Fort Qu’Appelle craft store helps Cree designer get his creative groove back – CBC

May 12, 2025

Garth Asham works and creates at Becky’s Place

With more First Nations, Inuit and Métis people wanting to showcase their cultures through fashion, local arts and crafts stores are playing an important role, sometimes even directly supporting artists.

Manager Richard Desnomie’s mom Maria opened Becky’s Place in Fort Qu’Appelle, Sask., about 75 kilometres northeast of Regina, in 2018. Her goal was to provide a place to go for beadwork, ribbon skirt and powwow dance regalia supplies that was Indigenous-owned and local, rather than going to the city or ordering online.

“They’re proud to be Indigenous and they want to show it off in fashion,” said Desnomie, who is from Peepeekisis Cree Nation.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/beckys-place-sask-cree-designer-1.7531313