By Michael Oleksyn, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Prince Albert Daily Herald The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division is celebrating their fifth annual Ribbon Skirt/Ribbon Shirt Day on Friday. In December of 2020, 10-year-old Isabella Kulak, who is a member of Cote First Nation, wore a ribbon skirt to a formal day at school in Kamsack. During the formal day Kulak was told that her skirt and other dress was not considered formal. The Good Spirit School Division eventually apologized for what her father called a ‘racially motivated comment.’ Theresa Thorsen, an Indigenous Perspectives Consultant for Sask Rivers, said the the fifth annual Ribbon Skirt/Ribbon Shirt Day is traditionally held on March 8 but is being celebrated on Friday because March 8 is a Saturday. “It began around the same year and…
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