Princess Pageant of Native Women’s Voices of Alberta
![Six women dressed in traditional clothing smile at the camera.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/the-women-of-nistawoyou_les-femmes-de-nistawoyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2017/11/Princess_best.png)
Date: 1969. Source: Gail Gallupe
One of the ideas that Bertha Clark-Jones promoted as she organized the Native Women’s Voices of Alberta was the Princess Pageant. Bertha believed that Indigenous women and girls should have strong self-esteem and confidence and that they should be proud of their heritage as Indigenous people.