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CBC Kids News • Published 2021-01-07 15:39 Skirts are traditional for many Indigenous nations A 10-year-old girl started a social movement after an assistant at her school in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, criticized her ribbon skirt. Isabella Kulak is a member of the Cote First Nation and proudly wore her ribbon skirt to school for “formal day” in December. Isabella Kulak was very proud of the ribbon skirt her aunt had made for her. (Image credit: Judy Pelly/Facebook) “It s black with lots of white flowers and a blue, green and black ribbon on it,” Isabella told CBC News. “I like that my Auntie Sarah made it for me and it fits me really well.”
Catalyst for a movement : People around the world don ribbon skirts after Sask. girl shamed for wearing hers
A 10-year-old Saskatchewan girl s life has been brightened by the colourful ribbon skirts of women across the globe after she was shamed for wearing her own.
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People from as far as Germany and Puerto Rico have shown support for 10-year-old Cote First Nation girl
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Isabella Kulak proudly wears the ribbon skirt her aunt made for her. The 10-year-old Saskatchewan girl was told by an educational assistant at her school that the traditional Indigenous skirt was not fit for the school s formal day.(Judy Pelly/Facebook)