After three weeks of pageant events, Ferrari Arviso was named the 37th Miss Hozhoni late Saturday.
Her crowning was part of the 52nd annual Hozhoni Days Powwow at Fort Lewis College put on by Wanbli Ota, a club that promotes cultural diversity.
Four contestants competed in the pageant, which requires participants to demonstrate knowledge of traditional skills and contemporary issues.
Arviso, a FLC junior majoring in psychology and Native American and indigenous studies, will represent the Native American community at Fort Lewis until next spring.
During the pageant, she showed off her roping skills, which she learned on the ranch where she was raised. She also showed her ability to address tough, modern situations. For example, she was asked how she would handle being asked by an elementary school teacher to present on Thanksgiving.
“I had a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the powwow and the pageant as a whole,” she said.
A contestant from the Winnebago and Omaha tribes in Nebraska, Maya St. Cyr, was named first attendant.
Mary Shinn
