Native American-Owned Businesses for
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If you’d like to show your support to the Indigenous community and Native American-owned businesses, buying their authentic, handmade products helps the business and the people they employ. Many owners and artisans behind the brands love to infuse the history of their individual cultures in the products they make, design and sell, while also giving back to the communities where they grew up or currently live — or both.
These super cool Native American-owned brands or Native American allies fly under the radar and aren’t always on shelves at big-box stores. That’s why we’re highlighting their amazing stores — and their unique and creative products. When you want authentic Native American products that also promote positive social change, these Indigenous-owned shops are a great place to start.
We’ll continue updating regularly, so check back. If your favorite Native American brand or brand ally isn’t mentioned, let us know because we’d love to add them.
Native American Brands: Beauty
3Ps In a Pod
This women-owned Indigenous brand sells all-natural handmade soaps, body care, shower steamers, sinus balms and more, sourced with organic oils and sustainable ingredients.
You won’t find any products that are tested on animals (yay!) or contain animal fats.
Ah-Shi Beauty
Ah-Shí Beauty, which means “this is my beauty,” is a clean beauty brand owned by Ahsaki LaFrance-Chachere of the Navajo tribe.
The brand creates beauty products using scientific research to deliver the right skin care and cosmetics for their customers’ specific needs.
Bison Star Naturals
Bison Star Naturals is a small family business in Taos, New Mexico, selling organic, local and naturally sourced soaps, body care lotions and salts.
Their products have essential oils and are made without animal ingredients, perfumes or artificial dyes.
Cheekbone Beauty
Cheekbone Beauty is an Indigenous-owned cosmetics brand based in Canada.
It creates cruelty-free products, including a SUSTAIN line of lipsticks and eye pencils, Warrior Women liquid lipsticks and other products with a low environmental impact and maximum wearability.
Indigenous Cosmetics
Indigenous Cosmetics from Denver, Colorado, specializes in beauty products for richer skin tones.
The customized formulas are made in small batches and handcrafted, ensuring the ingredients and colors are the perfect blends.
Sequoia Soaps
Sequoia Soaps offers products that are sustainable and made with ingredients that are ethically sourced.
From canoe candles to bath bombs you swear you can smell through the computer screen, Sequoia Soaps is the Native American source for natural beauty.
Native American Brands: Fashion
B. YELLOWTAIL
This inclusive Indigenous-designed brand sells contemporary apparel, jewelry, beauty products and accessories.
It has a special collective section featuring other Native American creators and frequently collaborates with Crate & Barrel, The MET, The Field Museum, Faherty Brand stores.
Faherty
This family business focuses on sustainability with 77% of its apparel containing sustainable fibers.
Faherty sells authentic Native American blankets, dusters and more by frequently collaborating with brands, like the Faherty x B. YELLOWTAIL Collective.
Ginew
Ginew is a Native Americana brand, fusing Native American styles into their clothing and accessories along with their family symbols and teachings.
JAMIE OKUMA
Specializing in one-of-a-kind pieces, Jamie Okuma designs ready to wear fashion, including wearable art collections.
Okuma has also produced album covers for Lynyrd Skynyrd and Cher.
Kraff’s
On the Yakama Indian Reservation, Kraff’s has been a staple for its selection of Native American and Western-inspired clothing, accessories, footwear, Southwestern-style rugs and Pendleton wool blankets made into custom-made garments.
ThunderVoice Hat Co.
If you’re looking for an authentic Iconic Navajo Brim, you’ve come to the right place.
ThunderVoice Hat Co. carries vintage hand-sourced and lovingly made hats that are steamed, shaped and creatively visioned.
Urban Native Era
Urban Native Era (UNE) prioritizes “a better life for Indigenous people around the world.”
From an activist page on Facebook in 2013 to a full-on brand through, UNE offers sustainable fashion, accessories and a 10-piece inclusive, eco-conscious Sovereign Collection.
Native American Brands: Food + Gifts
Bedre Fine Chocolate
As the only Native American brand of fine chocolate, its cultural passion goes into every rich morsel of the yummy milk chocolates, white fudge bark and dark chocolate premium sauce.
Ioway Bee Farm
Since 2017, Ioway Bee Farm has been turning honey into creamed honey, scented lotion bars, beeswax candles and bee lip balm, to name a few.
The thing that sets Ioway’s honey apart is the diverse plant life the bees have access to, including sweet clover, wildflowers and different varieties of trees.
Red Lake Nation Foods
This Native American-owned company produces unique specialty products from northern Minnesota, which represent their strong cultural heritage.
You’ll find wild rice products, herbal teas and organic coffees, gourmet snacks and more.
Native American Brands: Footwear
Manitobah Mukluks
This Indigenous-owned brand specializes in the original winter boot of Canada — adorable and cozy handmade moccasins and boots for women, men and kids.
Check out The Storyboot Project designed by elders and artisans the traditional way.
TPMOCS
TPMOCS specializes in handcrafted moccasins for kids and babies, blending cultural traditions with a modern design.
Don’t see a design that speaks to you? Then create your own and make them look any way you want.
Native American Brands: Home
Eighth Generation
This Seattle-based brand specializes in art and lifestyle products, including wool blankets, textiles, jewelry and art.
Eighth Generation has an artist-centric approach selling only 100% Native-designed products.
Indigo Arrows
Anishinaabe interior designer Destiny Seymour reflects her rich Indigenous culture through Indigo Arrows.
Everything is made in small batches — handmade table linens, pillows and quilts — bringing back patterns found in Seymour’s ancestral pottery and bone tools.
Trickster Company
Trickster Company offers Indigenous designs that represent their deep heritage.
Started by two Native American siblings, Trickster’s unique products, which include basketballs, yoga mats and super cool skateboards, express each designer’s own personal story.
Native American Brands: Jewelry + Handbags
Ataumbi Metals
Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ataumbi Metals isn’t your average jewelry store.
The wearable art features uber unique designs you literally won’t find anywhere else.
Beyond Buckskin Boutique
Since 2009, Beyond Buckskin has been a platform for showcasing Native American artists and designers.
The brand sells authentic moccasins, blankets, rings, T-shirts and unique fashion collections.
Copper Canoe Woman
Vina Brown, who was inspired by “elements drawn from the land and sea,” began Copper Canoe Woman to sell affordable handmade jewelry.
Her Indigenous statement jewelry is so unique, we guarantee you won’t find anything like it anywhere.
Etkie
This New Mexico-based jewelry brand invests in Native American women by sharing their talent with the world.
Etkie specializes in gorgeous hand-beaded cuffs featured in countless fashion magazines, including Vogue and Elle.
Kotah Bear
At Kotah Bear, you’ll find handcrafted jewelry made by Native American artisans.
Every product, including blankets, pottery and belts, helps support the artisans and their Indigenous communities.
SheNative
If you’re looking for truly gorgeous leather handbags, accessories and sustainable apparel, you’ve come to the right place. SheNative designs are inspired by cultural teachings and positive values passed down for generations.
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