Comanche Nation Fair Features Princess Sorority Powwow
The annual Comanche Nation Princess Sorority Powwow took place on Thursday, September 29.
The powwow was established in 1996 by Gaylon Motah who was the director of those princesses according to Jolene Schonchin, who is the Comanche Nation Princess Sorority Historian.
“He established this because he realized that the Comanche princesses that had served in that capacity is a living library of knowledge and of culture and he wanted to use that as a resource for future princesses and future directors,” she said. “So, if they ever have a question, they could come to us as a society we can help them, guide them and mentor them.”
The event is used to induct an outgoing princess into a sorority. This year the sorority inducted Rita Monoessy.
“And also, the Comanche Princess Sorority we’re the Good Will ambassadors for the tribe,” Schonchin said. “And that means that we are to represent the culture and the goodness and everything that’s beautiful about the Comanche Nation. We are free from political strife or opinion. All we do is just promote the Comanche Nation everywhere we go.”
The Princess Sorority was the first to be established in this area.
“This is our first event since COVID and so we’re really excited about it,” she said. “Because it brought all of our sorority together where we haven’t. We’ve been zooming, doing the social media thing and stuff, but to actually see each other and to laugh with each other and to put this on as a sorority is great.”
