The Official Website of the Kiowa Tribal Princess and Princess Sorority: Kiowa Tribal Princess 2002-2003, Stephanie Raenell Taylor

Kiowa Name: A T'onh Bah (Chiefs Bringing Her Out)

Hometown: Tulsa, OK

Age at Beginning of Reign: 17

Exposition Director: Adolph Paukei

Attained Position by: Tribal Election

Stephanie is the daughter of Thomas Taylor and Marilyn Yeahquo Reid. Her grandparents are Maurice and Mary Yeahquo, Florene Whitehorse Taylor, and the late Walter Taylor. She is the great-granddaughter of Edward Yeahquo and May Quoetone Yeahquo, Samuel Yellowhair Toppah and Julia Tainpeah, and Charlie Whitehorse and Laura PauKauSah Whitehorse. She is a descendent of Dohausan, Old Chief Lonewolf (Guipahgo), Yellowhair, and Tanedooah. She has two brothers and two nieces and is 3/4 Kiowa.

Some of the highlights of Stephanie's year included attending the NA NSU Symposium, Tahlequah, OK; Kiowa Gourd Dance Annual; Kiowa War Mother Ceremonies; O-Ho-Mah Lodge Warrior Society Ceremonies; Old Chief Lonewolf Descendants annual; Satanta annual dance; Oklahoma Tiah Pah 4th of July Celebration; NA Marine Corps Ceremonies; Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society Ceremonies; Otoe-Missouria Encampment; Comanche Princess crowning; American Indian Exposition pageant; Kiowa Victory Club ceremony; the American Indian Science and Engineering Society Conference and Powwow; and the OU American Indian Student Association Fall powwow.

Stephanie attended Hale High School as a junior and senior while serving as Kiowa Princess, was listed on the honor roll, and graduated in May 2003. Her extracurricular activities included the High School Heroes Reading Program, Teens Against Tobacco, Advance Dance, serving as president of the Hale HS Indian Club, being a three-year cast member in the All Tribes Community Baptist Church play Twas in the Moon of Wintertime, acting as an AIDS educator for teens, and taking part in softball, basketball, tennis, and track. Stephanie previously taught arts and crafts at Nambe Pueblo Reservation and Espanola, NM. Before serving as Kiowa Princess, she was involved in the American Indian Exposition as a pageant cast member and an Arts and Crafts volunteer. She also completed Youth Leadership Training through the Oklahoma National Guard, attended the Falls Creek Youth Leadership conference, and was a member of the Bowen Indian Baptist Youth Group in Tulsa. Stephanie had previously held the title of Old Chief Lonewolf Descendents Princess.

Exposition Princesses during Stephanie's Reign: Caroline Botone (Arapaho), Latasha Gains (Iowa), Marlene Isaac (Pawnee), Charisse Ingram (Ponca), Mary Bighorse (Osage), Ashlee Jacobsen (Otoe-Missouria), and Maureen Kay Bemo (Sac & Fox)

2002 Kiowa Princess Candidates: Stephanie Raenell Taylor and Elaina Cozad-Torres

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