's Special Winners
WOMENS FANCY SHAWL
1st - Dezrae Tootoosis
MENS GRASS
1st - Jeremy Begay
MENS CHICKEN
1st - Trevor Jim
Cruz Chacon Memorial Sweetheart Special Winners
1st - Wainyela Clairmont and Silas Whitebuffalo
2nd - Prairie Rose Jack and Malcom Murphy
3rd - Chad and Tavian Star
4th - Adam and Stephanie Nordwall
5th - Misun Mills and Tatianna Wright
6th - Marshal Baker and Lara White Eye
7th - Marisa McKissen and Trevor Jim
8th - Owen and Kwena Mayo
9th - Alssa Songoi and Anthony Hernandez
10th - Kiona Young and Daniel LeRoy