this is a great time of year to buy from native stores or donate to native organizations. you can figure out who’s land you’re on here, and below i’ve listed some (of many) businesses you can support ♡
B.Yellowtail — jewlery, clothing, and home goods designed by Bethany Yellowtail, citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation and from the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation
Cheekbone Beauty — sustainable, low-waste beauty products from Jenn Harper, an Anishinaabe artist based in Canada
Trickster — atheletic products from Tlingit and Deg Hit’an Athabascan siblings (Alaska)
NativeHumboldt on Etsy — the artist, Shayna McCullough, and their fiancé make designs inspired by traditional designs from their culture; she is from the Yurok tribe and descended from the Hupa, Karuk, Redwood Creek, Pit River, Yuki, Wintun, Pomo (tribes in California), and Chetco tribe (in Oregon)
OklahomaThirtyNine on Etsy — they mostly sell beaded work, particularly earrings, as well as some necklaces
My favorite shoes in the winter are my Manitobah mukluks, which are Metis-owned and participate heavily in community initiatives with other indigenous nations to train and support artists. They also partner regularly with artists from other nations on their shoes to create custom editions. Currently they are collaborating with Rosa Scribe (Cree), Janae Grass (Sac & Fox),Atheana Picha (Salish), and Melissa Peter-Paul (Mi'kmaw). They also host an indigenous market that showcases and promotes indigenous artists.
Plus they’re warm as hell and the sheepskin lining means I don’t have to wear socks, which is extremely nice sensory comfort. So that’s nice as well.
Eighth Generation (Snoqualmie Tribe) has some beautiful stuff - I’ve bought a huge beautiful beach towel and cool socks from them personally, but they have jewelry, art, housewares, lots of great work.
image is one of my favourite blankets from Eighth Generation
Beam Paints — watercolour paints by Anong Migwans Bean, M'Chigeeng First Nation (located in Ontario), who was taught to harvest pigments by their parents ((recommended by @airbenderinalbion))
Beyond Buckskin — created by Jessica Metcalfe, who is Turtle Mountian Chippewa, they feature and sell works such as moccasins, jewelry, clothing, and blankets from over 40 artists — featured is a beaded Yakima Plateau bag ((recommended by @sassytail))
Haipažaža Pĥežuta — a couple, Lakota and Dakota, from Ocheti Sakowin Tha Makhoche (Sioux Nation) who make soaps, shampoo bars, bath and body products, salves, & more herbal products, incorporating traditional knowledge and using minimal packaging + natural ingredients ((recommended by @wittywallflower))
Sequoia Soaps — soaps, candles, lotions, body mists and body scrubs, founded by Michaelee Lazore, who is Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Akwesáhsne and Northern Paiute (in Nevada) ((recommended by @trialofasphodel))
a couple new additions:
Only Child Handicrafts — beadwork created by a 30-year-old beadworker, which they learned while growing up near the Great Lakes from the Anishinaabe; their paternal family is Ojibwe from Fort William First Nation & their patterns are both based on traditional patterns & contemporary ((recommended by @fruityshirts))
Sage & Oats Trading Post — based in Montana, but selling products from native artists across the country, including beadwork, candles, foodstuffs, books, textiles, jewelry, & so much more ((recommended by @samwisegamgeeee))
Sea Wisdom Design — jewelry by łlilawikw (“gatherer of the people”), who is Kwakwaka’wakw, from the Pacific Northwest, whose beautiful historical designs are featured in her art ((recommended by @fruityshirts))
middle picture: blanket made by Rachel Twoteeth Pichardo, a Little Shell artist from North Carolina
It’s not a small creator, but Prados Beauty is indigenous-owned and partners with indigenous designers. They’re pretty mainstream now but I’ve only heard good things about their corporate practices.
Thunderbird Skin — skincare made Mooretown Rancheria Maidu women from Northern California, who now live in the UK. they also make products specifically for eczema & psoriasis & have trial sizes of nearly all their products ((recommended by @a-wild-haggis))
Mistahiminis Beadwork — beautiful art, beaded earrings & embroidery works & sewn bags, made by a nonbinary Nehiyawak (Cree) beadworker in Canada ((recommended by @thymeforeverything))
Choke Cherry Creek — clothing created by Angela Ikūalasaash (“persistence”), a Apsáalooke (Crow) & Pikuni (Blackfeet) woman who incorporates symbols from her heritage into her work ((recommended by @alcidesire))
Good Medicine Clothing — an Apsáalooke-owned (Crow Nation) clothing store, founded by a Native American dancer & hip hop artist (his music links here) ((recommended by @alcidesire))
The Wandering Bull — they carry a huge variety of pow-wow supplies & whatever anyone might need to make their own pieces ((recommended by @lugarn))
Medicine Man Crafts — goods made by people on/near the Eastern band Tsalagi Nation (Cherokee), such as traditional baskets & jewelry, craft supplies, masks & pottery, & so much more ((recommended by @lugarn))
If you’re a reader, look out for books like To Shape A Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Seaconck Wampanoag, @moniquill) and A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache). There are way too many other books to name here but the former was my favorite book of the year the year it came out, and I’m reading the latter now!
“2 million liters of fresh and clean water delivered in North Gaza since mid-June! Today, we are glad to share with you that we reached a new remarkable milestone in North Gaza of delivering 2 million liters of fresh water. That is the equivalent 666,667 3-liter drinking portions of water OR 4 MILLION small water bottles over the course of the past 5 months. Counting today’s deliveries we have provided 2,021,000 liters using 314 trucks in total.
The last milestone we set was on September 20th when we reached 1 million liters. This means that we have been averaging around 15,000 liters every single day in North Gaza and we don’t plan to stop! With your support we hope to carry on this mission until the day that our support is no longer needed and all infrastructure in Gaza is restored once again.
Until then, we ask you to continue supporting us. Our campaign serves the people of North Gaza with more than just water. We have also distributed 19074 hot trays of food and food packages, led 10 free medical treatment days, provided 2330 packs of diapers and 629 tins of baby formula, among other initiatives.
Please join our beautiful community and help us achieve much more!”
I want to share ygo s0 with people so I uploaded whole season to youtube with the best translation and video quality I found: ⭐️the subs was carefully proofreaded; ⭐️the audio in the hand-digitized raws was fixed. Thanks to Bereke Scrubs! Amazing job!😍
hey everyone! i have bad news and good news. the bad news is that the winter rains have arrived in palestine, so refugees and displaced families are in urgent need of shelter, more than ever.
the good news is that, for just $120, our relief aid coordinator and his team can build a shelter for one family! that means:
for a family of 3, it’s about $40 to shelter one person;
for a family of 6, it’s about $20 to shelter one person.
our goal is to raise enough to shelter 15 families, total, who have recently been displaced to ahmed’s refugee camp. this is the first campaign of 4, aiming to raise money for 4 shelters.
crack open a cold and broken hallelujah for all the fandoms whose top kudoed ao3 pages are all tagged Time Travel or Everybody Lives/Nobody Dies or Both
![Unfortunately we've seen a significant drop off in donations. If donations don't pick up soon we will be forced to close some of our kitchens. We really don't want to have to do that given that so many people have come to depend on these kitchens to survive. So if you are able to help, please click on the link in the reply. Thank you [image description: below the text are images of Sudanese people sitting two long lines on the side of a road by a building to be served food at an aid kitchen]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/2df271e7392d57a2d465cb4d6712448f/d1c43ae9ff11e145-ab/s500x750/d82d96c6af723659b6f0781304b830aa37210ae4.jpg)
