Business owners in the fashion industry were able to set up booths and sell their craft, said Cora Chandler business manager for the NADC.

“With the fashion show, we really want to highlight our entrepreneurs who are artists through their bead work, silversmith, or people who are selling their crafts,” she said.

Scheaffer discovered her passion for design when she created her own prom dress and her boyfriend’s tuxedo last year. During the fashion show, two dresses and a ribbon skirt were worn by models down the runway.

“We’re mixing modern with traditions,” Scheaffer said. “I think a lot of people don’t know where Fort Belknap is, and someone needs to go represent for them and put them on the map.”

Norma Baker Flying Horse was another designer for her line Red Berry Woman. She’s an enrolled member of the Hidatsa tribe in North Dakota and has ties to the Dakota Sioux in Montana and the Assiniboine tribe in Canada.

Her work demonstrates floral patterns, dentalium shells, buckskins and Dakota Sioux-inspired bead work. Two years ago, a dress she designed was worn at the Oscars, making her the first native contemporary fashion designer to have her gown worn at the event.