Dannah Nephew, a member of the White Earth Nation, is working on a project to make ribbon skirts for incoming Native medical students at the University of Minnesota.

The ribbon skirt is a colorful symbol of Indigenous pride, born of Voyageur trade with Great Lakes tribes. At Native Nations Fashion Night in northeast Minneapolis, the historic garment was ...

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 ...

Aurora Dayrider (left), an eighth grader at Whittier Middle School, and Ann Robertson (right), an Oceti Sakowin Owaunspe teacher, work on Dayrider's ribbon skirt together in the school library on ...

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 ...

National Ribbon Skirt Day was inspired ... The day shelter was created by the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal in 2019 to support ... The red, yellow, black and white stripes represent ...