Wearing a ribbon skirt, or any native attire for that matter, is a way to “decolonize the space that you’re in,” Metoxen adds. For Belisle, it’s about visibility and pride. “I think ...

She should have been able to wear whatever she wanted and felt best in without being subjected to others' opinions.

Aside from jingle dresses, Blassingame makes various types of Native fashion pieces, including more contemporary ribbon skirts, which are adorned with colorful ribbon sewn horizontally on the ...

Ribbon skirts remain a symbol of womanhood in Native communities and tell a story of adaptation and survival, according to the publication. Kayden Ducheneaux, 14, said she liked making her ribbon ...

Anduhyaun’s new transitional housing facility for women and children escaping violence centers the cultural identities of its ...

A Native American craft room where students can engage in cultural projects like beading and making ribbon skirts. This space serves as a creative outlet and a place for students to build meaningful ...

"Nobody ever knew what happened to them. They just disappeared." Jamie Smallboy is the founder of the Red Ribbon Skirt Project. (Submitted by Jamie Smallboy ) Smallboy says feeling the spirit of the ...

The Native American organization focuses on building ... “When they are able to apply their hands to the work by making regalia or ribbon skirts,” said Program Coordinator Renee SansSouci ...

This happens within the first minute of "Off Rez," the third track from Ribbon Skirt's debut album Bite Down, a post-punk record honouring the Anishinaabe experience. Like many of us born on this ...

Violet Sensmeier, Michelle Emmert, and Charlene Agpik prepare to place kuspuks and ribbon skirts on empty chairs to represent the missing and murdered Alaska Native people during the Not Invisible ...

Inside the wood paneled walls of the state Capitol on Monday, a balcony was lined with Indigenous people proudly wearing ribbon skirts ... the only two Native American women to currently serve ...