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"I remember just before my thirties, friends would walk up to me and say, ‘Ada you know, when are you going to get married and go have kids?” And I said, ‘When I’m good and ready.’"  

"I've been wanting to be Miss Crow Nation since I was a little girl... it's kind of hard because you have to know your culture, your Crow language, you pow-wow a lot. I traveled to 22 pow-wows since I got the title of Miss Crow Nation last year."

   "It's a lot of fun talking to youngsters because they want to get to know who you are. You want to guide them and put them underneath your wings and tell them how education is important."  
       
  Ada R. Shane Whiteman, 2004   Marcia B. Blacksmith, 2004   Gwen Left Hand Bull, 2004