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 Regina program is helping Indigenous youth connect with their culture and traditions through ribbon skirts. The program, led by non-profit Growing Young Movers, is teaching participants how to make ...

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. Kunsi (grandmother) Glendice Yuzicapi from Standing Buffalo Dakota ...

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, ...

It’s not uncommon for Claire Tuckanow to hear a sewing machine whirring in the background while she works inside Regina’s mâmawêyatitân centre. The Métis-Cree woman from Okanese First Nation says it’s ...

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 ...

A group of Indigenous youth pose wearing the ribbon skirts they made with Growing Youth Movers at the mâmawêyatitân centre in Regina in this undated handout photo.. The organization has been working ...