This Utah university has never had a Native American student win its homecoming pageant — until now

Mahala Sutherland said she entered the homecoming pageant at Southern Utah University to display being Navajo where her parents couldn’t.

(Cinder Player | Special to The Tribune) Mahala Sutherland, photographed Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, is the first Indigenous student to ever be named homecoming royalty at Southern Utah University.

This Utah university has never had a Native American student win its homecoming pageant — until now

Mahala Sutherland said she entered the homecoming pageant at Southern Utah University to display being Navajo where her parents couldn’t.

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