Preserving the beauty of Native American wedding dresses 👏

buck skin dresses could easily go up to $10,000 depending on how much work and how intricate the bead work is to my Ponka people I amuk Nong my given name is Kenna Taylor I an enrolled member of the Ponka nation of Oklahoma I also represent the Cheyenne the ponie and the southern UT every tribe has a different style of dress so these are are southern Cheyenne bck skin dresses Cheyenne dresses traditionally have the strips on them and on the skirt they have curves and those represent the mountains we also have the cones they are to scare away bad spirits creating bugin dresses are extremely hard but it's also really exciting too you can go back into the past that just gives them a sense of Pride knowing that they get to wear their traditional clothing on their special day

Channel: Great Big Story

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Length: 0min 59sec (59 seconds)

Published: Thu May 02 2024