#dene

sa nàı̨hxe łiwe (sunset fish)

Owl Bracelet

Clad in a crisp white dress shirt, Wilbert Antoine, 77, puts the finishing touches on a vest he made.

"It's exhilarating," said Antoine, beaming with pride about his first sewing project.

His thoughts linger on his mother, a master seamstress who made her children moccasins and mitts before they left to residential school.

"It all got taken away," said Antoine. "I'm very, very humbled and grateful to be able to do the things that my mom had made for me."

Antoine is a member of Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. He's taking part in a sewing workshop for men — a first for the community. [...]

Continue Reading.

Birtle Dene Mill complex in the Cheesden Valley, Lancashire, England

A little boy named Amleth

Philipa: he's perfect Odbert: hes strong and so very perfect

Gordon Parks