Manito Ahbee Festival

Miss Manito Ahbee

2022/2023 Manito Ahbee Youth Ambassador

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HISTORY 
The title of Miss Manito Ahbee Youth Ambassador honoured the memory of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls. Four is a sacred number in the Indigenous culture and tradition, marking the completion of a full cycle. And so it was that every four years an Indigenous woman, who was taken much too soon, was honoured by the Manito Ahbee Festival.  

Manito Ahbee has honoured the memory of:     
Felicia Solomon (2006 – 2009)
Cherisse Houle (2010 – 2013)  
Lorna Blacksmith (2014 – 2017)    
Amanda Jane Cook (2018 – 2022)  

PREVIOUS MISS MANITO AHBEE YOUTH AMBASSADORS 
2022/2023– Ashley Asapace, Kawacatoose First Nation, Saskatchewan 
2021/2022– Laniece Asapace, Kawacatoose First Nation, Saskatchewan (Pandemic)  
2020/2021– Laniece Asapace, Kawacatoose First Nation, Saskatchewan (Pandemic)  
2019/2020– Laniece Asapace, Kawacatoose First Nation, Saskatchewan  
2018/2019– Wamblie Little Sky, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota/Stoney Nakoda, Alberta    
2017-2018 – Chante Mikwan Caroline Speidel, Sapotaweyak Cree Nation/Standing Rock Sioux Tribe  
2015-2016 – Alexa Gabbard, Moorehead, MN  
2014 – Tia Wood, Saddle Lake Cree Nation  
2013 – Kenecia Tootoosis, Poundmaker, FN Cree Nation  
2012 – Laryn Oakes, Nekaneet FN  
2011 – Torry Eaglespeaker, Blood Tribe/Kanai  
2010 – Sage Speidel, Sapotaweyak Cree Nation    
2009 – Ryanne White, Whitefish Bay FN  
2008 – Dakota Speidel, Sapotaweyak Cree Nation    
2007 – Carissa Copenace, Rainy River FN  
2006 – Shawna Olson, Brokenhead Ojibway FN