Cherokee Art Market
Youth Competition Award Winners
BEST OF SHOW
Elizabeth BahNoos Earles, Caddo Nation
“Rolling Kuku (Water)”
SPECIAL AWARDS
Judges Choice
Brinly Woodfin, Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes
“Feather Rites”
Natalie Garcia, Cherokee Nation
“Blooming Flowers”
Emmett Williams, Cherokee, Kiowa, Tonkawa, Apache
“Charging Through Sagebrush”
Bill Rabbit Legacy Award
Jordyn Carter, Cherokee Nation
“Native Cardboard Man”
GRADES 6 – 8
Two-Dimensional
1st Place
Isiah Ruiz, Cherokee Nation
“The Cherokee Artifact”
2nd Place
Brylee Deason, Cherokee Nation
“Buffalo Sunrise”
3rd Place
Aliyah Bates, Cherokee Nation
“Celebration”
Three-Dimensional
1st Place
Josephine Cirullo, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
“She Who Dances”
2nd Place
Kodi Buzzard, Cherokee Nation
“Tsulsuwid Talutsa”
3rd Place
Avery Merritt, Cherokee Nation
“Daksi”
GRADES 9 – 10
Two-Dimensional
1st Place
Olivia Daugherty, Cherokee Nation
“The Knowledge That They Pass On”
2nd Place
Isabella Carson, Cherokee Nation
“Our Kinship Heritage”
3rd Place
Channing Gaylor, Cherokee Nation
“Starry Eyed Raccoon”
Three-Dimensional
1st Place
Maelee Thomas, Cherokee Nation
“ᎧᎿᏁᏍᎩ (The Spider)”
2nd Place
Georgeanne Growingthunder, Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux
“Blue Cut Cuff”
3rd Place
Alyssa Blevins, Cherokee Nation
“Twine Bag”
GRADES 11 – 12
Two-Dimensional
1st Place
Madissen Buck, Osage Nation
“Crow”
2nd Place
Kilii Fisher, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
“Kanugatli”
3rd Place
Ava Benally, Seminole Nation
“Tipi Race”
Three-Dimensional
1st Place
Hayden Rathkamp Robbins, Cherokee Nation
“ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (Tsalagi Atsilvsgi)”
2nd Place
Jason Laxton, Chickasaw Nation
“Through the Cracks”
3rd Place
Dayci Starr, Cherokee Nation
“Flat Reed Basket”
BEST OF SHOW
Anita Mitchell, Cherokee Nation
“The Journey Home”
SPECIAL AWARDS
Bill Rabbit Legacy Award
Victoria Rouse, Osage Nation
“Cold Bison”
Judges Choice
Avery Merritt, Cherokee Nation
“Tisistu Eats Bloodroot”
Jeanette Sherwood, Cherokee Nation
“Brother Bison”
Sidney Nicole Knipe, Cherokee Nation
“Changed by Fire”
GRADES 6 – 8
Two Dimensional
1st Place
Victoria Schaffer, Cherokee Nation
“Crawdad”
2nd Place
Avery Merritt, Cherokee Nation
“Tisistu Eats Bloodroot”
3rd Place
Rosalynn Husband, Cherokee Nation
“Deer Clan”
Three Dimensional
1st Place
Elizabeth Earles, Caddo Nation
“Caddo Hatsida”
GRADES 9 – 10
Two Dimensional
1st Place
Blythe Hill, Osage Nation
“Daughters of the Land”
2nd Place
Michaela Pangle, Muscogee Nation
“Edward”
3rd Place
Victoria Rouse, Osage Nation
“Cold Bison”
Three Dimensional
1st Place
Jeanette Sherwood, Cherokee Nation
“Brother Bison”
2nd Place
Maelee Thomas, Cherokee Nation
“Flower”
3rd Place
Jackson Shafer, Cherokee Nation
“Basket”
GRADES 11 – 12
Two Dimensional
1st Place
Blythe Hill, Osage Nation
“Daughters of the Land”
2nd Place
Michaela Pangle, Muscogee Nation
“Edward”
3rd Place
Victoria Rouse, Osage Nation
“Cold Bison”
Three Dimensional
1st Place
Jeanette Sherwood, Cherokee Nation
“Brother Bison”
2nd Place
Maelee Thomas, Cherokee Nation
“Flower”
3rd Place
Jackson Shafer, Cherokee Nation
“Basket”
BEST OF SHOW
Maelee Thomas, Cherokee Nation
“ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (flower)”
SPECIAL AWARDS
Bill Rabbit Legacy Award
Xaleigh Torix, Cherokee Nation
“Deer in Arrowhead”
Judges Choice
Maelee Thomas, Cherokee Nation
“ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (flower)”
Neveah Kingfisher, Cherokee Nation
“Adanesaldi”
GRADES 6 – 8
Two Dimensional
1st Place
Annika Davis, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation – “The Origin of Ants”
2nd Place
Brystol Croftcheck, Cherokee Nation – “Dripping Bird”
3rd Place
Abigail Anderson, Cherokee Nation – “Wildflower”
Three Dimensional
1st Place
Maelee Thomas, Cherokee Nation – “ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (flower)”
GRADES 9 – 10
Two Dimensional
1st Place
Jorja Campbell, Cherokee Nation- “On the Inside”
2nd Place
Gracie Cowett, Cherokee Nation – “The Run”
3rd Place
Kilii Fisher, United Keetowah Band – “Utana Yona”
GRADES 11 – 12
Two Dimensional
1st Place
Addison Hummingbird, Cherokee Nation – “Wilma”
2nd Place
Rachel Moses, Cherokee Nation – “The Red-Tailed Hawk”
3rd Place
Levi Armstrong, Cherokee Nation – “The Eagle Face”
Three Dimensional
1st Place
Neveah Kingfisher, Cherokee Nation – “Adanesaldi”
2nd Place
Ezekiel Smith, Cherokee Nation – “Advhalige Basket”
3rd Place
Isaiah Wright, Cherokee Nation – “Big Little Basket”