New Stampede First Nations princess aims 'to empower women'

Pacey Strangling Wolf was crowned 2025 Calgary Stampede First Nations Princess at the BMO Centre Sunday afternoon. Strangling Wolf is a 25-year-old jingle dress dancer from the Kainai nation. Her Blackfoot name is Otsskoiikitstakaii, which means "Blue Offering Woman." For the past year, she has worked at Stathmore High School as the First Nations Indigenous liaison and aspires to be an educator, teaching the Blackfoot language or drama to our youth. She entered the pageant after a friend tagged