Ramona Shirt sews a ribbon skirt at Strathcona Community Centre on Jan. 21. Volunteers have worked to make over 100 skirts to give to participants in Vancouver’s annual Women’s Memorial March. Photo ...

A ribbon skirt-making workshop in Winnipeg this weekend gave some participants a chance to learn about Indigenous culture while giving others an opportunity to connect with their roots. Fifteen ...

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 ...

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 ...

In December 2020, 10-year-old Indigenous student Isabella Kulak—who is from Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada—chose to wear a traditional ribbon skirt to her school’s formal event. In ...

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 ...

Wearing a ribbon skirt is significant and meaningful for Isabella Kulak, the 12-year-old girl from Cote First Nation who inspired National Ribbon Skirt Day. “Now everybody could wear their ribbon ...

2:03 Indigenous resilience shines on second annual National Ribbon Skirt Day It’s not uncommon for Claire Tuckanow to hear a sewing machine whirring in the background while she works inside Regina’s ...

Canada is celebrating its first national Ribbon Skirt Day Wednesday, in support of a young Indigenous girl who stood up to something she thought wasn't right. It all started in December 2020 when ...

Amber Naseem never realized the lasting impact making an Indigenous ribbon skirt in her fashion design class at her Kitchener high school would have on her until she completed the project. Naseem ...

A group of Indigenous youth pose wearing the ribbon skirts they made with Growing Youth Movers at the mâmawêyatitân centre in Regina in this undated handout photo.. The organization has been working ...