About five years ago, Isabella Kulak, a member of the Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan was shamed for wearing a ribbon skirt ...
Winnipeggers observed the National Ribbon Skirt Day with gatherings, round dances, and community support Sunday. The annual ...
In many Indigenous communities across Canada, women are the heart of the family. They are the life-givers and the keepers of culture.
Jamie Smallboy says hearing the sound of the drums at a Women's Memorial March in Vancouver several years ago marked a turning point in her life. Smallboy, who was homeless at the time, says she ...
Here in Onigamiising, the Indian Education program staff and Parent Committee recently hosted get-togethers in which girls and women sewed ribbon skirts. Because I enjoy sewing, my daughter invited me ...
This is part of a series called Ann's Eye, featuring the work of Ann Paul, a Wolastoqey content creator. You can see more Ann's Eye pieces by clicking here. For Ann Paul, a ribbon skirt starts with ...
A group of students in Ann Robertson’s Oceti Sakowin Owaunspe class at Whittier Middle School spent their afternoons Thursday and Friday sewing themselves new ribbon skirts. For many of the students, ...
Some Mi'kmaw women will mark National Ribbon Skirt Day by encouraging children to take pride in and wear cultural items like ribbon skirts. Thursday is National Ribbon Skirt Day, a day to encourage ...
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty; Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty; Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Rebecca Chartrand; Minister of Canadian Identity and ...
An 11-year-old girl from the Cote First Nation is described as “strong and resilient” by supporters on social media nationwide. And it all started with a movement of wearing ribbons skirts that she ...
A class at Tahlequah Public Library on how to make a ribbon skirt attracted a good crowd, and several participants hoped to have one made to wear to Cherokee National Holiday events this weekend.
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