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"Embrace Your Beauty" Crew Socks $12.95
"Embrace Your Beauty" Crew Socks
These stunning socks are adapted from the original hand-painted "Embrace Your Beauty" earrings created by Inspired Natives Project collaborator, Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo). The vibrant design features a color palette inspired by the orange seashell earrings with turquoise accents commonly found in Pueblo Country.
Blend of combed cotton, nylon, spandex, and elastic
Designed by Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo)
Features arch support band
Machine wash warm.
Lay flat to dry.
"Confluence" Crew Socks $12.95
"Confluence" Crew Socks
Adapted from the beautiful "Confluence" Wool Blanket design, these vibrant crew socks are the perfect way to rock bold Tsimshian art on the go!
The Tsimshian people have understood since time immemorial that humans are not separate from the natural world, but merely a part of it. This includes an understanding that there is a human spirit inside all living things. This beautiful design by David Robert Boxley (Tsimshian) represents the powerful and inextricable connection between humans and the world around us, and is a reminder of our responsibilities to care for it all.
Designed by David Robert Boxley (Tsimshian)
David Robert Boxley (Tsimshian) comes from the village of Metlakatla, Alaska, growing up there and in Kingston, Washington. He first began to learn how to carve from his father, renowned Tsimshian artist and culture bearer, David A. Boxley, at the age of six. He has since studied under Master Haida carver, Robert Davidson, and, after moving away for a period of time, has returned to live in his village to help in the efforts to save his people's language. He is now the Co-chair of The Haayk Foundation, which works to preserve and revitalize Tsimshian language, history, and traditions.
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"Salish Pattern" Crew Socks $12.95
"Salish Pattern" Crew Socks
Adapted from the beautiful "Salish Pattern" Wool Blanket design, these vibrant crew socks are the perfect way to rock bold Coast Salish art on the go!
This design was created by Louie Gong (Nooksack) after researching traditional Coast Salish weaving. Although our socks are created using modern technology, it was very important to Louie that he create a design that could be replicated with traditional Salish weaving methods.
Designed by Louie Gong (Nooksack)
"Buffalo Medicine" Crew Socks Sold Out
"Buffalo Medicine" Crew Socks
Adapted from the beautiful "Buffalo Medicine" Throw Blanket design, these vibrant crew socks are the perfect way to rock bold Blackfeet art on the go!
The buffalo was the staff of life for most Plains Indian Nations. Today the buffalo is still a central part of life, from food to ceremony. Originally drawn on the ledger paper used across much of John's work, this particular piece pays tribute to the power and sacrifice that the buffalo continues to give.
The bold design incorporates important symbols from Blackfeet art to depict rich concepts in a lively, graphic way. The lifeline, or sacred breath of the buffalo is represented here with an arrow, and the circles along the top and bottom borders depict stars. The cross symbol at the top of the design represents the Morning Star, which plays an important role in creation and ceremony among Plains Indian Nations.
Designed by John Isaiah Pepion (Blackfeet Nation)
John Isaiah Pepion is a Plains Indian Graphic artist from the Piikani Band of the Blackfoot Confederacy. He is based out of the Blackfeet reservation in north-central Montana, where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. John is best known for his ledger art, an art tradition that developed in Plains tribes as the buffalo hide they traditionally used for painting became scarce, and they were forced to adapt to making artwork on the ledger paper from accounting books. He comes from a family of artists, and ledger art has been in his family for hundreds of years.
"Renewal" Crew Socks $12.95
"Renewal" Crew Socks
Adapted from the beautiful "Renewal" Wool Blanket design, these vibrant crew socks are the perfect way to rock bold Anishinaabe art on the go!
Designed by Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe)
Our Home Shirt $24.00
Our Home Shirt
This unique butterfly - composed of two abstract eagles on either side of the Space Needle - is Louie's homage to a city undergoing rapid transformation. It stands as a reminder to both long-time Seattleites and recent transplants that the city's character is rooted in its rich history and communities, and an understanding of this history should lead our decision making as we plan for the future.
Over the last few years, this design has also grown to symbolize Indigenous presence and unity. It was initially developed in 2010 as branding for the Seattle Indian Health Board's Indigenous Cultures Day event. In 2015, a variation of this design was also adopted as the mark of Seattle's successful movement to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day.
Printed in Seattle.
100% cotton shirt, pre-shrunk
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Machine wash, 105°F (40°C) or cooler.
Dry normal, medium heat.
Non-chlorine bleach if needed.
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"Tribute" Crew Socks $12.95
"Tribute" Crew Socks
Adapted from the bold "Tribute" Wool Blanket design, these vibrant crew socks are the perfect way to rock beautiful Diné art on the go!
This striking design by Jared Yazzie (Diné) pays homage to rug designs woven by his grandmothers. Within Navajo weaving, clues to where a rug has been woven can be found in patterns originating from specific areas, or colors of yarn dyed from particular plants.
Jared says, "While my grandmothers are no longer with us, these patterns and colors remain to tell us the story of where they come from. I felt it was important to show tributes to their design through my new work. It makes me feel as if I am passing along their legacy."
Designed by Jared Yazzie (Diné)
Founder of OXDX, Jared Yazzie (Diné) is a self-taught graphic artist, entrepreneur, and designer known for his bold, graphic style that incorporates vibrant Diné motifs with messages of Native empowerment. He got his start by screen printing t-shirts in his dorm room at the University of Arizona and selling them out of the trunk of his car. Now a popular street wear brand, OXDX has been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Refinery 29, Huffington Post, the Smithsonian Institution, and more.
Guardians Shirt $24.00
Guardians Shirt
This t-shirt features the 'Guardians' design, perhaps currently the best example of Louie's trend-setting merger of cultural themes. The primary design consists of two Chinese Guardian Lions (aka Fu Dogs) created using a mix of Northwest Coast and Coast Salish design elements. Louie decided to explore this theme after recognizing the overlapping (common) purpose of guardian lions and Coast Salish house posts, which both identify and protect important spaces.
The original 8' x 8' painting was created in 2013 for the Wing Luke Museum's "Cultural Confluences: People of Native and Asian Heritage" exhibition. In 2015, Louie was commissioned by the City of Seattle to paint a variation of this design on a bentwood box for Xi Jinping, the President of China.
Red base
"Faith" Crew Socks $12.95
"Faith" Crew Socks
Adapted from the "Faith" Wool Blanket design, these beautiful crew socks are an awesome way to rock cultural art on the go!
This design from B.YELLOWTAIL is inspired by the Apsáalooke (Crow) name given to Designer Bethany Yellowtail as a young girl: Ammaakeealaachelibaachiilakaacheesh, which translates to "Overcomes through Faith." This name was given to her by respected Crow elder David Yarlott Sr. It was her family's wishes that she always be guided, protected, and that prayer be an integral part of her life.
The "Faith" design is an acknowledgment to her name, her family, the people and prayers that have guided her. The hues of pink, blue, and green are specific to the Apsáalooke homelands that Bethany was raised on.
Designed by Bethany Yellowtail who is Apsaalooke (Crow) & Tsetsehestahese/So'taeo'o (Northern Cheyenne)
Bethany Yellowtail is a fashion designer who grew up on the Crow Nation and is tribally enrolled in the Northern Cheyenne Nation. Her clothing line, B. YELLOWTAIL, acts as a celebration of ancestral tradition, beauty, and culture, embracing an authentic voice of contemporary Native America through design and wearable art.
"Slack Tide" Crew Socks $12.95
"Slack Tide" Crew Socks
This design reminds Shirod Younker (Coquille/Miluk Coos/Umpqua) of the slough where tribes from the Oregon coast would cross over to get to the valley. The name "Slack Tide" refers to the time when his family would usually go out crabbing or clamming.
The bold design was inspired by a basket collected from the South Slough estuary by Daisy Wasson Coddington, who is a half sister to Shirod's great grandmother.
Designed by Shirod Younker (Coquille/Miluk Coos/Umpqua)
Shirod Younker (Coquille/Miluk Coos/Umpqua) is an artist and educator who has committed to perpetuating the artwork of his people, and supporting others to do the same. Shirod grew up canoeing, crabbing, clamming, and fishing the waters of the South Slough in Coos Bay, Oregon, where his tribes old village used to be. For Shirod, his work with art is also deeply intertwined with community engagement and education, which includes his participation in Journeys In Creativity: Explorations in Native American Art and Wakanim Artist Collaborative Collective.
Good Medicine Shirt $24.00
Good Medicine Shirt
Right about the time he discovered art, Eighth Generation founder Louie Gong found a feral kitten meowing loudly outside Muckleshoot Tribal College on the Muckleshoot reservation.
The future looked bleak for the little tabby, who was scraggy, dehydrated, and full of fleas and ear mites. So Louie took him home that evening with plans to bring him to a vet the next morning for medical attention, and then to a shelter for eventual adoption. When the kitten immediately fell asleep in Louie's passenger seat, however, he realized he had just adopted a cat -- publicly known as Rez Cat. Later that same night, Rez Cat -- obviously used to sleeping in the woods -- chose to curl up in a ball and pass out inside his litter box.
Rez Cat's real name is Maosie. He's now a highly vocal, 18-pound Goliath that brings humor and a demand for snacks to everyone he encounters.
"Ribbons" Crew Socks $12.95
"Ribbons" Crew Socks
The striking "old time colors" – as award-winning artist and fashion designer Jamie Okuma (Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannock) describes them – are some of Jamie's favorite colors to bead with and use in ribbon work. In her work, Jamie likes to incorporate bold designs that instantly catch the eye. This design is representative of the geometric aesthetic of the Plateau/Great Basin/Plains region.
Designed by Jamie Okuma (Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannock)
Jamie Okuma (Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannock) is an award-winning artist and fashion designer. She specializes in one-of-a-kind pieces that are hand-executed exclusively by the artist herself in all details of process. Okuma has shown work internationally and has pieces in the permanent collections of The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The Denver Art Museum and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.
Duality Silk Scarf $48.00
Duality Silk Scarf
First Nations people have to walk in two worlds: this unavoidable, fast paced, modern world, and, at the same time, their own cultural world of interconnectedness, protocol and ceremony.
This duality is represented in this new take on a classic bentwood box design. The traditional styles of front and back Formline designs found on countless old boxes have been fused together into one complete and complex composition.
The design is set on its traditional material, red cedar. The word for red cedar in the Tsimshian language translates to, "the real wood", signifying it's use in all aspects of their lives: our homes, canoes, clothes, totem poles, bentwood boxes and more.
This 100% silk scarf was designed by David Robert Boxley (Tsimshian), winner of 2017 Wool Blanket Design Contest.
Buffalo Silk Scarf $48.00
Buffalo Silk Scarf
This beautiful scarf features the signature ledger artwork of Blackfeet artist and Inspired Natives Project Collaborator John Isaiah Pepion.
The buffalo was the staff of life for most Plains Indian Nations. Today the buffalo is still a central part of life, from food to ceremony. John's buffalo design pays tribute to the power and sacrifice that the buffalo continues to give.
Woodlands Floral Silk Scarf $48.00
Woodlands Floral Silk Scarf
This 100% silk scarf was designed by Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe) in collaboration with Eighth Generation's Inspired Natives Project.
The "Renewal" design, which is characteristic of the woodlands floral tradition, tells the story of physical and spiritual renewal. It honors the land through representations of the wild plum flower, the water through the beloved wild rice, and healing through the dogwood flower, which is used to create traditional tobacco.
Happy Hummingbird Shirt $24.00
Happy Hummingbird Shirt
Adapted from the vibrant neon sign outside our Pike Place Market store, this t-shirt features Louie Gong's signature hummingbird design.
This Coast Salish Hummingbird design was originally hand-drawn by Louie on a traditional hand drum made for a friend. Often thought to be a harbinger of good news, the hummingbird is the perfect symbol to represent people who bring positivity to others.
Iris base
Balance Silk Scarf $48.00
Balance Silk Scarf
This 100% silk scarf was designed by Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo) in collaboration with Eighth Generation's Inspired Natives Project.
The Balance Silk Scarf is influenced by Acoma pottery, which traditionally reflects patterns and designs found in nature, and represents the balance we all strive for. This beautiful design also embodies the aspiration we have to be more intentional with choices in our lives.
Respect Your Elders Shirt $24.00
Respect Your Elders Shirt
In all parts of the Northwest, there are dark stories of a 10' tall witch with greasy hair and a body covered in sores. Her lips are permanently pursed because she is constantly whistling. Sometimes she is called Slapoo. In other places she is called Basket Woman, Tsunikwa or Dashkiya
As Seattle-based storyteller Roger Fernandes describes, Slapoo travels down from her camp high in the mountains to collect naughty children and those that forget to listen to their elders. When she returns to her camp, she disembowels them with her toenails and cooks them over her fire.
Ultimately a tool for teaching and transferring values, the story of Slapoo is often told in a way in which the naughty children ultimately escape by acting in a way consistent with traditional values or applying traditional knowledge.
Here Louie explores the story of Slapoo in the context of a rapidly changing urban environment (Seattle). In the rush to capitalize on this growth, what values are the business and political forces driving this development forgetting?
Cedar Bough Silk Scarf Sold Out
Cedar Bough Silk Scarf
This scarf features repeating tonal images of the cedar bough, an important symbol of the natural environment in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The result, like our Salish Pattern, is a timeless design that will work with a broad range clothing and accessories.
Traditionally, the cedar tree was central to Native people because they relied on it for clothing, housing, transportation and artwork.
Salish Pattern Silk Scarf $48.00
Salish Pattern Silk Scarf
This design was created by Louie Gong (Nooksack) after researching traditional Coast Salish weaving, and he often refers to it as a "collaboration with the ancestors."
Although many of our products are created using modern technology, it was very important to Louie that he create a design that could be replicated with traditional Salish weaving methods.
Blue Jay Silk Scarf $48.00
Blue Jay Silk Scarf
This original design is a great example of Louie's unique merger of contemporary themes and traditional Coast Salish design. Here Blue Jay is captured at the moment he finally lets go of the trivial matters associated with his daily grind - a moment that sometimes takes human beings 3 or 4 days of vacation to achieve. This scarf reminds us of the importance of self-care.
"Good Medicine" Embroidered Hat Sold Out
"Good Medicine" Embroidered Hat
Bring a little 'good medicine' with you wherever you go with this easy cotton hat!
6-Panel brushed twill structured cap
Adjustable buckle
Embroidered design on navy base
"Woodlands Floral" Embroidered Hat Sold Out
"Woodlands Floral" Embroidered Hat
Add a pop of color and some stunning woodlands floral art to your wardrobe with this beautiful hat by Inspired Natives Project Collaborator, Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe)!
Embroidered design on royal blue base