My grandmother began sewing ribbon skirts as part of her healing from the trauma of residential schools.
She and my mother have always been fantastic seamstresses, frequently making my Halloween costumes.

She's now moved on to making regalia, and this is her first Plains-style regalia dress.

#NativeAmerican #Regalia #Indigenous

@wolfe that is absolutely beautiful!
@wolfe so beautiful.. unbelievably beautiful and heartrending.
@wolfe Wow! This is utterly gorgeous. Go her!

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Would love to see a pic of a ribbon skirt.

I'm into sewing too.

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Absolutely beautiful ❤️
@wolfe what a beautiful dress!! the combination of fabric w/ different patterns is so eye-catching, i'm super not used to seeing different fabric patterns work together so well like this
@nu @wolfe The colours, textures and patterns are gorgeous together. Beautiful work!

@wolfe that is beautiful!

Your grandmother is very talented!
Thank you for sharing!

@wolfe That’s beautiful.
@wolfe This is stunning! 💯👏🏾

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Wonderful piece of work. Very beautiful made.
Honestly, I'm a bit jealous of the people who are allowed to wear this later...

🫵🪶👍

@wolfe very nice I'm originally from Nevada I loved seeing all the styles at events.
@wolfe this is outstandingly beautiful 
@wolfe that is incredible. So beautiful.
@wolfe Absolutely stunning.
@wolfe it’s beautiful.
@wolfe omg that looks amazing!
@wolfe Gorgeous craftsman(woman)ship.
@wolfe - Wow! Stunning. Thanks for sharing this with us and keep the photos coming.
@wolfe Truly beautiful. 💛
@wolfe absolutely gorgeous.
@wolfe Wow! Stunning.
Happy to hear that grandma finds healing in her creativity. She, and all the survivors of that genocidal deserve it.
@wolfe absolutely gorgeous
@wolfe this is gorgeous! I hope you share more of her work
@wolfe Beautiful!
Are you in touch, here, with @ABecenti?
@wolfe that’s lovely! What a talent! What a tradition!
@wolfe this is gorgeous perfection!
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Wow absolutely beautiful
@wolfe Your grandmother is TALENTED. I love the idea of turning to art to help with trauma.
@wolfe this is so beautiful. As someone who enjoys needle craft (although I'm not very good) I really appreciate the effort that must have gone into it.