In Canada, Jan. 4 is National Ribbon Skirt Day. For two Indigenous seamstresses in New Brunswick, the skirts have significant meaning -- from empowerment to identity.
Once the ribbon skirt regalia library is up and running, Regina youth will be able to borrow ribbon skirts and ribbon shirts for ceremonies or other events.
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Dozens donned colourful fabrics and patterns Saturday in honour of the third-annual National Ribbon Skirt Day celebrated across the country.
The Métis-Cree woman from Okanese First Nation says it’s usually one of the three dozen young people she’s been working with to make their own ribbon skirts. About The Star ...
A Saturday event in Winnipeg for the third annual National Ribbon Skirt Day was a chance for dozens to celebrate Indigenous pride, along with "love, kindness [and] loud auntie laughter," according ...
The organization has been working since the fall on creating a ribbon skirt regalia library for youth to borrow ribbon skirts and shirts to wear at ceremonies. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Claire ...