The April 5 event started with a fashion show and models, along with a vendor and market venue. It also is an opportunity for local designers to show their work.

Good Bird, of Mandaree, said this was how tribes are selling, trading, sporting regalia that was couture.

Good Bird began the event with a small group of local seamstresses who make ribbon skirts, shawls, shirts and other items.

Rochelle Wells, designer and owner of Roots, ran the lights and kept sales going on her creative T- shirts, skirts, shawls and similar items.

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“I was going back and forth on starting a T-shirt business. But I just decided to do what I love and began playing with color and mixing with my culture and I found my way,” Wells said. She encouraged people to get back to the way that makes them happy – find their “Roots.”

Mauryce Demarce, a White Shield student who recently modeled in Paris Fashion Week, said, “I had a great time – loved all the new outfits. I loved that they were made by local designers.”

Good Bird said she is working on putting on another show on Fort Berthold Reservation.

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Bonnie Good Bird

Caseley Rose Wilson

Caseley Rose Wilson

Submitted Photo Eya Nape Fox modeled this shirt in the “Culture’D Couture” show held in White Shield.

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Submitted Photo Mauryce Demarce, a student at White Shield School, was one of the models for “Culture’D Couture.” Recently she was a model at Paris Fashion Week.

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Rochellle Well