Miss Indian Rodeo Pageant

08/26/2026

Thank you to our sponsors!
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Your support is very much appreciated to represent all Native American tribes successfully. ✨🤎

08/25/2026

✨Final call for 2026 Miss Indian Rodeo Pageant contestant applications!✨

Applications are due on September 1st at 5pm MST! Email [email protected] for any questions ✨

08/25/2026

✨LAST CALL TO APPLY TO BE A MISS INDIAN RODEO PAGEANT JUDGE!✨

All applications are due September 1st at 5pm MST! If you have any questions, email [email protected]

08/24/2026

What an incredible honor to attend the annual Crow Agency Fair in Montana as Miss Indian Rodeo 2026. 🤍🐎

My heart is full of appreciation for the warmth, hospitality, and support I received throughout my time in Crow Agency. A special thank you to Kaye Pretty On Top’s family for opening their home and hearts to me and for the tremendous support they provide. I also want to extend my deepest appreciation to SieAnna Real Bird and her family for sponsoring the horses that allowed me to participate in the famous Crow Agency Horse Parade—an experience I will forever hold close to my heart. Kaye Pretty On Top holds the title of 1st Runner Up to Miss Indian Rodeo 2026. ✨

I am especially grateful for the meaningful conversation we shared with Mr. Real Bird about identity, language, and what it truly means to take on the responsibility of representing all of Indian Country. His words and perspective gave me much to reflect on as I continue this journey as Miss Indian Rodeo 2026. Representation is more than wearing a crown—it is carrying the stories, languages, traditions, values, and hopes of our people with humility and respect. And always smiling! 🥰

I also truly enjoyed attending the rodeo, participating alongside the Crow Agency Rodeo Queen, and spending time with good friends and the community. Fun fact: both Kaye and SieAnna competed alongside me at the Miss Indian Rodeo pageant. What began as running together in competition has grown into friendships that I will hold close to my heart—and I will hold their families even closer. 🤍

I am so thankful for the connections, conversations, traditions, and memories made at Crow Agency. Indian Country is vast, diverse, and beautiful, and every community I visit continues to remind me that representation is not just about where we come from, but how we show up for one another.

Thank you, Crow Agency, for welcoming me, supporting me, and allowing me to share in such a special gathering. I will carry these memories with me throughout my reign and always. And thank you to my sponsors, Lee Begaye Photography, and other great supporters for sponsoring this trip!

With gratitude,
Miss Indian Rodeo 2026 👑🐎🤍

08/22/2026

Payson, Arizona!

08/18/2026

✨ The Miss Indian Rodeo Pageant Traditional Presentations and speeches are happening during the INFR fashion show again! Get your tickets now, you won’t want to miss this! 💕

We are excited to host this year’s INFR Fashion Show!

Interested models and designers please send email to [email protected]

08/17/2026

✨There’s still time to be a sponsor for the 2026 Miss Indian Rodeo Pageant!

As a sponsor, you will have the opportunity to promote your business nationally at the Miss Indian Rodeo Pageant during the Indian National Finals Rodeo!

Visit www.missindianrodeo.com/become-a-sponsor to request more information about sponsorship or to become a sponsor! 💕

08/17/2026

Posting from last weekend… coming home always carries a special meaning. ❤️

To be invited back to the Gallup Ceremonial—an event that has been such a meaningful part of my life and community—is truly an honor. The Gallup Ceremonial has helped shape me through rodeo, tradition, culture, and community engagement. It is where so many of my roots were planted, and where I learned the importance of showing up for your people and giving back to the community that raised you.

From once serving as the Centennial Ceremonial Queen, to now returning home as the 50th Annual INFR Queen and Miss Indian Rodeo 2026, this journey feels incredibly full circle. What once began as a young woman proudly representing her hometown has grown into an opportunity to return with an even greater responsibility—to give back, inspire, and represent Indian Country with purpose.

I am deeply grateful for the warm welcome home and for the opportunity to stand among the people and traditions that helped raise me. It is a privilege to carry these experiences forward and to represent as Miss Indian Rodeo 2026.

Thank you, Gallup Ceremonial, for continuing to be a place where tradition lives, community comes together, and generations are connected. I’m honored to come home. 🤎🐎

—
Miss Indian Rodeo 2026
Cajun Cleveland

08/16/2026

Crow Agency Fair 2026, I’ll be sharing more photos soon!✨✨

SieAnna Real Bird
Kaye Pretty On Top

08/15/2026

Today, being 14 hours away from home and blessed to be here representing across Indian Country as Miss Indian Rodeo 2026, my heart is still with my community at home.

Today, on Navajo Code Talkers Day, we honor and remember the Navajo Code Talkers and the special, vital place they hold in our tough history. Their service was more than a contribution to our country—it was a powerful testament to the strength, resilience, and sacredness of our Native languages.

Language is our utmost power of our identity. Language is survival. Language is strength from within.

As I stand on this social media platform as Miss Indian Rodeo 2026, I want to acknowledge that our Native Tongues are still strong. Even as we navigate our day-to-day responsibilities and the modern realities of survival, we continue to speak, preserve, teach, and remember the languages spoken by those who came before us.

May every Indigenous Nation continue to find strength, hope, and resilience in our languages. And may our fluency return, generation by generation.

Today, I honor the Navajo Code Talkers, our languages, our elders, our communities, and all those who continue to keep our Native Tongues alive.

Happy Navajo Code Talkers Day. Our language is strong. Our nations are strong. Our voices will continue with the normalization of our language, speak with meaning. ❤️🪶

Kindly,
Miss Indian Rodeo 2026
Cajaun Cleveland