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MISS (INDIAN) AMERICA XV
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MISS THOMASINE RUTH HILL (Ah-sowa-she-delish)
MISS (INDIAN) AMERICA XV
National Miss (Indian) American Pageant
Sheridan, Wyoming
August 1, 2, 3, 1969
Miss Hill, a Crow-Pawnee Indian maiden, sits on a
buffalo hide, trophy of her father's hunting skill,
beside her a mountain lion skin, part of the tradi-
tional wardrobe of a Crow Indian girl. Her deerskin
ceremonial dress was made by her mother, sister
and herself; purse by Agnes Deernose; belt and
moccasin by a cousin. Her hair is wrapped in a
mink skin. The feather in her hair is her right as
a granddaughter of two chiefs; Chief Big Bear of
the Skidee clan of the Pawnee tribe, and Chief
Sees-With-His-Ears, of the Blacklodge of the
Crow_tribe. Her elktooth necklace symbolizes the
elk. The traditional warbonnet of eagle feathers,
is part of the dress earned by warrior chieftans of
the Plains Indians. Thomasine's clan uncle, White-
man-Runs-Him, gave her the Indian name which
translates to "She walks to her Lodge," meaning,
"Everything I do, I do for the good of my people."
Photo by Vacationland Studio
Distributed by All American Indian Days, Inc.
HENRY MCGREW
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