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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A group of 13-year-old girls in Kahnawà:ke are learning how to use a sewing machine by making their own ribbon skirts. It's a part of a five-week class called Auntie's Ribbon Skirt Making, geared ...

It was at the 10-year anniversary of Regina’s Drug Treatment Court (DTC) that Tanya Sayer met police Chief Evan Bray for the first time. During the event, a video detailing Sayer’s life story was ...

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 ...

Diane Finnerty shows up at the Strathcona Community Centre every weekend to sew red-ribbon skirts for families and survivors participating in the Women’s Memorial March. Volunteer sewers are free to ...

Sewing is a skill that you will have for a lifetime and it comes with many lessons. Some say it builds patience, care and focus. Yuzicapi said her grandmother used to make blankets, dresses and even ...

Tanya Sayer is more than a seamstress: the Regina woman started Spirit Wear, a business selling ribbons, skirts and shirts for use in traditional ceremony. "I don't do this for a name or to get rich, ...

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 ...

Teen girls in Kahnawà:ke are learning how to use a sewing machine by making their own ribbon skirts. It’s a part of a five-week class called Auntie’s Ribbon Skirt Making, a cultural awareness month ...