Miss Julia Noel

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Miss Julia Noel, Kiowa, was born in Gallup, New Mexico, she says, but lived most of her life in Anadarko, OK, where her father is administrator of the high school at Riverside Indian School.Julia herself was educated in the Anadarko Public School system and graduated from Anadarko High School last year, having studied her Kiowa language for two years in high school.She plans to continue her studies at the University of Oklahoma, she told me, in elementary education.

Julia said she originally considered broadcast journalism as a career, and she seems like an admirable candidate for that.She is a tall, willowy young woman, with an appealing smile in a lovely face.In addition to appearance, she speaks well and communicates her ideas simply and clearly.Last year, she said, she helped with the Special Olympics, and after that experience, her goals changed.She realized what she wanted to do was to help preserve her Indian culture by teaching it to young children and to the general public as well.She especially wants to work with pre-school children, and most particularly those with special needs.

The Miss Indian Oklahoma contest took place last October, and Julia told me some of the areas in which she had to excel in order to win the title Miss Indian Oklahoma. This contest is much more than a beauty pageant, as it centers heavily on cultural knowledge.Some of the areas in which Julia won the title the Best included Best Traditional Dress, for which Julia wore a buckskin and elk tooth creation.She also won Best Contemporary Dress, in which her outfit was Southwestern in flavor, sort of cowgirl style, she says.

Julia sees communication as central to maintaining the Indian cultures, and she hopes to play a key role not only in teaching the young people, but in interpreting her culture to the public and advancing understanding between Indian and non-Indian communities.She feels it is very important for young people to learn early how to participate in the Indian culture, yet garner the skills needed to survive in the contemporary world, and she wants to help them do that.

Her essay won Julia the Best title in that category, as she wrote on how she planned to serve as a role model for youth during her reign if she won.She described her platform, and the emphasis of her essay, as centering on the pageant theme, The journey of two roads into the millennium. The pageant, she told us, centered on education and communication, and she should make an excellent representative in those arenas.

Julia Noel, Miss Indian Oklahoma 2000 - an interview

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Miss Julia Noel, Kiowa, was born in Gallup, New Mexico, she says, but lived most of her life in Anadarko, OK, where her father is administrator of the high school at Riverside Indian School.Julia herself was educated in the Anadarko Public School system and graduated from Anadarko High School last year, having studied her Kiowa language for two years in high school.She plans to continue her studies at the University of Oklahoma, she told me, in elementary education.

Julia said she originally considered broadcast journalism as a career, and she seems like an admirable candidate for that.She is a tall, willowy young woman, with an appealing smile in a lovely face.In addition to appearance, she speaks well and communicates her ideas simply and clearly.Last year, she said, she helped with the Special Olympics, and after that experience, her goals changed.She realized what she wanted to do was to help preserve her Indian culture by teaching it to young children and to the general public as well.She especially wants to work with pre-school children, and most particularly those with special needs.

The Miss Indian Oklahoma contest took place last October, and Julia told me some of the areas in which she had to excel in order to win the title "Miss Indian Oklahoma."This contest is much more than a beauty pageant, as it centers heavily on cultural knowledge.Some of the areas in which Julia won the title "the Best" included "Best Traditional Dress," for which Julia wore a buckskin and elk tooth creation.She also won "Best Contemporary Dress," in which her outfit was Southwestern in flavor, "sort of cowgirl style," she says.

Julia sees communication as central to maintaining the Indian cultures, and she hopes to play a key role not only in teaching the young people, but in interpreting her culture to the public and advancing understanding between Indian and non-Indian communities.She feels it is very important for young people to learn early how to participate in the Indian culture, yet garner the skills needed to survive in the contemporary world, and she wants to help them do that.

Her essay won Julia the "Best" title in that category, as she wrote on how she planned to serve as a role model for youth during her reign if she won.She described her platform, and the emphasis of her essay, as centering on the pageant theme, "The journey of two roads into the millennium."The pageant, she told us, centered on education and communication, and she should make an excellent representative in those arenas.

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