Miss Indian America#Winners

{{Short description|Pageant from 1953 to 1984 in Sheridan, Wyoming, US}}

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Miss Indian America was a pageant from 1953 to 1989 that was part annual All-American Indian Days festival in Sheridan, Wyoming.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/12/201537264/Years-Later-Miss-Indian-America-Pageant-Winners-Reunite|title=Years Later, Miss Indian America Pageant Winners Reunite|newspaper=NPR.org|access-date=2016-10-26}} Each contestant was assessed on the basis of her appearance, communication skills, knowledge and practice of her culture, knowledge of tribal, federal and state governments and talent in traditional and contemporary tribal skills.

The reigning Miss Indian American was considered to be a cultural ambassador between Native Americans and non-Native Americans through speaking engagements, public appearances, participation in conferences of federal, state, local and tribal governments.

In 2017, Montana: The Magazine of Western History published a full history of the pageant.{{Cite web|url=https://gregorynickerson.com/missindianamerica/|title = MISS INDIAN AMERICA History Article|date = 28 August 2017}}