In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the University of Nevada, Reno’s Office of Indigenous Relations and the Multicultural Center’s Indigenous Student Services program will hold “Ribbon ...
R ibbon skirts — once reserved for ceremonies across many tribal traditions — are showing up in everyday spaces on a new generation of Indigenous women. Miinan White, McKenna Metoxen and Ava Belisle ...
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, ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The sewing machines are buzzing at Whitter Middle School as students, staff, and volunteers make traditional Native American clothing. 8th grader Deja Marshall designed her ...
A bright blue skirt with printed loons in an Indigenous style with red, yellow, black and white stripes running parallel to the hem — that's the ribbon skirt Vicki MacDonald decided to wear for Canada ...
The Native American Achievement Center at Montana State University Billings hosted a ribbon skirt workshop ahead of the university's annual powwow. Leslie Woodenlegs created a ribbon skirt at the ...
OROVILLE — Butte College is now home to a Native American Center for students. The center is located in Swing Space A-102 on the main campus and opened at the beginning of the fall semester. “The ...
Jan. 13—TRAVERSE CITY — Seventeen-year-old Theresa Tanner has never sewn before, let alone made an entire garment. She sat in front of a Singer sewing machine, carefully pumping the pedal, as she ...
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Though it hasn't quite opened its doors to the public, loud laughter erupts within the walls of Fire Mountain Fabrics. The new store, located in Cherokee Center strip mall, was ...
Indigenous RCMP officers could soon pair the red serge with a ribbon skirt — if it is approved as a ceremonial uniform. An RCMP review began in 2019, but calls to add the cultural garment have been ...
While President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, viewers couldn't help but notice the presence of a ribbon skirt, worn by one of First Lady Jill Biden's guests.