ribbon skirt
Striped ceremonial skirt
A ribbon skirt is a traditional garment worn by Indigenous women of North America, particularly among Plains, Woodland, and Great Lakes nations.
The skirt features rows of colorful ribbons sewn in horizontal bands, often in patterns with cultural or personal significance.
Ribbon skirts are worn for ceremonies, powwows, and increasingly as everyday expressions of Indigenous identity and pride: She wore her ribbon skirt to the graduation ceremony.
- regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority
- IndigenousOriginal inhabitants of land
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- tribal nationSelf-governing indigenous political entity
- powwowCeremonial tribal gathering
grass dance · round dance · ceremonial · fabric · pleated · flowing · beadwork · satin · traditional · dance · Native · jingle · honor · handmade · colorful · tiered · cultural · heritage
- traditional clothingkimono, sari, hanbok, dashiki, kilt
- powwowgrand entry, regalia, drum circle, fancy dance, jingle dress
- First NationsCree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Inuit