Raven Morgan
2011 Jr. Miss Indian Oklahoma
Raven Morgan is the 15 year-old daughter of Victor & LaRenda Rickman Morgan of Oklahoma City. Raven is Pawnee, Cheyenne-Arapaho, Otoe and Muskogee Creek tribes. Raven is an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. She attends Moore Public Schools. Raven has one older brother Victor Morgan Jr. and two dogs, Sam & Roscoe. Raven has previously held the titles of 2007 Oklahoma Indian Bikers Princess, 2008 Jr. Miss Indian Oklahoma City, 2010-2011 Pawnee Nation Princess.
On her maternal side of her family, Raven was given the Cheyenne name Ma'etomoná'e meaning RedPaintWoman. Raven is the granddaughter of Micki Black (Cheyenne-Arapaho) of El Reno OK & Chester & Edwina Whiteman (Cheyenne) of Geary OK. Raven is the great granddaughter and a Arapaho Lumpmouth Descendent of the late Edward Lumpmouth Black Sr. (Arapaho) and the late Rev. Joann Black-Williams (Cheyenne) , an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church and descendent of the Sand Creek Massacre. In both Cheyenne & Arapaho sides of Raven's heritage are roots in Native American Church.
Raven is the granddaughter of the late Forrest Rickman (Otoe) & the great granddaughter of Charles & Clarice Deroin-Rickman (Otoe) of Ponca City. She is the great, great granddaughter of William & Daisy Roubideaux-Deroin (Otoe). Her Otoe family were also were members of the Native American Church.
On her paternal side of her family Raven is Kitkihahtki, Skidi, Chaui, Pitahawirata Bands of Pawnee. Her Pawnee name is Chupitit Taka translated Morning Star or Brightest Star. She is the granddaughter of Tom & Margaret Morgan (Pawnee) of Oklahoma City OK. She is the great granddaughter of the late William & Mamie Grant Morgan (Pawnee) and the great, great granddaughter of Pawnee Chief Tom & Susie Morgan. Chief Tom Morgan was the last Pawnee Chief over all four bands of the Pawnee & was a charter member in the Pawnee Chapter of Native American Church and the originator of the Morgan Family fireplace. Raven was named after her great grandmother Mamie Morgan.
Raven is also of the granddaughter of the Late Patricia Posey Morgan, (Muskogee Creek) and the great granddaughter of Tom & Betty Posey (Muskogee Creek) who were Charter members of Glorieta Indian Baptist Church of Oklahoma City, OK.
Raven is a member of the El Reno Indian Fellowship United Methodist Church as well as Jay Mule's Morning Star Ministries. She is also involved in school organizations and has served on head staff for dances and powwows. Raven competes in the Southern Cloth dance competitions.
Raven would like to thank her family and friends for their support. She looks forward to representing the Oklahoma Federation of Indian Woman, the State of Oklahoma, all tribes, and her family and friends during her 2011 Jr. Miss Indian Oklahoma reign. |