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Gathering of Nations
April 26-28, 2012
University of New Mexico Arena - "The Pit"
Avenida Cesar Chavez Blvd. SE (Hwy. 25, exit #223)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
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Meet Your
2011-2012 MISS INDIAN
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Marjorie Tahbone
-Inupiaq/Kiowa, Nome,
Alaska |
Marjorie Linne
Tungwenuk Tahbone or
Kunaq is 23 years old
and was raised in Nome,
Alaska by her parents
Sandra and Carleton
Tahbone. Her maternal
grandparents are the
late Linne Rose and
Lillian Rose, her
paternal grandparents
are the late George
Dugan Tahbone Sr. and
the late Marjorie Queton
Tahbone of Oklahoma.
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Marjorie has three sisters Toh-cyah-day-mah, Dana, and Vanessa Tahbone. Marjorie is half Inupiaq on her mother’s side and half Kiowa on her father’s side.
Marjorie graduated from Nome Beltz High School in 2007 and is currently attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). She is working towards a major in Alaska Native Studies with a minor in Inupiaq language. She is in her final year of college and will continue on to earn her masters in Inuit studies. She hopes that one day she will be able to study in all the circumpolar regions such as Greenland and Northern Canada. By getting this education Marjorie hopes to become a cultural bearer and take part in keeping her Inupiaq tradition strong and alive.
During summers Marjorie is a fisheries technician, restoring fisheries in Nome’s rivers. She loves her job because she gets to spend all day outside along the rivers.
Growing up in Nome Marjorie lead a subsistence lifestyle; picking berries and edible plants, fishing and hunting, and preparing ugruk (bearded seal), aiviq (walrus), and tuttuvak (moose) to store for winter. Marjorie also participates in the Native Games and competes at the annual World Eskimo Indian Olympics (WEIO) and is a member of the UAF Inu-Yupiaq Traditional Dance group.
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How Did You Feel
When you won the Title? |
 “It was pretty amazing when I heard my name announced. It just never occurred in my brain that it could happen. I had never been exposed to that here in Alaska, because we don’t really compete in these types of titles at this level. It’s a great feeling bringing it to the Alaskan people, I think also it will connect me to my other side, my Kiowa side. I’m super excited for this year. I always wanted to travel; now I have that opportunity and it’s pretty cool. I’ll probably have the chance to go to different countries, too.”
-- Marjorie Tahbone, Indian Country 5/30/11 |
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