Bonnii Height, 5, a Ute Mountain Ute tribal member, won the “Tiny Top Fourth of July Princess” title at the Fort Duchesne, Utah, Powwow this year. Now considered tribal royalty and serving as a cultural ambassador, she rang a bell for The Salvation Army outside Walmart in Cortez on Dec. 5, accompanied by her adoptive mother, Trisheena Height. (Benjamin Rubin/The Journal)
Walmart shoppers donate money as Bonnii Height ensures the dollars fit into the bucket. The bucket has rapidly been filling, so much so that dollars need to be stuffed way down, her mother says. (Benjamin Rubin/The Journal)
A Walmart shopper who put money in The Salvation Army bucket looks back at Bonnii Height before leaving. (Benjamin Rubin/The Journal)
Bonnii Height’s adoptive mother and biological aunt, Trisheena Height, supervises. “I try to teach them its good to give back,” she said of her two kids. Trisheena became a guardian after her brother, Height’s biological father, passed away. Trisheena says the Towaoc community has been very supportive of the young Height. (Benjamin Rubin/The Journal)
