Just outside the Badlands, a woman is pushing traditional braiding boundaries.
“Hair is very important to our people,” says Ashley Phelps-Garcia, a jingle dancer and enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. “We were taught, and teach our children, that the hair holds all of our memories. It’s your medicine, your power.” The first person outside of Phelps-Garcia’s family whom she allowed to touch her hair was braider Reanna Ella Gourd .
“Before I start, I will run my hands through the hair just to look at its overall quality. But I’m not just looking at hair health. I can feel how their vibe is. I don't know if that’s a thing, but I can just feel them through my hands, just by touching the hair.” “I took to dancing jingle when I was three,' says Phelps-Garcia, who grew up watching her mother dancing at powwows also. Taylor’s braids were inspired by Italian fashion house Versace.
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