Each of the jingles crafted for this dress represent a prayer intention to the Creator. Part of the dress worn by Indigenous dancer Leslee Jane Picton. As part of a dance at a church honouring Orange Shirt Day — www.orangeshirtday.org — perhaps the various jingles could said, in this case, to represent the thousands of Indigenous children forced to attend religious residential schools by the Canadian government for almost a century in a sorry attempt to eradicate First Nations rich heritage. But the traditions are returning as the chants & prayers of the Indigenous people are heard by their Creator.
