Native American brands speak to the smallest portion of POC-possessed independent ventures in the US. In any case, Native and First Nations business visionaries are beating the odds to inspire their networks and safeguard the respectability of their craft and culture. Here are 10 Native American fashion and beauty brands that you should shop and support:
Based in California B.Yellowtail is a Native American owned fashion and accessories brand founded by Northern Cheyenne & Crow fashion designer Bethany Yellowtail. B.Yellowtail jewelry and accessories are 100% handmade by a collective of Native American, First Nation, and Indigenous creators who are from Tribal Nations throughout North America.
Lauren Good Day “Good Day Woman” has consistently had an enthusiasm for advancing and renewing expressions of the human experience of her kin while growing new techniques and consolidating novel thoughts. She has been making Native American craftsmanship since age 6. Beginning with beadwork and Tribal formal attire, she at that point extended her work into mediums, for example, quillwork, record drawings, rawhide parfleche, and garments.
ThunderVoice Hat Co. is a Dine (Navajo) native made sustainable hat brand. Each hat is vintage hand-sourced, steamed and made, inventively visioned, and affectionately made. Each hat holds stories, reason, and the expectation that you wear it with satisfaction and significance.
OXDX is a Native American owned business based out of Tempe, Arizona that has some expertise in realistic craftsmanship, screen-printed attire, and cutsew apparel. Owner and designer Jared Yazzie (Diné – Navajo) has been creating work of art since 2009 to expand attention to indigenous issues and to show the excellence of Native culture.
Cheekbone Beauty is an Indigenous-owned and established Canadian makeup organization set up in 2016 by Jennifer Harper. Based out of St. Catharines, Ontario, Cheekbone Beauty is known for making great, cruelty-free makeup.
Trickster Company is an indigenous owned brand established by siblings Rico and Crystal Worlm. Trickester focuses on Northwest Coast workmanship and investigate topics and issues in Native culture and endeavor to speak to a renowned heredity of craftsmanship in new and fiery manners as a festival of Northwest Coast culture as it lives today.
The Indigenous streetwear brand Section 35 was founded in 2016 by Justin Louis in Vancouver, Canada. Section 35 has consistently been tied in with bringing Indigenous culture and way of life into a streetwear brand that engages and unites individuals.
In 2009 Beyond Buckskin was founded by Jessica R. Metcalfe (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) as a site committed to displaying and advancing our landmass’ first artists and unique designers. The orgin story of this boutique is established in certain activism and a craving to impart our societies to the world through design.
SheNative was founded by Devon Fiddler because of her passion for fashion and her ambition. sensitive focus on the symmetric barriers and challenges that Indigenous women often face such as racial profiling.
Not Above was founded by Nanibaa Beck, a second era Dine’ (Navajo) metalsmith. In November 2013, Nanibaa established NotAbove Jewelry. She realized she wanted to pursue jewelry making after a little note to say thanks venture started the thought for the first language neckbands. The hand-sawn minimal gems assortment’s emphasis on Native indigenous dialects captured a novel specialty of local craftsmanship. They were the start of the insightful and purposeful high-quality manifestations that associate with her Dine’ culture.