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 her in a Facebook post saying she is a good role model and should try for the title.
Over the next year, Strangling Wolf plans to encourage and inspire all women and girls to achieve their best.
“I’m a girl’s girl, a woman’s woman, I would love to empower women especially myself I would like to feel empowered myself so I would like to do the same for others as well …