Parfleche Silk Scarf Ryan Young reflecting the foods and medicines

reflecting the foods and medicines of the community

“Growing up in the powwow circle

" shares David

and Blackfeet/Piikani artist and Inspired Natives® Collaborator John Isaiah Pepion has brought butterflies to rest on his beautiful silk twill scarf

Parfleche Silk Scarf Ryan Young reflecting the foods and medicines"This design pays tribute to the Indigenous people of western North America, especially the Plains women who have traditionally been the makers and painters of our beautiful parfleche designs," shares Piikani Blackfeet artist John Isaiah Pepion of his Parfleche Silk Scarf. John has taken the geometric designs traditional to parflechedecorated rawhide containers used by Plains tribesand combined them with contemporary colors for a beautifully bold