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Elder from Lyackson First Nation remembered at a community gathering in Grandview Park, the same East Vancouver park she often held events.
Ribbon skirts and shirts are a popular clothing choice for ceremonial and cultural events. Organizers of Rock Your Ribbon Skirt say that they represent “a show of Indigenous pride and as a show of support for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Men and rainbow colours for the LGBTQ community.” This isn’t the first time that Indigenous students have been humiliated at school for wearing Indigenous traditional regalia. “The issue of teachers, bosses, teachers’ aids, principles, who tried to anonymously shame us or bring us down is not new. But for many of us, this was the last str...