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Indian
Rodeo Queens
Miss Navajo
Nation Rodeo Cowboys Association 2003 Queen
Meriel Goklish
Meriel is 20
years old, she has been riding all her life. She has 3 quarter
horses, a Sorrel mare named "Princess", a Palomino named
"Jackpot" and a Bay named "Ace"
Her current activities are working with a ecological youth camp, and
guiding the kids to respect nature and embrace natural resources.
She is also a full time college student attending Northland Pioneer
College, a sophomore and a student intern with the White Mountain Apache Tribal Environmental Watershed Department
When ask what was required to compete for the Miss NNRCA title, her
response was:
"I had to write an essay explaining why I wanted to
represent all of the cowboys and cowgirls who are members of the NNRCA,
we were required to ride our horses using the horsemanship patterns, and
we were judged on our public speaking by describing what we were
wearing. I rode my horse "Mustang Sally" and rode that
horse last year at INFR, she passed away two weeks after the INFR in
California"
When we asked Meriel where she would like to be in 5 years, she replied:
"Graduating from college with my bachelor degree in
environmental science, still be strongly involved in rodeo, and then
have a minor in Native American Studies"
Meriel has 2 dogs, a Rotweiller named "Weasel"
and a Border Collie named "Wrangler"
Her advice to young girls who want to be a princess or queen, but do not
have access to horses or know how to ride:
"Look for a nice person to let you ride their horses, and join a
4-H horse program, where you will learn to care for horses, training,
leadership, and make new friends who ride horses. Also, I was a
girls camp counselor, and I enjoyed working with them on a daily basis
where they made crafts, exercised, and learned more about personal hygiene".
Indian Rodeo News would like to thank Meriel for taking the time to
interview with us. We hope her experience will inspire other young
women to get involved with horses, cattle, and animal care. And
not to be shy from competing for a princess or queen title.
Please email us with your profile and picture. We
encourage all rodeo queens to submit something for future young Indian
ladies who would like to become a rodeo queen or princess and we all
know that starting out as a princess is good experience. Rodeo
Queens
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