https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/news daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/news/welcome-to-the-ribbon-skirt-project monthly 0.5 2022-02-25 https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/home daily 1.0 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/da350a84-b0e6-41a7-b55e-89dfa6d7fda0/8.+Generations+of+Skirt+Wearers.jpg Home - The Project Begins: The Origin of the Ribbon Skirt Project Join me as I explore my own Identity through the arts and land-based practices. We will be learning skills, history and connecting to community towards the goal of personal Reclamation from a Métis perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/bb4d97c0-a724-4482-a02a-97778bf153c9/IMG_20211117_093055_810.jpg Home - Want to know more? Ready to take the next step? Find out how you can contribute to the Project https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/origins daily 0.75 2024-02-12 https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/participate daily 0.75 2024-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/1645442880525-DN16ISMX0XTM9LLC3U8F/A60BD40C-A8CE-4D90-BB4B-D508365EEDD4.jpeg How to Participate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/1645443231596-8L6VW37B5UNTXAJMAPYJ/8BA16A0F-B573-4EC6-B33A-F6B57F003BFE.jpeg How to Participate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/1645445703558-TQQLUU9PT8WT3LQAKDKH/D43587DE-6233-4DD7-AF7C-33B7116FA785.jpg How to Participate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/1645445793727-VHUTYCTHOM2942VT4XP2/63295E87-2314-4F66-8699-4545DC6979F4.jpeg How to Participate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/1645445912806-R3BXUP23M2N94ZV5Z8TV/E99D2D46-3628-46B1-BE5C-A4F4DDDBB3C1.jpeg How to Participate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/e1763953-af67-47c6-a74e-de154c2932af/5343B1DE-1D0D-4529-B3A8-7BD28F137AF4.jpeg How to Participate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/1645780354806-SKV09XV9RCXEWPNU393H/Photo+2021-05-05%2C+6+03+20+PM.jpg How to Participate https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/whatisaribbonskirt daily 0.75 2022-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/d6a21a74-6ca4-4686-a0e6-c5a4480ee76a/metis+children.jpg What is a Ribbon Skirt? - " Métis Mothers and children in ribbon and buckskin Dresses, Centennial celebrations, Elizabeth Métis settlement, Alberta.", 1967, (CU1132837) Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/2e5f3edb-c457-49da-aea5-fc211aad92fe/na-2631-7_Medium_res.jpg What is a Ribbon Skirt? - Make it stand out "Ambroise Dydime Lepine, Metis leader during Red River rebellion." From Tintype. L-R: Edmond Lepine (baby); Miss Lepine (later Mrs. K. Lawrence); Louis Lepine, [ca. 1880s], (CU1107358) by Unknown. Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/e0d550b2-a006-46b1-95b5-751b0203c1dc/na-2631-19_Medium_res.jpg What is a Ribbon Skirt? "Metis woman, unidentified.", With ribbon adorned apron and dress. [ca. 1880s], (CU1107361) by Unknown. Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary, Glenbow Museum https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/story daily 0.75 2025-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/d09c3480-7f83-4a96-9d09-8caa02d74608/Screenshot_20250112-183134_Original.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/ece9416d-572e-44b8-9460-ad718b95e5f9/A2AC71FC-43F6-4FC8-BAD5-557F9FC9576B.jpeg My Own Story - Make it stand out “Nordic Flowers” Ribbon Skirt - Indigenous Nouveau, with in house designed fabric, 2021. https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/history daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/8a3e774d-e553-4e66-b499-9b9bc1d8c30e/e008299398-v6.jpg History of the Ribbon Skirt and the Métis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/ba1b164f-7429-4a48-88b6-bbf6bd000f4f/32e1bfc1783501f2c574c9bfe2ccfda6.jpg History of the Ribbon Skirt and the Métis - “In the Teepee”, Rindisbacher, 1825 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/512cf42b-832f-4ab6-90ce-20ee60d55d38/9oh2BUz.jpg History of the Ribbon Skirt and the Métis - The First documented use of what is considered to be a true ribbon skirt was worn by a métis Menominee woman NE-KICK-O-QUA (Sophia Therese Rankin), for her wedding in 1802 in Green Bay, Daughter of the British fur trader David Rankin and French/Odawa/Menominee mother WE-AW-WE-NING. A lavish display of the beautiful fabrics, wool cloth and ribbons known to be available to the metis and Menominee at the time due to their trade relationships, is demonstrated in what was sure to be an intentional show of wealth and position in the fur trade. {7}{8} Wedding dress of NE-KICK-O-QUA circa 1802, Neville Museum Photograph, Green Bay WI. USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/fb0eaf78-37e3-4307-b1ef-940cea5c18ac/Marguerite+Parenteau%2C+Mrs.+Xavier+Letendre+dit+Batoche+circa+1885.png History of the Ribbon Skirt and the Métis - Marguerite Parenteau, Mrs. Xavier Letendre dit Batoche circa 1885, wearing a period typical conservative black dress adorned with ribbons. Glenbow Archives. Marguerite Parenteau, Mrs. Xavier Letendre dit Batoche circa 1885. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/1a72b412-4798-4e62-8208-b63280dc2b63/Three+Daughters+of+Norbert+Laurence+and+Marie+Parenteau%2C+Marie%2C+Rose+and+Clarise.png History of the Ribbon Skirt and the Métis - Three Daughters of Norbert Laurence and Marie Parenteau, Marie, Rose and Clarise, wearing ribbon adorned skirts and apron. Date Unknown. Glenbow Archives. Three Daughters of Norbert Laurence and Marie Parenteau, Marie, Rose and Clarise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/6a48969f-c1b1-46fe-85e6-1e2ffdbcaa27/Metis+women+dressed+for+centennial+celebrations.jpg History of the Ribbon Skirt and the Métis - Make it stand out "Métis women dressed for centennial celebrations, Elizabeth Metis settlement, Alberta.", 1967, (CU1132812) by Unknown. Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary. https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/resources-and-sources daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/donate daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/3ca6852e-aa51-44c3-9e33-0b9bfd4e07bb/PXL_20210420_173539666.PORTRAIT.jpg Donate https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/acknowledgements daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/dd0e3298-6525-44ea-bfad-1b27b2fcbb78/Photo+2021-06-12%2C+10+22+12+AM.jpg Acknowledgements - Make it stand out Nordic Flowers Ribbons Skirt, Indigenous Nouveau, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/f55ed0dc-93f0-4ed6-b2a7-d4a92dc66e4e/2.+Nordic+Flowers+quillwork+Moccasins.jpg Acknowledgements - This project could not have been realized without the support and acknowledgment of my community. I would like to thank Métis Nation British Columbia for their ongoing support, encouragement and dedication to providing funding for essential arts and culture projects that reinforce our land-based practies, identities and sovereignty. This project was funded with the help of the Nakaatchihtow Arts and Culture Project Grant. A special thanks to Carly Nabess, a dear friend and coordinator at the Ministry of Culture, Heritage and Language at MNBC, who has worked tirelessly to facilitate this and other projects from Indigenous Nouveau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/d60fe64a-dbea-4f08-b463-c9ce6c12a962/PXL_20220210_093554940.PORTRAIT%5B2061%5D.jpg Acknowledgements - Many hands make light work. I would like to make a special thank you to Cowichan Valley Métis Nation, CVMN, my home community on Vancouver Island, and my Mother and Father, Marlena and Holger Heitland, for being a constant source of support, knowledge and hands-on involvement in the work that I am doing. Thank you to my elder Bruce Dumont, for your constant encouragement and for your guidance and help with the Michif Language, continuing my cultural education. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/f1f0e247-699e-4f78-80b4-bc82b3dd28d8/Mrs.+Louis+Lepine%2C+Metis.%2C+%5Bca.+1880s%5D%2C+%28CU1107556%29+by+Unknown.+Courtesy+of+Libraries+and+Cultural+Resources+Digital+Collections%2C+University+of+Calgary..jpg Acknowledgements - Mrs. Louis Lepine, Metis., [ca. 1880s], (CU1107556) by Unknown. Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary. Mrs. Louis Lepine, Metis., [ca. 1880s], (CU1107556) by Unknown. Courtesy of Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary. https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/makerapplication daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/nominations daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://www.theribbonskirtproject.ca/knowledge daily 0.75 2022-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61b75249ddf3e57d123d2426/d7905736-5b1d-49ed-9766-565cca09f484/centennial+celebrations.jpg Knowledge Contributors "Group of Metis during Canadian Centennial celebration, Elizabeth Metis settlement, Alberta.", L-R: Vivian Jacknife, Monica Jacknife, Mary Wells, Sam Desjarlais, Marilyn Wells. 1967, (CU1132726) by Unknown. 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