Tay’a Osborne crowned Miss Shoshone-Bannock
Miss Shoshone-Bannock Tay’a Osborne for the 2026-27 reigning year.
By JEREMY SHAY
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Tay’a Osborne was crowned Miss Shoshone-Bannock Queen for the 2026-27 year at the Delbert Farmer Festival Arbor on Friday, August 7.
Outgoing Miss Sho-Ban Myke Moore greeted the audience and thanked the community before passing down the beaded crown and sash to Tay’a, and offering her congratulations.
Osborne was presented gifts and a bouquet of flowers. Spring Creek sang the honor song for family and friends to honor the new reigning queen.
Prior to the crowning, Tay’a Osborne completed her final pageant demonstration at the Delbert Farmer Festival Arbor, in her run for the Miss Shoshone-Bannock title, which was a dance presentation.
Osborne spoke about her Miss Sho-Ban pageant experience, “I’ve been having so much fun during this whole experience. I was telling some of my judges throughout the week — that if there were others running for this royalty title, I wouldn’t have cared if I hadn’t gotten it, I just wanted to show for my people, and the rest of the Indian people throughout this country.”
Newly crowned Miss Shoshone-Bannock Tay’a Osborne with her father Gifferd Osborne during the honor song provided by Spring Creek on Friday, August 7.
Tay’a Osborne showcased her women’s traditional dance style to two songs, with the help of Bad Agency drum group. Various members of the royalty committee and volunteers helped judging for the competition, and Develynn Hall served as emcee.
Osborne finished her presentation by thanking her family, “Yesterday, when I went home, I told my brothers and my sister, I told them I did it. I just wish that they were here physically to see me do all of this.”
Tay’a Osborne is the daughter of Gifferd Osborne and Rachel Snipe.
Tay’a Osborne demonstrates tipi set-up for traditional talent
Tay’a Osborne speaks about the tipi set-up demonstration at the traditional talent
showcase.
By LORI ANN EDMO
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Tay’a Osborne, Miss Shoshone-Bannock candidate showed judges how to put up a tipi women’s style August 6 at her camp on the Festival grounds.
Her cousin Lou Osborne and her baha (auntie) Kimberly Nummie Osborne assisted her.
She started with four main poles that hold the frame of the tipi. She told how the poles must line up on the end then how the rope is used to measure from the middle top and the middle bottom. She showed the middle point. She then tied the rope around the top of the poles where the cross while they were down on the ground. Then the frame was pulled up.
Tay’a explained to the judges where the middle of the tipi is advising the door must face the east. The she placed the poles four on each side showing how they’re placed. The poles on the back are called the lockers. After the poles were all placed, she wrapped the rope around the top of the poles.
Next, she put the corners of the tipi on the two sticks with ears then put the tipi around the poles with the assistance of Lou. Then she got on a ladder to put the pin sticks on the front of the tipi to hold it together. Women pin the sticks from the right to the left and that’s the difference between a men’s tipi.
She went inside to push the poles out then tightened the rope around the top. The final step was to put the stakes in the ground at a slant to hold the tipi down.
Afterwards she said it was hard work but it’s important to learn how. Her dad Gifferd taught her how and it was her first time putting it up without the assistance of him.
It took about an hour in 95-degree weather with a light breeze.
