Strong Indigenous women will be recognized for contributions to their communities at the 27th Annual Esquao Awards gala Friday at the Grey Eagle Resort and Casino in Calgary.
First Nation, Métis and Inuit women from Alberta will receive awards recognizing their achievements accomplished while overcoming the challenges and obstacles that faced them.
The recipients of this year’s Esquao awards include the first Indigenous woman dentist, business owners, teacher schools and leaders.
Each year a special award is also given to one recipient. This year, the Circle of Hounour inductee, Muriel Stanley Venne Leadership Award will be presented to Regena Crowchild of Tsuut’ina Nation.
“Regena has some really great experiences over the years and I think is very well respected by chiefs and other leaders from the communities. We are very excited to have her, she was the first woman selected for council in her community in the 1970s for many terms and was recently re-elected in 2022.”
CJWE Radio’s Trent Agecoutay spoke with Marggo Pariseau, co-founder of the Esquao awards
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