Butterfly Dreams Tote Bag hip bag In a fully “vertical” process

In a fully “vertical” process

Kandi has reimagined age-old basketry designs for a new use that is as functional and beautiful as the baskets they honor

“the real wood”

giving beautiful movement and a subtle gold sparkle with every step you take

David seeks to share his culture with others through his work in keeping Sm’algyax (Ts’msyen language)

Butterfly Dreams Tote Bag hip bag In a fully “vertical” processFor the Blackfeet people, butterflies bring good dreams. In his Butterfly Dreams Tote Bag, Blackfeet Piikani artist and Inspired Natives Collaborator John Isaiah Pepion has taken a classic Blackfeet butterfly design and set it free to fly across our modern tote bag. John drew inspiration from the rawhide parfleche designs of the Plains Indians. Traditional parfleche are beautifully embellished rawhide containers, decorated by painting, incising, or