"When you put your skirt on, you're showing Mother Earth who you are." - Myra Laramee (Fisher River Cree Nation)

Older skirts were made from hide and decorated with pigment, and, with the introduction of European trade goods, cotton calico and ribbons were also used to carry on the meanings and teachings. The silhouette of the skirt itself comes from a sacred place, and it follows the outline of the mikiiwaap (Cree), or tipi (Dakota). The bottom of the skirts would touch the earth's medicines, and as the women walked, "Mother Earth would always know who it was that was making their presence felt on her back" and the prayers were answered accordingly.

- beyond buckskin