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Autumn Rose Williams Brings Miss Native America USA Crown To Shinnecock, Will Appear At Powwow

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Shinnecock tribe member Autumn Rose Williams was crowned Miss Native American USA 2017 on Saturday at a ceremony in Arizona. TIFFANI POTTER

Shinnecock tribe member Autumn Rose Williams was crowned Miss Native American USA 2017 on Saturday at a ceremony in Arizona. TIFFANI POTTER

Shinnecock tribe member Autumn Rose Williams was crowned Miss Native American USA 2017 on Saturday at a ceremony in Arizona. TIFFANI POTTER

Shinnecock tribe member Autumn Rose Williams was crowned Miss Native American USA 2017 on Saturday at a ceremony in Arizona. TIFFANI POTTER

Shinnecock tribe member Autumn Rose Williams was crowned Miss Native American USA 2017 on Saturday at a ceremony in Arizona. TIFFANI POTTER

Shinnecock tribe member Autumn Rose Williams was crowned Miss Native American USA 2017 on Saturday at a ceremony in Arizona. TIFFANI POTTER

Shinnecock tribe member Autumn Rose Williams was crowned Miss Native America USA 2017 on Saturday at a ceremony in Arizona.

Shinnecock tribe member Autumn Rose Williams was crowned Miss Native America USA 2017 on Saturday at a ceremony in Arizona.

authorCailin Riley on Aug 28, 2017
To Autumn Rose Williams, seeing is believing. Growing up on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation, attending the Ross School in East Hampton and, later, Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, the 24-year-old... more

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