When Maria Hawkins saw a video online of a woman wearing her saree while skiing, she was immediately impressed, and knew she wanted to snowboard in her ribbon skirt.
Hawkins is Chippewa Cree from Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana, and lives in Boseman, Mont. She reached out to Divya Maiya, who lives in Minnesota, to see if she wouldn’t mind if she re-created the video of her skiing.
Divya was surprised and happy to hear from her. The two decided to meet up in person at the slopes in Montana to collaborate on a video last month.
Hawkins says she hopes
