6 Gift Ideas From Indigenous-Owned Businesses
Make your holiday purchases from Indigenous-owned businesses this year to support Indigenous Entrepreneurs, Artists and Communities.
Here are some items to get excited about:
Turtle Island Hoody Black
The Turtle Island Hoodie in Black by Section 35 is a unisex premium heavyweight hooded pullover sweatshirt.
Section 35 is an Indigenous-owned brand with the goal of creating and promoting Indigenous art, culture, and lifestyle through streetwear. The brand is inspired by Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution, which recognizes and affirms Indigenous rights.
Past Box – Summer 2021
This past Summer 2021 box includes the following items: The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson, Cranberry facial soap bar from Skwalwen Botanicals, Sage bundle and a Lip balm from Bison Star Naturals.
Raven Reads was founded on raising awareness of Indigenous collective histories, lived experiences, and supporting Indigenous authors and entrepreneurs. Your purchase helps amplify Indigenous voices, brands and provides Raven Reads with a stronger position in the economy to support the growth of healthier communities.
Sustain Lip Kit – Pink
The SUSTAIN Lip Kit in ‘Pink’ includes our highly pigmented matte lip pencil in ‘Sand’, used to balance and outline your look with a smooth and precise pop of colour. Build it up using our rich and creamy satin lipstick in ‘Nuna’ and finish it off with our lipgloss in ‘Birch’, a light pink shade enriched with sunflower seed oil to hydrate your lips, adding a tint of colour and shine to perfect the look.
Cheekbone Beauty is one of our favourite brands. This Indigenous-owned, founded, and digitally native Canadian cosmetics company was established in 2016. Feel good about your purchase knowing that for every Sustain lipstick purchase, Cheekbone Beauty donates one Sustain lipstick to Indigenous youth. These lipsticks signify potential to the community, a reminder that every Indigenous youth holds tremendous value, and their goals are worthy of reach. To make these donations happen, they work with Indigenous youth organizations worldwide.
Ceramic Feather Incense Holder Gift Set
The Sequoia artisan crafted ceramic incense holder comes with your choice of incense in a beautiful box with the signature Sequoia feather on it. These are hand-poured and hand-painted individually as a collaboration with a Mohawk ceramicist. No two are exactly alike.
Sequoia is a proud Indigenous brand 100% owned and operated by Indigenous women. The company was founded in 2002 by Michaelee Lazore, Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) from Akwesáhsne and Northern Paiute from Nevada. The production is sustainable, and ingredients are ethically sourced to keep the next seven generations in mind.
Subscription Box
The subscription box service from Indigenous Box helps you fall in love with fabulous Indigenous-made and sourced products from across Turtle Island. Each box (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter) include 5-7 unique, full-size items. You can expect beautiful, fun, functional, delicious, and delightful products from Indigenous small businesses!
Indigenous Box is a fun, beautiful, and usable collection of products created and sourced by amazing Indigenous entrepreneurs and artists from across Canada and delivered directly to your doorstep.
Chenoa Alpaca Wool (reversible)
The Chenoa Alpaca Wool (reversible) blanket by OldTribes is soft, durable and can be used on your bed, on your sofa and as a carry-on whenever you travel.
OldTribes operates all over Alberta. Their journey started in 2005, with their goal of bringing high quality, handcrafted, and Indigenous made apparel right to your home.
