Madison Whitekiller

Madison Whitekiller is an American of Native ancestry who was crowned the 2017-18 Miss Cherokee on August 26, 2017.[1][2] She will represent the Cherokee Nation as a goodwill ambassador to promote the history, language, and culture of the Cherokee tribe for the next year.[1][2]

Madison Whitekiller
Alma materVerdegris High School, Claremore, Oklahoma
OccupationStudent, Northeastern State University
TitleMiss Cherokee 2017-18

She competed against six other young women for the Miss Cherokee crown[1] in a competition held each year in conjunction with the Cherokee National Holiday.[3] The competition judges contestants on their use of the Cherokee language, their cultural and platform presentations, and their responses to impromptu questions.[1] For her cultural presentation during the competition, Whitekiller focused on empowering Cherokee women through the traditional Cherokee story of why the corn husk doll has no face.[1]

Whitekiller, from Claremore, Oklahoma,[1][2][3] is a student at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.[1] She previously served as Junior Miss Cherokee 2015-16.[1][2][3]

References
  1. "Madison Whitekiller crowned 2017-18 Miss Cherokee". www.cherokee.org. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. "Madison Whitekiller crowned 2017-18 Miss Cherokee". Cherokee Phoenix. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. "Madison Whitekiller Crowned 2015-16 Junior Miss Cherokee". 28 August 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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