Native Nations Fashion Night

"Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night" was held on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at The Machine Shop in Minneapolis. The event showcased the life ways of the Yup'ik of Alaska and the Great Lakes Woodlands Anishinaabeg. 
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April 26, 2023 — 12:42pm

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Kimimina Day, 8, stands for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night."

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Veronica Kingbird-Bratvold, of the Red Lake Nation, stands for a portrait wearing fashion designed by artist Lavender Hunt during the "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night."

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Ariahana Schjenken, with the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, stands for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night." Schjenken is wearing designs by artist Lavender Hunt.

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Taylor O'Shea, 15, a student from Deer River High School on the Leech Lake Reservation, sits for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night." O'Shea is part of the Anishinaabe Education Leadership Group and worked on designing and producing apparel with artist Delina White of "IamAnishinaabe."

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Artist Delina White, of IamAnishinaabe, stands for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night."

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Deer River student Anthony Rivera, from Bena on the Leech Lake Reservation, stands for a portrait wearing fashion from artist Yup'ik artist Golga Oscar during the "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night."

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Deer River High School senior Autumn Bunker stands for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night." Bunker is part of the Anishinaabe Education Leadership Group and worked on designing and producing apparel with artist Delina White of "IamAnishinaabe."

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Wiley LaRocque, with the Turtle Mountain Chippewa, stands for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night." LaRocque is wearing designs by artist Lavender Hunt.

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Deer Lake High School student Alyssa Cronin, 17, from the Leech Lake Reservation, stands for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night." Cronin is part of the Anishinaabe Education Leadership Group and worked on designing and producing apparel with artist Delina White of "IamAnishinaabe."

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Ernie Johnson stands for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night." Johnson is wearing apparel by Golga Oscar, a Yup'ik fashion designer from Alaska, who uses seal skin and wolf fur.

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Hannah Gullickson, with the Boise Forte Band of Ojibwe, stands for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night." Gullickson is wearing designs by artist Lavender Hunt.

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Snowy White and Cade Beaulieu stand for a portrait during "Northern Lights: A Native Nations Fashion Night." White's mother and grandmother are two of the fashion designers featured during the show. White is wearing a dress made her mother, Lavender Hunt.

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