National Ribbon Skirt Day
Lethbridge school division will celebrate ribbon skirt/shirt day on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
Wear your ribbon skirt or ribbon shirt to school with pride!
In 2020, Isabella Kulak wore a ribbon skirt to her school formal day and was told she should have worn something more appropriate - something store bought, like the rest of the girls in her class.
This incident left Isabella feeling very upset, but never ashamed. Her story went viral and inspired
thousands of Indigenous people across Canada to wear their Ribbon Skirts and Shirts with pride!
Mary Jane McAllum, a member of Cree First Nation and Manitoba Senator, passed a Bill in 2020 that
declared Jan. 4, 2023, as the first National Ribbon Skirt Day. The federal government shared a
statement, reflecting that “This day is to learn more about and to celebrate Indigenous cultures,
traditions, histories and contributions to Canada."
Ribbon skirts
