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RCMP ribbon skirt initiative continues to draw mixed reviews

RCMP ribbon skirt initiative continues to draw mixed reviews

CBC
Saturday, May 25, 2024 12:58 PM GMT

The national police force is expanding its ceremonial uniform dress code, adding ribbon skirts as an option for Indigenous women and two-spirit employees. It's a decision that has been met with a range of public feedback, from enthusiasm to criticism. 

The RCMP announced the initiative on Wednesday with a photo featuring a headless Mountie wearing a ribbon skirt featuring the colours yellow, red, blue and white — meant to represent both the four directions and the RCMP colours. 

The traditional skirts have different meanings for each person who wears them, but for many, the skirt is a symbol of resilience.

Knowledge Keeper and residential school survivor Judy Pelly was moved to tears when she saw the news. In 2020, Pelly's grand-daughter, Isabella Kulak, was shamed by a staff member at her school for wearing a ribbon skirt, an incident that garnered international attention.

Pelly said the RCMP ribbon skirt is a positive step forward to celebrating Indigenous women and reconciliation. 

"It's so heartwarming," said Pelly, an Anishinaabe woman from Cote First Nation. 

"[Ribbon skirts] mean a lot to us. They're our connection to Mother Earth, our connection to being the foundation of our communities, and also women stepping up and being proud of who they are." 

Others doubt the RCMP's intentions are sincere. 

"A lot of people out there are very upset because of the colonial history of the RCMP, what they've done to us as a people, and now here they are again, colonizing our identity, what we choose to wear," said Jessica Gordon, who is the director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation for YWCA Canada and a member of the Pasqua First Nation.

Gordon said the RCMP is displaying the ribbon skirt initiative like an act of reconciliation, but she feels it is performative. 

"Throwing a few ribbons on a skirt — it's not really getting to the root causes of colonialism and what they have to do to repair those relationships." 

The RCMP said, in a written statement, that the ribbon skirt initiative came from the Women's Indigenous Network, which is an employee-led, force-wide network for RCMP Indigenous women and two-spirit employees. 

But Gordon criticized the RCMP's approach to the uniform ribbon skirt, saying it lacks individuality and uniqueness. 

"I think if [RCMP] want to show their Indigenous members that they want to hear them — and they want to be able to show their pride and who they are as Indigenous people —  they should allow them to wear their own skirts made by themselves or their family members, something that means something to them," Gordon said. 

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