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 ...

the high rate of violence suffered by Native American women. Mendoza started the Red Ribbon Skirt Society, which seeks to accompany and advocate for people with missing or murdered loved ones.

Ribbon Skirt are a rock band comprised of members of the Anishinaabe, or a group of Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region across both Canada and the US. One of the core moral tenets of the ...

As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities, such as the Oneida Community Health Center near Green Bay ...

A simple rendition of the garment starts with a cotton A-line-shaped skirt, with bands of satin or silk ribbon ... Wearing a ribbon skirt, or any native attire for that matter, is a way to ...

Meanwhile, the Native American Rights Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union recently issued guidance to tribal leaders and communities recommending among other things that people know their ...

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 ...

The broad term “Native American” is typically used to describe the Indigenous people who inhabited the land now known as the U.S. for thousands of years before European colonization.

Each year during Native American Heritage Month in November, school classrooms around the country focus on Indigenous history. For educators in Illinois, this fall marks the first school year with ...

But it wasn’t until 1924, when Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, that all Native Americans were granted sweeping access to American democracy. Up until that point, Native people had ...