Handmade Ribbon Skirts, Traditional Accessories, and Health & Wellness

My online shop started with handmade ribbon skirts, created with love and culture.I want this space to hold more than just clothing. Our items carry meaning, family teachings, and the way we stay connected to who we are. Everything here is made or chosen with respect for our traditions.

I am also adding accessories and supplies that go with ribbon skirts, regalia, and daily wear. this includes beaded pieces, hair ties, ribbons, fabric, and other handmade cultural items. Later on, I will also be offering Health & Wellness items like lotions, salves, creams, tinctures, natural body products, and plant-based wellness beverages. These items will be made with gentle ingredients and guided by traditional knowledge of healing.

This shop is about keeping our culture alive and close. when we create, wear, and use these items, we carry our teachings with us. I hope these pieces help you feel supported, grounded, and proud of who you are. Thank you for supporting Native woman-owned business.

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About Me

My name is Sunny R. Hall, an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation from New Town, North Dakota. A proud single mother of three daughters, they are the heart behind my work.

My background includes being a Registered Nurse, holding a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Currently enrolled in the Doctor of Nursing Practice / Family Nurse Practitioner (DNP/FNP) program at the University of North Dakota, my goal is to integrate health and wellness into my business in a way that honors culture, balance, and community healing.

Sewing began as necessity and has grown into a passion. Each ribbon skirt, t-dress, jingle dress and accessory is handmade with care, cultural respect, and intention. My work is meant to help others feel connected to identity, tradition, and pride.

Thank you for supporting this Native woman-owned business. When you wear one of my pieces, you carry tradition, strength, and love.

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Bears Teeth (Arikara)

I am a direct descendant of Bears Teeth, an Arikara chief and medicine man known for his ability to call in the rain when times were hard. The story of his ceremony has been told by many, who shared it publicly to honor this powerful part of our history. What follows is my retelling of that story, shared with deep respect and gratitude to my great-great-grandfather and to the spirits he honored.

Long ago, during a time of drought, a woman came to Bears Teeth asking for rain to save her crops. He agreed to hold a ceremony. Inside the lodge, sacred items were placed upon the altar, gourds, a flint stone, and a skunk skin. The smoke from the fire carried their prayers upward. The singing began and continued through the night as they called to the spirits of the west for help.

By morning, Bears Teeth brought out his black pony and painted red lightning marks on its body, on its hips, shoulders, ears, and tail, symbolizing the horses of the spirits who carried the storm. Songs were sung about the rain traveling across the land, through hills and valleys, and over the Missouri River. Though the sky was still clear, he kept saying, “The rainstorm is coming.”

Before sundown, clouds gathered in the west. Thunder rolled, lightning struck, and heavy rain fell across the valley, just as he had said. When the rain finally slowed, Bears Teeth rode through the village singing a song of thanks, a victory for the spirits who had listened. He offered tobacco and food to the gods in gratitude and reminded the people that rain is a sacred gift, one that requires belief, prayer, and humility.

Bears Teeth said, “We old people must remember the spirits and pray to them until we are gone. When we are no more, the young ones can have their own ways.”

This story reminds us of the power of ceremony, respect for the spirits, and the strength of our people.