The Fort Randall Casino hosted the Indigenous Fashion Show on Saturday, May 18th. The Indigenous Fashion Show was a hugely successful event that will hopefully become an annual event. The fashion show had over 370 attendees in the audience not counting the people watching the livestreams. Organizers of the Indigenous Fashion Show were Taira Little and Cecily Rose Engelhart. Cecily was inspired to create this event because she wanted to be able to experience firsthand a fashion show that featured Native American created fashion. Taira’s desire to create this event was that indigenous artistry comes in many different forms and she wanted to be able to showcase that. Cecily’s only incoming experience with fashion was watching Project Runway until sewing her daughter’s jingle dress this past January. This first garment snowballed Cecily into starting her own collection. The Indigenous Fashion Show showcased designers of a wide variety of items including ready to wear clothing, haute couture collections, large scale jewelry sets, beaded hats and much more. Both Cecily and Taira wanted this fashion show to inspire and uplift young people in the community and show them that there are so many possibilities out there. The fashion show was meant to honor those affected by, while also bringing attention to, MMIW. They honor, respect and remember MMIW and their loved ones. Designers were: Beth Drapeau, Taino Suerte by Kirstie Mattos, Jamie Saunsoci, Jordan Marie Drapeau, Miye by Alysha Crazy Thunder, Taira Little, Wicked Illusions by Christian Garcia, HarmoneyStar Straub, Rosie Matho by Cecily Engelhart with jewelry by Tara Rouillard, Sno Inc by Snowy Pretends Eagle. Photos by Barb Pechous.