Support the Lakota Culture

Jingle Dresses

Please donate any of the following items to be used to make jingle dresses for traditional dances and dance competitions.

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• Two yard pieces of fabric (any bright solid color in satin or satin-like, shiny fabric)
• One-half yard or larger pieces of contrasting fabric for special designs (lame, metallic, or other shiny, bright or decorative fabric)
• Double fold bias tape (any color, 5 pkgs. per dress)
• Single-fold bias tape (any color, 2 pkgs. per dress)
• Extra-wide double-fold bias tape (any color, 2 pkgs. per dress)
• Rick Rack (any type, any color)
• Poly Cotton Thread (any color)
• Straight Pins
• Fiskars Softouch Scissors, Left/Right Hand, 8 Inches
• Fiskars Short Cut Razor-Edge Snips
• Seam Rippers
• Jingle cones, silver or gold, any size – toddler, children’s or regular (Each dress requires 150-300 jingle cones, depending on the design)

Please send your jingle dress donations via

UPS/FedEx:*

Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772-3027

U.S. Mail:

Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772-3027

Beading

Please donate any of the following items to be used to teach students traditional beading techniques.

• Seed Beads, any color in sizes 9, 10, 11
• Crow beads, any size, any color
• Bugle beads
• Earring wires
• Beading Needles Size 10 and 11
• Beading Thread Bobbin Size D
• Soft leather scraps

Please send your beading supplies donations via

UPS/FedEx:*

Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772-3027

U.S. Mail:

Alice Phelps, Director
First Families Now
2900 BIA 27
Porcupine, SD 57772-3027

 

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