Grand Prize Winners
Jessica Castro (Navajo)
St. Pius X, Albuquerque, NM
Maliaayu Williams (Native Hawaiian)
Kamehameha Schools Kapalama, Honolulu, HI
Category Awards
Behavioral and Social Science
Senior Awards
1st Place
Investigating the Increased Psychological Distress in Indigenous Communities
Ruth Enjady (Mescalero Apache)
Mescalero Apache School
Honorable Mention
Chemically Inclined
Kay’Lee Orender (Quapaw)
Quapaw High School, OK
Junior Awards
1st Place
L. L. Cannon
Liam Beaulieu (White Earth Nation)
Liam Hisgun (White Earth Nation)
Naytahwaush Community Charter School, Naytahwaush, MN
Honorable Mention
The Effects Of Different Driving Distractors
Justin Robertson (Chickasaw), Stonewall, OK
McLish Middle School
Mathematics
Senior Awards
Honorable Mention
Fibonacci and Golden Ratio Theory
Xiomara Romero (MHA Nation), Garrison, ND
White Shield School
Microbiology
Senior Awards
Honorable Mentions
Ni’hadláad: A Natural Cure for Thrush?
Madisyn Parker (Dine)
San Juan College High School, Farmington, NM
E. Coli in Cattle Water on the Navajo Nation
LeAnnabah Cly (Dine), Tuba City, NM
Navajo Preparatory School
Junior Awards
1st Place
Determination of the Antibacterial Efficacy of Coffea arabica against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli
Honorable Mention
Macroinvertibrates
Angelina Heth (Lakota), Porcupine, SD
Pahin Sinte Owayawa/Porcupine School
Physics and Astronomy
Senior Awards
1st Place
How Long Does it Take to Soak a Water Drum so it is Perfect?
Sidney Hill (Onondaga Nation), LaFayette, NY
LaFayette Jr/Sr High School
2nd Place
Ojibwe Star Constellations Using Circuitry
Jaidyn Beaulieu (White Earth, Relake, Leech Lake, Sisseton, Ho-Chunk)
Madison Beaulieu-Weston (White Earth, Relake, Leech Lake, Sisseton, Ho-Chunk)
Migizi Communications, Minneapolis, MN
Honorable Mention
Why Aren’t Stars Bright Anymore?
Emerald Comanche (Mescalero Apache)
Mescalero Apache School, Mescalero, NM
Junior Awards
2nd Place
Determination of the Verdet Constant in SF-59 Flint Glass Using a Low-Cost Magneto-Optical Setup
Plant Sciences
Senior Awards
1st Place
Spectroscopic Analysis of the Vitamin C Content in Different Fruit Juices
Carla Claunch (Puyallup Tribe), Farmington, NM
Navajo Preparatory School
2nd Place
Parroting the Parrot Fish: A Sustainable Solution to Grow Food in Low Nutrient Soils and Fight World Hunger
Bryon Davis (Cherokee Nation), Edmond, OK
Heritage Hall
Honorable Mention
Spectrum of Growth
Trevyn Arnold (Eastern Shawnee)
Jack Berryman (Cherokee)
Quapaw High School, OK
Junior Awards
1st Place
Is Haudenosaunee Corn Healthier than Modern Corn?
Goweñnotha’ Lewis (Onondaga Nation)
Ivan Abrams (Seneca)
Onondaga Nation School, NY
2nd Place
Traditional Medicines as an Alternative to Modern Day Medicines
Karmala Hemlock (Mohawk)
Maven Lazore (Onondaga Nation)
Onondaga Nation School, NY
Honorable Mention
Nutrient- Enriched Bread Fortified with Malabar Spinach ( Basella Alba) Leaves
Staaheeraau Perkins (Arikara, Sioux), Rosglen, ND
White Shield School
Senior Awards
1st Place
Milk It
Caytie Couch (Cherokee), Miami, OK
Quapaw High School
2nd Place
Parroting the Parrot Fish: A Sustainable Solution to Grow Food in Low Nutrient Soils and Fight World Hunger
Bryon Davis (Cherokee Nation), Edmond, OK
Heritage Hall
Honorable Mention
Spectrum of Growth
Trevyn Arnold (Eastern Shawnee)
Jack Berryman (Cherokee)
Quapaw High School, OK
Junior Awards
1st Place
Egg-Citing Science
Addilee Armer (Cherokee Nation)
Moffett Public School, OK
Honorable Mention
Stream Mission: Tahitian Prawns!
Genevieve Love (Cherokee Nation), Aiea, HI
Our Savior Lutheran School/Cross Academy
Biochemistry
Senior Awards
1st Place
Bioavailability of Antioxidants in Yaupon Holly (Llex vomitoria) Tisane and Matcha Green Tea (Camellia sinesis)
Alyssa Theofanidis (Cherokee Nation), Houston, TX
St. John’s School
2nd Place
Compounds in Thelesperma (Navajo Tea)
Natyus Curley (Dine)
Melaina Yazzie (Dine)
San Juan College High School, Farmington, NM
Junior Awards
1st Place
Fresh or Rotten Apples
Katelynn Reed (Cherokee Nation)
Moffett Public School, OK
Biomedical Engineering
Senior Awards
1st Place
Engineering an Advanced Hybrid Closed-Loop Artificial Pancreas: Integrating Amylin, Glucagon, and GLP-1 Substitutes with an Arduino for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
Natavianna Dodge (Navajo)
Albuquerque High School, NM
Honorable Mention
Using 3D printed models to enhance understanding of insulin resistance for the blind and visually impaired
Kambria Tamayo (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
Carter Jones (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe)
Lower Brule Day School, SD
Junior Awards
1st Place
SafeFall Alert
Devin Fultz (Muscogee Creek)
Allen Fox
Memorial Junior High School, Tulsa, OK
Honorable Mention
Water Conductivity Modulation: Building a Model of an Artificial Pancreas
Mack Harper (Cherokee)
Jenna Simmons (Cherokee)
Colcord Elementary School, OK
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Junior Awards
Senior Awards
1st Place
Use of Kaandoosh (Nuphar advena) as a Biodegradable Disinfectant and Anticancer Agent
Johanna Bernu (Minnesota Chippewa Tribes- Fond Du Lake Band)
Cloquet Senior High School, MN
2nd Place
Assessing Viability of Humanized B-hCD3ε/hCD38 Mouse as Translational Acute Myeloid Leukemia Model for Testing Efficacy of CD38CD3 T-Cell Engager BN038
Jason Bowden (Native Hawaiian)
Granada Hills Charter School, Los Angeles, CA
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Senior Awards
Maliaayu Williams (Native Hawaiian), Honolulu, HI
Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
2nd Place
Comparing DNA extraction methods for the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans
Dylan Adler (Chickasaw), Oklahoma City, OK
Mitch Manzelli, Edmond, OK
Edmond Memorial High School
Chemistry
Senior Awards
1st Place
Investigating Le Chatelier’s Principle: What happens to the color of an acid-base indicator when it is added to different acid or base solutions?
Lacy Antonio (Navajo), Pueblo Pintado, NM
Navajo Preparatory School
2nd Place
Spectroscopic Analyses of Red, Blue, Yellow Dyes and Red, Blue, Yellow Gatorade
MacAllen Counsens (Navajo), Gallup, NM
Navajo Preparatory School
Honorable Mention
Take Your Shot
Slade Dixon (Shawnee Tribe)
Gunner Shallenburger (Quapaw Nation)
Quapaw High School, OK
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Senior Awards
Honorable Mention
Fingerprint Patterns: A Comparative Study Across Different Races, Ethnicities, and gender
Fayv Workman (Seminole), Stonewall, OK
McLish Middle School
Honorable Mention
Unveiling the Interaction: Muscarinic Acetylcholine and Red 40
Evette Allen (Navajo)
San Juan College High School, Farmington, NM
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Senior Awards
1st Place
Effective Approaches to Detect then Remediate Crude-Oil Contaminated Soil from Areas of the Navajo Nation
Cadince Woody (Navajo), Aneth, UT
Navajo Preparatory School
2nd Place
Kul Wicasa Mahpiya Wawanyanka Lower Brule Sky Watchers: Investigating Seasonal Variations in Air Quality
Taylee Skunk (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe)
Kaiya Wells (Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe)
Lower Brule Day School, SD
Honorable Mention
An Investigation into How Wildfires Affect the Soil pH Levels in Perkinsville, Arizona.
Vydell Willie (Navajo), Round Rock, AZ
Navajo Preparatory School
Junior Awards
1st Place
The Power of Macroinvertebrates
Molly Payne (Cherokee)
Zachary Beck (Cherokee)
Colcord Elementary School, OK
2nd Place
What is the Healthiest Water Source?
Waathewanakwa Crouse (Ojibwe)
Aysun Thomas (Seneca)
Onondaga Nation School, NY
3rd Place
Can Salt Help Control Algal Blooms?
Delroy McEldowney (Onondaga Nation)
Onondaga Nation School, NY
Embedded Systems
Senior Awards
Honorable Mention
Wearable Circuits and Beadwork: Designing LED light-up earrings using Native American beading techniques
Maliah Thompson (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe)
Lower Brule Day School, SD
Energy, Sustainable Materials and Design
Senior Awards
1st Place
Comparing Peltier Tiles and Piezoelectric Harvesters
Jessica Castro (Navajo)
St. Pius X, Albuquerque, NM
Honorable Mention
Charge, Chilled, or Melted
Koya Bearstail (Three Affiliated Tribes), Roseglen, ND
White Shield School
Junior Awards
1st Place
Energy Storage Using Dielectric Materials
Vanessa Castro (Navajo)
St. Pius X, Albuquerque, NM
Honorable Mention
Faster Reusable Solar Energy
Nolen Roybal (Navajo)
Jefferson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM
Engineering Technology: Statics and Dynamics
Senior Awards
1st Place
Zippin Through Magnetic Fields
Izzy Mason (Cherokee), Ringwood, OK
Northwest Technology Center
2nd Place
Shake It Up!
Brooklyn Brock (Cherokee)
Quapaw High School, OK
Honorable Mention
Building and Breaking Bridges
Amelia Wilkinson (Three Affiliated Tribes), Garrison, ND
White Shield School
Junior Awards
1st Place
Sandstone Versus Volcanic Rock: A Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) with Pozzolanic Property
Cattleya Big Crow-Vissonette (Lakota), Porcupine, SD
Pahin Sinte Owayawa/Porcupine School
Honorable Mention
Comparing the Performance of Two Separate Airplane Wings
Benjamin Hopper (Cherokee Nation)
Layton Shawver (Cherokee Nation), Kansas, OK
Colcord Elementary School, OK
Environmental Engineering
Senior Awards
Honorable Mention
Is Our Essential Nutrient Tainted? (Water sources on the reservation)
Jaylynn Ahidley (Mescalero Apache), Mescalero, NM
Mathias Lester (Mescalero Apache), Ruidoso Downs, NM
Mescalero Apache School, Mescalero, NM
Junior Awards
1st Place
Plantachutes: Saving Nature with Parachutes
Reilly Yamamoto (Native Hawaiian), Aiea, HI
James Beecroft, Aiea, HI
Our Savior Lutheran School/Cross Academy
2nd Place
Where’s Walleye
Isaiah Painter (Nez Perce Tribe)
NaTalia Bisbess (Nez Perce Tribe)
Noua Maconnell (Nez Perce Tribe)
Lapwai Middle High, ID
3rd Place
Oil and Grease Biofilter
Darren Goudeau (Lakota), PorcupineSD
Pahin Sinte Owayawa/Porcupine School
Materials Science
Senior Awards
1st Place
Technological Advances to Make Spacecraft Out of Hydrophobic or Hydrophilic Material: The Influence of Shape and Surfaces to Protect Passengers When Landing.
Amber Bizardie (Navajo), Farmington, NM
San Juan College High School
Junior Awards
Honorable Mention
Bouncy Balls
Dodge Cox (Spokane Tribe)
Steven McCoy (Spokane Tribe)
Wellpinit MS/HS, WA
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Senior Awards
1st Place
Protecting Native Forest Ecosystems: Using AI-Powered Drones for Identifying and Mapping Invasive Insect Populations
Matthew Bace (Onondoga Nation), North Andover, MA
Governor’s Academy
2nd Place
How can coding affect a robots ability to perform tasks?
Ayash Tso (Navajo), Rock Point, AZ
Rock Point Community School
Junior Awards
1st Place
ReachAssist: A robotic solution for helping elderly and disabled individuals access higher heights
Kellaan Boone
Coen LaFever (Navajo, Northern Cheyenne)
Lora Uebelhart
Jefferson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM
Honorable Mention
Auto watering system
Miguel Lopez
Elijah Gist (Creek)
Aaron Banda
Javauhn Counce
Memorial Junior High School, Tulsa, OK
Systems Software
Junior Awards
1st Place
Creating a Music Assistive Device for Hearing Impaired Musicians
Mateo Madrid Larranaga
Adam Sanchez-Cruz (Inupiat)
Jefferson Middle School, Albuquerque, NM
Special Awards
Broadcom Coding with Commitment
Mateo Madrid Larranaga and Adam Sanchez Cruz (Inupiat)
Indigenous Minds STEAM camp
The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize
The Regeneron Biomedical Science Award
American Chemical Society- Central New Mexico Location
Massechussets Institute of Technology (MIT) AISES Award
Native American Heritage Award
BHE Hackathon Winners
OSU College of Engineering Scholarship Winners
