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2007
Kiowa Tribal Princess Candidates
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Christina
D.Chalepah: Christina is the nineteen-year-old daughter of
Cora L. (Aitson) and Sgt. Richard L. Chalepah, Sr., USMC Veteran.
Her grandparents are Lucille Eagleheart Tsalote Aitson and the late
Amos Aitson, Sr., and Alfred Chalepah, Sr. and the late Leota Mazole
Apayyat Chalepah. She is a descendant of Mokeen (the last Kiowa Sun
Dance priest), Lucias B. Aitson (the first Kiowa Baptist ordained
minister), Minnie Goombi Aitson, Eagleheart (Ayle-Kaw), Tanedooah,
Satanta, and Sarah Longhorn (Goingkeen). Christina has been culturally
active since the age of four, has been active with the Carnegie Mini
Indian Club, is a former Jr. Miss Kiowa Hall of Fame. She is the current
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Kiowa
Lynn Dupoint: Kiowa is the seventeen-year-old daughter of
Amy and Rusty Cozad, and the late Joe Earl Dupoint, and William and
Joycetta Bear Elliott. Her father was the son of Donald "Donkey"
and Rena Dupoint.On her grandfather's side, she traces her ancestry
back to Georgia Botone Dupoint. Her grandmother comes from the Wahnee
and Connywerdy families. Her ancestral background includes Chief Dohasan,
Bau-tigh, Doyetone, Amy Bear, Bill Bear, and Joy Calisay. She received
her Kiowa name, Pi Yah Pie Kee Doe Mah (Bright Shining Sun Woman),
at the age of two from her Grandpa Nelson Bigbow. Kiowa has been culturally
active since the age of three. She has won many contests in the southern
cloth and buckskin categories as well as awards in art competitions,
and was the 2003-2004 Southwest Oklahoma Vietnam Veterans Princess.
Kiowa is a member of the Elgin High School Class of 2008, and is active
in the EHS bands, the Native American Club, and the Kiowa language
class. During the 2006-2007 school year, she was selected to the Shortgrass
Honor Band, was voted to be the Native American Club Princess, and
was selected to participate in the Oklahoma Legislative Page Program.
Kiowa attends the Mt. Scott Kiowa United Methodist Church at Zodl-Tone
and is the current president of the Southwest Region Methodist Youth
Organization. |
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