Community members are invited to observe a ribbon skirt-making workshop at Partners Hall on January 4 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Hope Arises Project Inc. is hosting the workshop on National Ribbon Skirt Day, held to celebrate the ribbon skirt traditionally worn by Indigenous women, with support from local retired teachers and seamstresses Mary Spring and Teri Howell.
National Ribbon Skirt Day was inspired and created based on the experience of a young girl named Isabella Kulak who at the age of 10 chose to wear her ribbon skirt to a formal event at her school in southeastern Saskatchewan and was shamed and told she should not wear it. The school subsequently issued an apology and eventually, the day was created across the country.
“Having our third workshop on National Ribbon Skirt Day has great significance and meaning,” explained Joyce Jonathan Crone, President of Hope Arises Project Inc. “It is an honour to share culture and identity with both Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants. Women coming together with respect and wanting to grow, learn and demonstrate personal reconciliation.”
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