Little Miss Southern Ute Alt.

Shayne White Thunder

Mique Nuchu,

My name is Shayne Morning Star White Thunder. My Ute name is Tөmөsi’iru “Winter Rose.”  My grandmother Mikki gave me that name because I was born in winter and the rose signifies our people. My Cheyenne name is Azem’heh “Rearing Woman.”  I am named after my Nishgit (grandma) Bobbie.

I am the current 2022-2023 Little Miss Southern Ute Alternate. I am nine years old, and I attend school at Florida Mesa Elementary in Durango, Colo. My mother is Heather White Thunder, and my father is Seth Roubideaux. My paternal grandmother is Mikki Naranjo, and my great-grandparents are the late Eugene Naranjo and the late Dixie Naranjo. My maternal grandparents are Bobbie White Thunder from El Reno, Okla. and the late Ross Denny. I come from the Moache-Capote bands and I’m a descendent of Buckskin Charlie. I am also Cheyenne and Arapaho from my mother’s side.

I like to read, play video games, draw/paint, ride my scooter, and I am learning how to bead and sew. I enjoy representing the Southern Ute Tribe and I continue to learn every day.

The following are events that I have attended and participated in this quarter:

January 2023

• Durango Public Schools NAPAC Round Dance – I danced and had fun!

February 2023

• Valentines Round Dance and Powwow – It was fun to do all of the activities there and to dance
• Monthly Sip, Chat, & Chew event – I made Valentine cards to pass out to Elders.
• SUIMA asked me and my sister to do a dance performance for the students. I like to share my dancing with people and try to encourage other kids to dance.
• Royalty sponsored a Ute Story Telling event – I told a story about my great, great grandmas, Annetta Frost and Bertha Grove told my grandma Mikki about “basket lady” and I told another story about where my White Thunder name came from.

March 2023

• Denver March Powwow – I danced and got to meet Miss Indian World! It was so fun!

 

I have enjoyed attending different events and traveling to represent the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and meeting new people. I look forward to attending upcoming events.

Tog’oiak’

Shayne Morning Star White Thunder

Little Miss Southern Alternate

2022-2023