{"id":946574,"date":"2026-10-26T05:52:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946574\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T05:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T05:52:29","slug":"calgary-stampede-crowns-2027-first-nations-princess-from-the-kainai-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946574\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampede crowns 2027 First Nations Princess from the Kainai Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Calgary Stampede has crowned next year’s First Nations royalty.<\/p>\n

Chondra Fox, a 23-year-old jingle dress dancer from the Kainai Nation, was crowned 2027 First Nations Princess on Sunday.<\/p>\n

She was selected from a pool of four candidates, who took part in a competition demonstrating their\u00a0cultural knowledge, traditional dance, public speaking and interview skills.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel real yet,” Fox said in a statement. “This was a really joyful moment for me.”<\/p>\n

Fox \u2014 whose Blackfoot name is Naamitapiaakii, which means Lone Woman \u2014 is the sixth Calgary Stampede First Nations Princess to hail from the Kainai Nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to connecting with people, building relationships and learning more about my culture, and then being able to represent that knowledge and be a role model to young girls,” Fox said.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m really excited to be a part of the community and to be able to give back to my community in this role.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n

WATCH | Meet 2026’s outgoing First Nations Princess, Raegan First Rider:\"\"<\/p>\n

Meet the 2026 Calgary Stampede’s First Nations Princess<\/p>\n

Raegan First Rider says she has deep roots at the Calgary Stampede. Her grandfather was a chuckwagon racer and her grandmother was a Teepee Holder. Now, First Rider is the 2026 Stampede’s First Nations Princess.<\/p>\n

Amelia Crowshoe, incoming chair of the First Nations Princess Subcommittee, welcomed Fox to the Calgary Stampede family.<\/p>\n

“The First Nations Princess program is about more than wearing a crown and working a crowd of thousands,” said Crowshoe, who was the 2012 First Nations Princess.<\/p>\n

“It is about cultural values, community leadership, connecting to people from all walks of life and sharing who we are as First Nations women.”<\/p>\n

Fox’s reign as 2027 First Nations Princess will run from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. She’ll serve alongside the 2027 Calgary Stampede Princess, set to be crowned Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-946574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}