Disa Tootoosis Reds

I'm loving these designs by Disa Tootoosis that incorporate lots of deep reds - beautiful colors for autumn! Photos taken at North Battleford, SK, Canada.

Michelle Thrush Wears a Disa Tootoosis Dress to the Geminis

Canadian actress Michelle Thrush wore a Disa Tootoosis dress as she picked up her trophy at the Gemini Awards on September 7, 2011.

Thrush won the Best Actress in a Drama prize for her role as an alcoholic mother living on the fictional Blackstone Indian reserve, and the star used her acceptance speech to remember her late Blackstone co-star Gordon Tootoosis, who passed away recently in July.

She told the audience at the ceremony in Toronto, Canada, "About 23 years ago when I began acting, there weren't a lot of brown faces on television and Gordon was one of a handful. He urged me as a teenager to get into acting."

The Gemini Awards have been annually recognizing and celebrating excellence in Canadian English-language television since 1986.

See her acceptance speech by clicking here.

Video | Disa Tootoosis Photo Shoot

Here's a short video clip of a photo shoot with photographer Tyson Anderson and model Lisa Muswagon of Native Model Studio Canada wearing a dress by First Nations designer Disa Tootoosis.