2023 Pow Wow Contest Winners
Men’s Golden Age
1st Allen Roy (Jicarilla Apache)
2nd Rick Yazzie (Dine’)
3rd Jeff Downing (Wicasa Ska)
Women’s Golden Age
1st Carolyn Brien-Reyes (Turtle Mtn Band Chippewa + Dakota)
2nd Linda Platero (Dine’)
3rd Claudia Kukie Grayton (Lakota Mandan Hidatsa)
Men’s Fancy
1st Ba’ac Garcia (Tohono Oo’dham)
2nd Randen Robinson (Navajo)
3rd Jud McCloud (Wintu)
Men’s Northern Traditional
1st Little Hawk Crump (Navajo / Apache)
2nd Chaske Vasquez (Oglala Sioux / Salt River Pima)
3rd Michael A. Runningwind (Seneca / Apache)
Men’s Southern Straight
1st David Patterson (Sac & Fox Nation / Kickapoo Nation)
2nd Only 1 Contestant
3rd Only 1 Contestant
Men’s Grass
1st Reginald Begay (Dine’h)
2nd A. Taite Honadick (Mohave)
3rd Adam Loya (Gabrielino Tongva Nation)
Women’s Fancy Shawl
1st Danielle Harrison (Navajo)
2nd Cheyenne Phoenix (Navajo / N. Paiute)
3rd Kat Warren (Dine’)
Women’s Jingle Dress
1st Caitlin Ashmore (Dine’)
2nd Auriah Vasquez (Oglala Lakota / Salt River Pima)
3rd Taylor Begay (Navajo)
Women’s Northern Traditional
1st Maxine Orozco (Dine’)
2nd Donda Begay (Navajo)
3rd Lupe Lopez (Otomi / Yaqui)
Women’s Southern Cloth/Buckskin
1st Larissa Bohay (Kiowa / N. Paiute)
2nd Nikki Crow (Cheyenne / Arapaho)
3rd Paige Begay (Navajo)
Teen Boys Fancy
1st Julius Phoenix (Navajo / Tohono Oodham / Paiute)
2nd Murphy Bear-McCloud (Quapaw / Cherokee)
3rd Only 2 Contestants
Teen Boys Traditional
1st Gabriel Razo (Choctaw / Apache)
2nd Thunder Garcia (Yokut (Yokuts) (Tule River)
3rd Only 2 Contestants
Teen Boys Grass
1st Randolph Pico (Navajo / Luiseno)
2nd Tomas DeCrane (Crow / Navajo)
3rd Seamus Bear-McCloud (Quapaw / Cherokee)
Teen Girls Fancy Shawl
1st Kaylene Ashmore (Dine’)
2nd Sayun Robenson (Navajo)
3rd Saidy Loyra (Morongo)
Teen Girls Jingle Dress
1st Wicahpi Cook (Navajo and Dakota)
2nd Kaylee Walker (Costanoan, Salinon)
3rd Only 2 Contestants
Teen Girls Traditional
1st N/A-No Contestants
2nd N/A-No Contestants
3rd N/A-No Contestants
Junior Boys
1st Nate Rebonson Jr. (Navajo)
2nd Koda Whitecloud (Digueno / Otoe / Kiowa)
3rd Anthony Najera (Navajo / Lakota)
Junior Girls
1st Jocelyn Phoenix (Navajo / Tohono Oodham / Paiute)
2nd Mary Jane Jackson (Ho-Chunk / Dakota / Quechan / Laguna Pueblo)
3rd Nyla Bellingham (Santee Sioux)
Tiny Tots (All Winners)
Tiny Tot – Girls
Rayne Hosteen
Skye Padilla (Caxcan / Meti’s)
Kimimila Funmaker (Hochunk / Oglala Lakota)
Tiny Tot – Boys
Chask Pratt (Dakota / Ojibway Coto First Nation)
*Only 4 Registered by 16 Danced*
Visiting Drums
Session 1: Saturday Afternoon
Bearspring
Blue Star
Wildhorse
Horses
Sharp Shooter
Desert Creek (Desert Creek checked in around 3pm on Sat.)
Honored Visiting Drum: Bearspring
Session 2: Saturday Evening
Bearspring
Blue Star
Wildhorse
Horses
Sharp Shooter
Desert Creek
Honored Visiting Drum: Sharp Shooter
Session 3: Sunday Afternoon
Bearspring
Blue Star
Wildhorse
Horses
Sharp Shooter
Desert Creek
Honored Visiting Drum: Blue Star
Head Staff
Gourd Dance : Golden State Gourd Society
MC : Arlie Neskahi
AD : Victor Chavez
Host Southern Singer : Howard Cozad
Host Northern Drum : BadSoul
Head Man : Craig Stone
Head Woman: Pamela James
Spoonkeeper : Rebecca Sanchez
Sound – P/A : Emiliano Martinez (MenoMan Sound)
Head Judge : Shandiin YellowHorse
Tabulation: Laura Stone
Special Guests : California Indian Presentation, Lazaro Arvisu (Ti’at Society)
