The strength of their cultural and traditional values is what keeps T.J. and Dabney Warren and their daughters travelling thousands of kilometres every summer to participate in powwows.

Kola Thompson, Willa Wallace and Jazz Halfmoon Thompson know a little something about turning fear into action.

Ashley Callingbull’s life path has been filled with ups and downs, but through all her trials she said she’s learned one important thing: live and love fearlessly.

The initiative was developed by the Democracy Education Network (DEN), a national civics education charity co-founded by Duff Conacher, the man behind Democracy Watch.

Ashley Callingbull tells Fredericton audience how she overcame years of abuse to make history

They become the 1st all-Indigenous team to win the tournament

Kamloops student Jada Raphael—who grew up in Spences Bridge and Ashcroft, and is a member of the Cook’s Ferry Band—will soon be flying to Melbourne, Australia to take part in the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival as an Indigenous model.

About 120 of the Indigenous students at the University of Alberta thought they were sitting down to a Christmas lunch, but were surprised when it came with a special gift.

Five days after being crowned as Mrs. Universe, Cree activist Ashley Callingbull called out her country’s Prime Minister on national television.

How Ashley Callingbull combines the unlikely titles of pageant queen and activist. Ashley Callingbull, the Canadian Enoch Cree former Mrs. Universe, is no stranger to using her position to bring attention to causes close to her heart. When she was crowned Mrs. Universe in 2015, she immediately called out Stephen Harper for his inaction on cases of missing and murdered indigenous women.

In a season rich with notions of giving back, Ashley Callingbull has her work cut out for her.

Ashley Callingbull is no textbook beauty queen. She may wear her crown better than most, but her greatest accomplishments extend far beyond the pageant stage. In her short time as Mrs.

Ashley Callingbull, ambassador of the Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot School and Mrs. Universe 2015 just started the program herself and said it’s the school’s mission to keep indigenous culture alive that really drew her to it – and in case you were wondering, she’s a novice at beading.

A former Enoch Cree Nation woman and Mrs. Universe winner is putting her best foot forward for a group teaching people how to make mukluks and moccasins.

Ashley Callingbull-Burnham is volunteering as an ambassador for the Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot School, which started offering weekly classes this fall at Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum.

Last year, Alberta beauty queen Ashley Callingbull took home the Mrs. Universe crown, as the debut Canadian winner. Not only was the 27-year-old actress the first Canuck to be crowned in the pageant, she was also the first ever indigenous woman to win the title. Callingbull, who was born on the Enoch Cree Nation reservation, has become an impressive role model in the First Nations community.

Recently, Real Style caught up with Callingbull at the Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot School at Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. The pageant winner currently acts as an ambassador for Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot School, which teaches the traditional art of mukluk making. Here’s what Callingbull had to share about her skincare, pageant makeup and hair care tips and techniques.

Making Manitobah Mukluks on CP24

‘I became a warrior woman in the race’ says Callingbull, who hopes to inspire First Nation youth