3 Native Owned Brands To Support All Year Round
The holiday shopping season has begun and if you’re anything like us - you’re revolutionizing your closets and swapping out what you once knew was your wardrobe; to a diversity of BIPOC brands for our everyday lives.
In efforts to support the indigenous community during Native American Heritage Month, we learned about three indigenous change agents running businesses . The way that these Native American owned businesses integrate their native culture, history, wisdom and traditions is outstanding. See our picks and travel through the ancestral plane of our land. From North Dakota to the Squamish Nation of Canada, these women represent the richness of indigenous legacies.
Lauren Good Day
Laura’s Ready-To-Wear designs are inspired by her authentic & original ledger drawings. The Winter 2021 Regalia Collection showcases the beauty, splendor & grandeur of Indigenous aesthetic culture. All of her works are created with meaning, prayer and her own life experience of woman & motherhood.
Visit laurengoodday.com to learn more about her art, cultural work and unique designs.
Skwalen Botanicals
Sḵwálwen (skwall - win) Botanicals @skwalwenbotanicals is a luxury Indigenous brand that creates botanical skin care products. It’s based in the Canadian Pacific Northwest on the Unceded Territories of the Skwxẃu7mesh (Squamish) First Nation. Honoring traditional Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) plant knowledge, they incorporate sustainably harvested and sourced plants and organic, high quality ingredients. Give the gift of connection through self-care and wellness products inspired by ancestral beauty generations.
Cheekbone Beauty
Cheekbone Beauty is a made-in-Canada cosmetics line of colourful lipsticks and lip glosses, plus complexion products, focused on low waste and sustainability. 10% of Cheekbone Beauty’s profits are donated to the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, a non-profit organization providing reconciliation-based public education, research and support to promote the safety and wellbeing of First Nations children and their families.