SOME CONTESTANTS FOR 1952 RODEO QUEEN, COMPETITION WAS ON THURSDAY, July 1951
Jeanne Moreland, Sheridan Livestock and Racing Association.
Nancy Rachel Switzer, Sheridan American League.
Lucy Yellow Mule, Crow Roping Club
Margo Real Bird, Crow Indian Fair
Janet Jo Sobotka, Monarch Women’s Club
Delores Lee Sackett, Big Horn Womens Club.
Caroline Denny Roberts, Sheridan Flouring Mills, Inc.
Kathleen Grace Michelana, Arvada Women’s Club.
Lucy’ Court of Honor:
15 year old Joy Old Crow, of Lodge Grass Montana…
17 year old Alta Driftwood of Wyola., Montana
Regina Spotted Horse,
17 year old Regina Spotted Horse, of Lodge Grass Montant.
17 year old Doles Littlie Coyote of Ashland, Montana, a Cheyenne.
Through Sheridan and Lucy’s efforts to promote better understanding the discrimatory signs
in the restaurants disappeared. Sheridan won the “All American City” award and Lucy
and her court traveled to Washington D.C. and other locations.
MISS (INDIAN) AMERICA, 1952
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DARWINA VALENE GOODCHIEF (Princess Chief Home)—Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma |
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ALTA GENEVIEVE ALEXANDER (Tep-Seele)—Nez Perce. Culdesac, Idaho. |
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MARCELINE CHARLEY (Morning Star)—Warm Springs, Warm Springs, Oregon. |
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LOVERETTE JOY SHIELDS, (Oldest Daughter)Sioux,Poplar, Montana. |
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GLORIETTA WHITE ANTELOPE (Flying Woman) –Araphoe, St. Stephens, Wyoming. |
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DENISE HOME (Quenith)—Mohave—Shasta Parker, Arizona.
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JULIA ELLA MANN (Rippling Water) –Yakima White Swan,Washington
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JOYCE ELAINE ARROWCHIS—Ute Fort Duchesne, Utah. |
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HANSA FAYE SPANG (Shell Woman)—Cheyenne Lame Deer, Montana (Sponsored by Miles City Shrine Club
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BETTY JEAN LUNDERMAN (Morning Star)—Sioux Rapid City, South Dakota. Sponsored by Rapid City Sioux Village.
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ETTA LOUISE EADS (Little Deer)—Kaw or Kanze, Lawrence, Kansas. Sponsored by Ponca City, Okla. Jr. Chamber of Commerce and American Legion.
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DOLORES JEAN McLAUGHLIN (Youngest Daughter)—Hunkpapa, Sioux. Fort Yates, No. Dak. Sponsored by Casper Shrine Club
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LINNEA SAMPSON—Walla Walla, Pendleton, Oregon.
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LORETTA GENEVIEVE QUAEMPTS—Umatilla, Pendleton, Ore.
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ETTA LEONA CONNER (Wyassus)—Umatilla, Pendleton, Ore. Sponsored by Pendleton Chamber of Commerce.
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DIANA MAE McKAY (Lily—Flower of the Pond)—Cayuse, Pendleton, Oregon. Sponsored by Pendleton Shrine Club.
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CAROLINE ROSEMARY MOTANIC—Umtilla Pilot Rock, Oregon
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JEANNETTE ROSELYN WESLEY (Morning Mist)—Yakima Toppenish, Washington.
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YVONNE VIRGINIA MUSMUSTO (Y”on Pum)—Yakima Toppenish, Washington.
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DARLENE JEAN DeSERSA (Black Hills Woman) –Sioux, Rapid City, South Dakota. Sponsored by Rapid City Shrine Club.
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KAY PRICE (Princess White Feather)—Navajo Gallup New Mexico. Sponsored by Gallup Times. |
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BETTY ANN MERRIVAL (Shooting Star)—sioux (Oglala) Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Sponsored by Cheyenne Shrine Club
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MARY ANN CHAROLOTTE SEELATSEE (Bright Sunshine)-Yakima White Swan, Washington.
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HELEN SHARON MILLER Wapato, Washington
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CLARA JOY OLD CROW Lodge Grass, Montana
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LUCY YELLOWMULE Wyola, Montana |
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MILDRED LUCILLE RED BULL (Cheyenne River) Faith, S.Dakota.
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THERESE RUTH WOODENLEGS Northern Cheyenne, Lame Deer Shrine Club.
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JOSEPHINE SPOTTED WOLF Lame Deer, Montana
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NANCY STANDING ELK Birney, Montana.
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ANNIE GRACE STRANGE OWL Birney Montana
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VIRGINIA FISHER Northern Cheyenne
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ALTA DRIFTWOOD (Stay with Her Wyola, Montana
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ETHEL JULIA JONES Tulsa, Oklahoma
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PAULINE MARARET St. Stephen’s Mission, W
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DARLENE ROSALIE ROO WI, Kyle, South Dakota
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RITA ANN McLAUGHLIN Fort Yates, North Dakota
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RUBY MAE GUY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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EDITH LUCILLE RICE Lame Deer, Montana
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ELEANOR JUNE HARRIS Lame Deer Montana
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SONDRA LEE BAZE Tulsa, Oklahoma
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TOMMIE BACHAND Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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MARY LOUISE DeFENDER Fort Yates, No. Dakota
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BARBARA LOUISE HUD Fairfax, Oklahoma
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FANNIE MAE BEARTR Fairfax, Oklahoma
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LILLIE MARIE READ RIDE…..Pawnee, Oklahoma
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SHIRLEY CAREL SMITH New Town North Dakota.
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