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Bio
Megan is 22 years old
from Lawton. She is the daughter of Emmett
Kelley Jr. and Margrett Oberly-Kelley. Megan is a member of the
Comanche Tribe and a descendant of the Kwahada Band of the Comanche
Tribe. Her Comanche name is “Nive-to-tsi-yaa “ translated meaning
“Pretty Flower”. Megan is a sophomore at the Comanche Nation
College where she majors in Broadcast Communications with a minor in
Journalism. Her honors and awards include 2000 Osage Tribal
Princess and also the Walters Service Club Princess in 2004. Her
hobbies include dancing and singing, to exercise and she loves
basketball and golf. Her passion is speaking Comanche and Osage.
Future goals include graduating from college and become a television
reporter.
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Platform
"Native
American Children with Arthritis"
I would like to
inform people on Native American Children with arthritis because I too
am afflicted with arthritis. Most people are not aware of
children who have arthritis. I know what it is like to be a child
or young adult with arthritis. There are many cases in the
Comanche Tribe children that have to deal with this disease. It
is very hard on a child growing up with this because children want to
play sports and be active in school activities. I would like to
be an Ambassador for Comanche children and all native american children
that are coping with this same ordeal. I would like to help them
and give them encouragement. Even though they may be fighting
this disease, it does not mean you can't be active and do the things
you love the most like being active, running, playing sports and just
enjoying life. I am a testament ot this, I have overcome the
obstacles of arthritis and the limitations of the disease. I
don't think that grownups or other children realize how hard it is on
someone so young to deal with such pain and stress on their body.
The best way to educate someone about this is to tell them what goes on
when you have a bad flare up with this or can barely walk. Some
people think it is just an old person's disease but is not.
Children of all ages deal with this as well as Native American children.
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Personal
Acknowledgments
· Cherokee
Nation for their continuing support in obtaining medication which
helps me be able to live a more productive life with arthritis
· Arthritis
Foundation and Dr. James N. Jarvis for their continuing
efforts to find a cure for this
terrible disease which affects a high percentage of Native American
children in Oklahoma
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Current
Activities
· 1st Runner-up in the
2005 Miss
Indian Oklahoma Pageant
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