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 ...

In many Indigenous communities across Canada, women are the heart of the family. They are the life-givers and the keepers of culture.

Five years ago, then-10-year-old Isabella Kulak, a member of the Cote First Nation, was told she she couldn't wear her a ...

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 ...

For Isabella Kulak, marking National Ribbon Skirt Day means wearing clothing that represents who you are. Her decision to do so a little more than two years ago led Parliament to designate Jan. 4 as a ...

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 ...

Global News’ Sarah Jones was able to step into one Saskatchewan community who learned to make their own ribbon skirts and have been wearing them with pride. Ribbon skirts bring identity, empowerment ...

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 ...

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The national police force is expanding its ceremonial uniform dress code, adding ribbon skirts as an option for Indigenous women and two-spirit employees. It's a decision that has been met with a ...

According to Kaija Heitland, a member of the Métis Nation British Columbia and founder of the Ribbon Skirt Project — a community-building arts, fashion, and history project — "The history of the ...