Taline Ugvwiyu (Vice Chief) Alan B. Ensley places the sash on the new 2024-25 Junior Miss Cherokee Misha Slee during the pageant on Oct. 2, 2024. (BROOKLYN BROWN/One Feather photo)
2024-25 Junior Miss Cherokee Misha Slee is shown just after being crowned at the pageant held in Cherokee, N.C. on Oct. 2, 2024. (BROOKLYN BROWN/One Feather photos)
2024-25 Junior Miss Cherokee Misha Slee speaks during the Veteran’s Honoring event at the Cherokee Indian Fair in Cherokee, N.C. on Oct. 4, 2024. (SCOTT MCKIE B.P./One Feather photo)
2024-25 Little Miss Cherokee Faith Panther and 2024-25 Junior Miss Cherokee Misha Slee sing the Cherokee National Anthem at the first annual Tsalagi Aniwonisgi Didanvdadisdi (Cherokee Speakers Memorial Day) event which was hosted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024 at the Kalvgviditsa Tsalagi Aniwonisgi Tsunatsohisdihi (Cherokee Speakers Place), located adjacent to the New Kituwah Academy in Cherokee, N.C. (SCOTT MCKIE B.P./One Feather photo)