A Lot of Our Traditional Clothing, We Had to Fight to Keep
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Designer Norma Baker–Flying Horse (enrolled citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation) grew up loving toy high heels and secondhand accessories.
Designer Norma Baker–Flying Horse (enrolled citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation) grew up loving toy high heels and secondhand accessories. "I was the most stylish six-year-old on the cattle ranch," she says. This year, Paris Fashion Week featured her work. "To be a Native American designer showing for the Fashion Week Studio was amazing. I felt like a childhood dream had come true." Happy Women's History Month!
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A Lot of Our Traditional Clothing, We Had to Fight to Keep
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Women National Museum of the American Indian
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Our cultural values have been turn over board. Today we have abandoned our culture, and culture is the identity of people. People often…