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Shop Native This Holiday Season

If you’re looking for distinctive gifts for the holiday season and beyond, you’ll find a treasure trove of unique and hand-crafted items from Native artisans, both independently and at tribally owned museums and cultural centers around the country.

Below are just a few of of our favorite items on sale now. (Please note, because many of these items are one-of-a-kind, AIANTA makes no promise they’ll still be available when you’re ready to shop. But feel free to click the links below each item to search all these online stores at your leisure.)

Independent Artisans

The artisans listed below partnered with AIANTA during our 21st annual Amrican Indian Tourism Conference. If you’d like to be featured on this page, please reach out to sbowman@aianta.org to be included in our outreach for next year’s conference.

Blue Dot Beadwork

Seattle Kraken | Holiday Ornament | Native American Made | Indigenized Yule Tide
Handmade item, crafted from glass, is 4.7 inches long. ($25)

Blue Dot Beadwork
Cynthia Masterson (Comanche)
Ballard (Seattle), Washington
www.bluedotbeadwork.com

MoonHawkArt

Indian Paintbrush Flowers on a Decorative Tile
Oklahoma native wildflowers, sublimated onto a decorative tile with a dark blue background,

MoonHawkArt
John & MaryBeth Timothy (Muscogee/Cherokee)

Muscogee, Oklahoma

www.moonhawkart.com

Prudy Correa

Nativity Scene
Nativity scene is made with natural earth clay and paints.
4″ x 2″ — $245

Prudy Correa

(Pueblo of Acoma)

Acomita, New Mexico

www.prudycorrea.com

Native Food Products

Bedré Fine Chocolates

Chocolate Delight Gift Basket
The perfect basket dedicated to our milk chocolate lovers. Treat your family and friends to our Chocolate Delight Gift Basket this holiday season. Includes: Peanut Butter Melts, Dark Chocolate Crisps, Milk Chocolate Pecan Sensations, White Fudge Twists, Premium Dark Chocolate Sauce, Assorted Chocolate Bars.
($45.99)

Bedré’s Fine Chocolates
(Chickasaw Nation)
Davis, Oklahoma
bedrechocolates.com

Bow & Arrow Brand

Bow & Arrow Brand Gift Mug
Includes 2 gift bags of non-GMO cornmeal in your choice of white, yellow, or blue as well as a spatula and a delicious recipes.

Bow & Arrow Brand
(Ute Mountain Ute Tribe)
Towaco, Colorado
bowandarrowbrand.com

Ioway Bee Farm

Large Gift Basket
This large gift basket of honey products includes Honey Sticks, Lotion Bar, Lip Balm, Beeswax candles, Honey Bears and Creamed Honey. ($50)

Ioway Bee Farm
(Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska)
White Cloud, Kansas
iowaybeefarm.com

Passamaquoddy Maple Syrup

Log Cabin-Shaped Maple Syrup
This famous collectors tin features Walter Cronkite’s grandchildren pictured in a classic cabin scene. This collectors tin is filled with our delicious Pure Maine Maple Syrup ($10.95)

Passamaquoddy Maple Syrup
(Passamaquoddy Tribe)
Jackman, Maine
passamaquoddymaple.com

Séka Hills

Séka Hills Create Your Own Gift Box
Looking for that unique culinary gift for a special occasion? Whether it is for a hostess gift, college graduation, birthdays, weddings, or celebrations, give the tastes of Séka Hills by creating your personalized gift box. You choose the combination best suited for your gift giving needs. We will package it in a festive gift box and include a gift card. Explore our offerings and begin by selecting one item and building around it. (Price Varies)

Séka Hills
(Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation)
Brooks, California
sekahills.com

Tanka

Tanka Apple Orange Peel Gift Box
The Tanka Apple Orange Peel Gift Box features prairie-raised buffalo meat and tart-sweet cranberries combined with apples and orange peel. The crisp sweet apples and the tang of orange peel give the slow-smoked Buffalo a great citrus kick to Tanka Bars, Bites and Sticks. Tanka products are deliciously perfect for every lifestyle. ($59.99)

Tanka
(Lakota, Shawnee, Delaware)
Kyle, South Dakota
tankabar.com

White Earth Wild Rice

Large Birch Bark Winnowing Tray
This decorative, hand-crafted large winnowing tray was made by a local artist and is made with birch bark and basswood root. Be sure to order some wild rice, honey and maple sure as well to customize your gift basket creation. ($26)

White Earth Wild Rice
(White Earth Nation)
White Earth, Minnesota
realwildrice.com

Wahpepah’s Kitchen

Chocolate Chokecherries Bar
Vegan & Gluten Free
3 bars per box. ($18)

Chef Crystal Wahpepah/Wahpehpah’s Kitchen
(Kickapoo Nation)
Oakland, California
wahpepahskitchen.com

SweetGrass Trading Company

Wild Rice Pancake Mix

This nutty blend of all natural whole grain wild rice flour and wheat flour makes for flavorful pancakes that pair well with syrups like all natural chokecherry and maple. Or drizzle honey for a delicious breakfast. ($9.99)

SweetGrass Trading Company
(Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska)
Winnebago, Nebraska
www.sweetgrasstradingco.com

Museums & Cultural Centers

Ah-Tah-Thi Ki Museum Store

Totem Pole Ornament

Totem Poles are made by the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. Carved from giant trees, each is a beautiful piece of artwork and tells a story. Consisting of animal “totems,” or symbols, standing upon each other, the poles also tell of the tribe’s status and history. So why a Totem Pole at a Seminole Museum? In the early 20th century these distinctively Pacific Northwest icons appeared in Seminole tourist camps giving the tourists what they wanted, expected, to see from Native Americans. ($22.99)

Ah-Tah-Thi Ki Museum Store
(Seminole Tribe of Florida)
Clewiston, Florida
seminole-store.com

Alutiiq Museum Store

Petroglyph Blanket "Family Reunion"

The Alutiiq Museum has debuted three new blankets featuring a similar petroglyph pattern drawn from the museum logo. The pattern celebrates a family reunion after a long separation and all blankets have the color scheme of black, white, and red – traditional colors of the Alutiiq people. The woven blanket is available as a lap blanket (37″ X 52″) while the fleece blanket is available as either a baby blanket (30″ X 40″) or as a throw blanket (50″ X 60″). ($55)

Alutiiq Museum Store
(Kodiak Alutiiq)
Kodiak, Alaska

alutiiqmuseumstore.org

Catawba Cultural Preservation Project

Catawba Vase by Caroleen Sanders

This is an original handcrafted pot by Catawba master potter, Caroleen Sanders, using the traditional Catawba pottery methods that have been passed down for many generations. The piece features a lizard slithering up the side, and a frog peering over the brim in a wide variety of browns and blacks due to the traditional method in which they were made. The dimensions of this piece are approximately 8 1/2″ X 7″ and would make a perfect gift for avid collectors. $650.

Catawba Cultural Preservation Project
(Catawba Indian Nation)
Rock Hill, South Carolina
catawbaindiancrafts.com

Citizen Potawatomi Gift Shop

Turquoise and White Shell Necklace

Beautiful necklace complete with turquoise round beads and white natural shell shaped beads, perfect for all occasions. Length 12 inches. ($60)

Citizen Potawatomi Gift Shop
(Citizen Potawatomi Nation)
Shawnee, Oklahmoma
potawatomi.org

Cherokee Nation Gift Shop

Cherokee Baskets with Mat

Miniature double-wall, lidded baskets with mat set by Cherokee artist Teresa Million, daughter of Bessie Russell. Honeysuckle, 5 piece set. Approx. 4 1/4″ x 2″ ($125)

Cherokee Nation Gift Shop
(Cherokee Nation)
Catoosa, Tahlequah, Tulsa, Oklahoma
shop.visitcherokeenation.com

Donzia Gift Shop

Cedar Bag w/ Eagle

This beaded bag 13″ x 8″ is produced by artisans from Shoshone-Bannock tribe, considered to be among the finest producers of beadwork in North America. ($520)

Donzia Gift Shop
(Shoshone-Bannock Tribes)
Fort Hall, Idaho
donzia-gift-shop.myshopify.com/

The Heritage Center (Red Cloud Indian School)

Mato Rattle

This authentic rattle handcrafted by local artist, John Clifford, features beautiful beadwork and depicts a bear on the handle. This piece will make a perfect addition to any household. Use it as a conversation starter, or for dance, either way, this is a must have.

The Heritage Center (Red Cloud Indian School)
(Lakota)
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
redcloudschool.shop

Icy Strait Point

Canned Sockeye Salmon

This private-label, canned sockeye salmon is shipped directly from Icy Strait Point in Hoonah, Alaska.

Icy Strait Point Gift Shop
(Sitka Tribe of Alaska)
Hoonah, Alaska
icystraitpoint.com

Ilanka Cultural Center

Whale Bone Fisherman Carving

Fisherman carving, made out of Ivory whale bone. ($300)

Ilanka Cultural Center
(Native Village of Eyak)
Cordova, Alaska
ilankaculturalcenter.com

Indian Pueblo Store

Elizabeth and Marcellus Medina Rain Bird Spring Planting Vase

Clay pottery handcrafted by Elizabeth and Marcellus Medina showcasing their talent as master potters of the Zia Pueblo. This exquisite piece comes to life using traditional methods of gathering and processing natural clay, vegetal and mineral paints, and through traditional firing methods. The Medinas work in the traditional polychrome style that Zia Pueblo is known for and add highly detailed and meaningful designs which shares the cultural heritage of the couple.

Indian Pueblo Store
(19 Pueblos of New Mexico)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
indianpueblostore.com

Iolani Palace Shop

Kolea and the King's Crown

Kolea, the beloved Pacific Golden Plover, once agian reveals a little known fact of Hawaiian History. In this book, we learn the secret of the Royal Crowns of Hawaii that are preserved in Honolulu’s Iolani Palace. Young readers will enjoy traveling with King Kalakaua on his historic 1881 World Tour. Although this story is based on historic accounts, Kolea takes some liberties where the facts are unknown, such as how the kukui nuts actually became part of the Royal Crowns. The typeface chosen to reflect the Victorian Era in which this story takes place. As in “Kolea and the Chief’s Cloak”, the author uses vocabulary designed to challenge readers ages 6 to 12. This beautifully illustrated book contains a strong message for any age, “An object’s true value is determined not by its rarity and brilliance, but by the contribution it makes to our lives.” ($16.95)

Iolani Palace Shop
(Native Hawaiian)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Iolani Palace Shop

“Keepers” Gift Shop

Peyote Beaded Dance Stick

These one-of-a-kind beaded dance sticks are made by Mike Allen, a Mohawk, who lives on the Big Island in Hawaii. Each dance stick i-s a prayer for the owner. Please call before ordering so the shop can describe what they have in stock and send pictures.

“Keepers” Gift Shop
Online shop for Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers
Pipestone, Minnesota
pipekeepers.org

Malki Museum Shop

Lost Copper

Poetry book by Wendy Rose published by the Malki-Museum Press (1969). ($15.95)

Malki Museum Shop
(California Indian Tribes; Cahuilla Indians)
Banning, California
malkimuseum.org

Mille Lacs Indian Museum & Trading Post

Porcupine Quill Box

Exquisite craftsmanship and exuberant decorative details are the hallmarks of the quill basketry of Melvin Losh, a noted Native American artist and lifelong member of the Leech Lake Band on the Leech Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Minnesota. He has lived all 60 years of his life on the reservation where he first started his bead and quill work 35 years ago. While most of his pieces are proudly displayed in private collections, a few are on public display in The Minnesota Historical Society, The Plains Art Museum and The Smithsonian Institute. Melvin is one of only a handful of artists in the U.S. today specializing in quill basket design.

Mille Lacs Indian Museum & Trading Post
(Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe)
Onamia, Minnesota
(Online shop operated by the Minnesota Historical Society)
shop.mnhs.org

Sealaska Heritage Institute Store

Moccasins- J. Dangeli, Elk Hide, Beaver Fur, & Beads

Native Alaskan handmade moccasins made of hide and fur in various styles by Tsimshian/Nisga’a/Tsetuat artist Jayne Dangeli. ($300)

Sealaska Heritage Institute Store
(Southeast Alaska Native)
Juneau, Alaska
sealaska-heritage-store.myshopify.com

Seminole Nation Museum Store

Copper Triple Gorget

Mini triple copper gorget by metalsmith Charley Johnson. Measures approximately 4″ from top of top gorget to bottom of bottom gorget. 20″ chain length. Perfect size for any young warrior. ($79.95)

Seminole Nation Museum Store
(Seminole Nation)
Wewoka, Oklahoma
seminolenationmuseum.org

Shop Seneca Iroquois National Museum

Baby Girl Beaded Moccasins

These special baby girl beaded moccasins. are a great gift for your special baby girl. These moccasins feature beaded flowers and beaded edging. These are great for special photos, go great with regalia or simply to keep your babies feet warm.

Shop Seneca Iroquois National Museum
(Seneca Nation of Indians)
Salamanca, New York
shop.senecamuseum.org

Shawnee Tribe Cultural Center

Pink Wool Bag

Rainbow Circle Beaded Earrings by Kim Garcia (Wyandotte). ($49.50)

Shawnee Cultural Center
(Shawnee Tribe)
Miami, Oklahoma
www.shawneeculture.org/

Tamástslikt Cultural Institute

Pendleton Quail Plume Blanket

This is the newest exclusive blanket from the Tamástslikt Museum Store, manufactured by the Pendleton Woolen Mills. The design features the mountain quail top knot or plume decorating rows of diamonds in bands. This blanket was produced in black and white. ($325)

Tamástslikt Cultural Institute
(Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla Tribes)
Pendleton, Oregon
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute

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