Why Tribal's Ashley Callingbull Is 'Fighting Every Day' For Indigenous Representation
has achieved many firsts, but she has spent her life making sure she is not the last.
The former Miss Canada winner and proud Plains Cree Indigenous woman from Cree Nation and Treaty six territory has dedicated her life to "positive representation" as a model, actress, author and activist. "For a lot of my life, a lot of the things that I've had to chase, they weren't open to me because I'm an Indigenous woman, whether that be acting or modeling," Callingbull exclusively told E! News on Nov. 1 in honor of our "Ones to Watch" video series celebrating Indigenous heritage. "And I've been told that, you know, [that] Indigenous people aren't relatable, so we're not going to cast you, which is such a crazy thing to hear.
Callingbull continued, "My culture really shaped me because I always had this thing about, 'Well, why can't I do this? Why can't I?' I had this thing like, 'I'm going to prove myself.'""I wasn't going to prove the world that I could do if I wanted to prove to myself," she noted. "I wanted to feel good about myself because I didn't have anyone empowering me. I had to empower myself.
"What I really want is our government to stop fighting these survivors. These people who went to these schools stop fighting them because we do need to really move forward in a way where we can take our lives back, take our control back," Callingbull stressed.
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