Delina White (left), a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, created the woman’s skirt seen here. White created the woodland floral-style skirt from velvet. She then decorated it with glass, Japanese, Czech, hex, opaque and translucent beads and embellished it with sequins. “I hope people see that the Indian people of this area have a culture, all Native people do. We seek to have the indigenous qualities from where we live in our artwork. For us here, that happens to be the forest, lakes, trees and flowers.” White was accompanied at the exhibit by family members Sage Davis (far right) and, in a traditional healing jingle dress, Snowy White. Snowy White is a member of an American Indian ritual dance ensemble that came to dance at the exhibition’s opening night event. (Photo by Thomas Vaughn)
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