Some skirts focus on specific people or moments. Others — like ‘Generations of Healers,’ tell broader, generation\u002Dspanning stories.
“As we’d sit there waiting for the sun, I’d skip stones into the lake,” she recalls. “And one day, my grandmother told me, ‘Every time you throw one of those stones in the lake, you change the whole landscape.’ ”We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
“So I did my skirt with a hawk and four feathers, which symbolized my husband, myself and our two children, with the hawk as our protector and our guide.”Article content “Nancy is outgoing, she’s eccentric, she’s talented, she’s skilled,” says Tretiak. “She is all of those good things. She’s compassionate. She’s a writer. She’s an artist. She is a fabulous teacher and a most wonderful friend.Tretiak recently got married and, when she walked down the aisle, it was in one of Lafleur’s skirts which told a story about her beloved and dearly missed mother.
For the past three years, she has organized a scholarship for an Indigenous woman who has shown great resilience in completing her higher education. “This year, it actually made the difference in the young woman’s life as to whether she was able to attend her convocation or not,” she says. “For me, it’s a few hundred dollars and a skirt. But when I presented her with her money, she told me, ‘Now I have the gas money to go to my convocation. And I have something to wear.’Article contentLafleur also frequently raffles off her skirts to support the causes she cares about.
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