The Ribbon Skirt: a Graphic Novel

A joyful coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel by debut Indigenous creator Cameron Mukwa about the journey of a two-spirit kid who wants to create a ribbon skirt for the upcoming powwow. Ten-year-old Anang wants to make a ribbon skirt,a piece of clothing typically worn by women in the Anishinaabe traditionfor an upcoming powwow. Anang is two-spirit and nonbinary and doesn’t know what others will think of them wearing a ribbon skirtbut they’re determined to follow their heart’s desire. Anang sets off to gather the materials needed to make the skirt and turns to those around them — their familytheir human and turtle friendsthe crowsand even the lake itself — for help. And maybe they’ll even find a new confidence within themself along the way.