“3 Generations Circle Dance in ledger style depicts three women wearing ribbon skirts and holding hands in Great Circle”

Earrings by Amy Valentine – Tulaaan Tlaa

Do earrings hold particular meaning for you or your family or culture?

“Yes. Materials, colors, designs, etc…carry meaning that‘s silently communicated to others. It‘s a simple but effective way to carry our identities as we move through our colonized worlds.”

Are earrings gifted or passed down in your family or community?

“Yes. Gifts for strength, expressions of love, passing down important pieces w/in family. Sometimes for events, usually when the spirit moves us to.”

How were your ears pierced?

“As a small child at the local hair salon in our small town. It made me feel like a woman, like my mom, like I could also wear carved silver and fur, and that I had a traditional way for bad things to exit my body.”

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