"I’ve always been an artistic person. Growing up in North St. Louis county Missouri, where the schools are not the best, I struggled academically but excelled in art. I graduated high school and went on to earn a degree in Graphic Design. Soon after I worked as an Art Director for a number of years until I had my daughter. Idecided to learn the art of traditional silversmithing as a way to reconnect with my culture. On this journey I’ve been able to learn about where I come from and express myself as an indigenous woman in ways I’ve never been able to before. I hope my jewelry inspires others to embrace their heritage and be proud of who they are."

Visit more of Kassies silversmith work at meanrighthook.com

Hi, my name is Morgan Gibson-Raphael. I am an enrolled citizen of The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and Delaware Nation of Moravian town in Ontario, Canada. I Have three amazing daughters and one son. They are what inspires me to sew and create beadwork. It all started when I realized I wanted my children to experience powwow dance as I did as a child. So I dusted off someone's old sewing machine and began to create. 

My gift is family creations inspired by the latest trends that last over time and carry our values for a lifetime.

Shop for Morgan's latest ribbon skirt projects on the IndigiExchange shopping page!

Frank Cerno Jr. is a tribal member of the Pueblo of Laguna.

Frank attended school at the BIA grade school and the state run Jr. high and Sr. high school. Frank then attended undergraduate school at The Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado graduating with a major in Political Science. Afterwards, Frank moved to NM and worked for a while in Albuquerque before moving home to Laguna where he worked for over 20 years for the Pueblo. Frank also served on Tribal Council for 10 years and most recently for 4 years as the Tribal Secretary.

Enjoying his retirement, Frank has now taken up his beloved art work again and plans to make it his full-time business going forward. 

Support Frank on the IndigiExchange website!

Ricardo Caté of Santo Domingo Pueblo is the most prominent Native American cartoonist working today. His immensely popular cartoon “Without Reservations” is published daily in the Santa Fe New Mexican and Taos News, and explores the irony and poignant humor found in the Native American experience of living in dominant culture. 
Caté is the only Native American cartoonist whose work is carried by a daily mainstream newspaper. Many of his comics are included in his extraordinary book, Without Reservations: The Cartoons of Ricardo Caté.
In addition to being a cartoonist, Caté is also an activist, stand-up comedian, writer, teacher, veteran, former college athlete, tribal official, four-time Dakota Access Pipeline protester at Standing Rock, and filmmaker.
Caté's celebrity fans include Wes Studi, Jackie Chan, Winona LaDuke, Nick Nolte, Denzel Washington, and Dennis Banks, co-founder of the American Indian Movement.
He has three children and lives in Santo Domingo Pueblo, where he participates in feast day dances and traditional cultural events.

Follow his work on Instagram at @withoutreservationscartoon

Michael:
Aanii I am Manidoo-Aanakwad of Ojibwe, from Keewanaw Bay Indian Community in Baraga, Michigan. I am an Army veteran. I was raised in Grand Rapids as an urban Native American. I am married to a Dine’/ Pueblo woman. Together we share a love of our cultures through each other and our crafts we make daily. We are always striving to better support the urban Native community through arts and crafts. We are ready to expand our unique talents and support ourselves through our creative minds given by the Creator. Chi MIigwech!! 

Rhonda:
Ya'at’ee’h,  I am originally born in Albuquerque, New Mexico but was adopted as an infant through an agency in Grand Rapids, Michigan and at a young age, I was curious about who I was. When I was 30 years old I found the Native American community here through pow wows, and here I became a traditional dancer and followed my heart--community. I facilitate a Red Road Sobriety group along with my husband and we organized a regalia class, which we help others to find their artist abilities which relates to cultural preservation and traditional values to be carried on through our own talents. Ahe’hee.

My Name is Susan Day, my nickname Suzi and I am Anishnabe’ Kwe of Odawa/Potawatomi descent, reside in Kentwood, MI. I'm originally from a small Indian town in Northern Michigan. 

As a child, four years young, I was taught quillwork and birch bark art from my Grandparents. I tried beadwork when I was young. As a teenager, I was reintroduced to beading again and enjoyed and continued until I became better and learned different styles and ways of beading. Now that I am an elder, I love to bead and craft with my Native community and events. I currently work for a Native Elders luncheon program and enjoy native cooking and serving my community.

My craft is mainly from the Great Lakes area. I love to explore all nations’ style beading and create my own blend of patterns. and I am combining my quillwork, birch bark art together in a unique woodland style. 

You can find some of Suzi's beading work on IndigiExchange's "shop all" page!

James Skeet, and wife Joyce Skeet, are the founders of Spirit Farms located in Vanderwagen, New Mexico. Spirit Farms functions as a demonstration farm and was designed to encourage Indigenous people to start growing nutritious food again. The goals of Spirit Farms include amending the soil microbiomes using what they call Indigenous Regenerative Intelligence, utilizing and demonstrating traditional Navajo farming methods, and also composting to produce nutrient-dense soils that help grow nutritious foods. In conjunction with Spirit Farms, James and Joyce created the side-business “Flavors of the Hogan”, which offers a variety of pre-packaged mixes of Native foods. The mission of "Flavors of the Hogan" is to provide quality food items found in most Native homes in the Southwest. The food mixes they have available have been developed by the Navajo people, refined, and packaged so anyone can prepare them in their homes.  

Visit their website: flavorsofthehogan.com

Hillary Frost is an entrepreneur, social media personality, background actress, D.J. (ill audia), mother, and member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. Over the past decade, she has been growing her business, Ora Louise Boutique, in the state of New Mexico. A small business that has been highlighted and featured by One Albuquerque, showing how her business was affected and able to pivot to online ordering during the pandemic. Hillary attended Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, working vigilantly toward a Teaching Certificate in the Ute Language so she could help revitalize her tribe’s language. Most importantly, Hillary shares her knowledge to empower fellow entrepreneurs and others.

Visit: olboutique.store for more info.

Briana Silvas is a 28-year-old Native American from Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, TX. She attained a Master in Business Administration from West Texas A&M University and aspires to be a small business owner in the future. As a creative outlet, in 2019, she began crafting polymer clay jewelry, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, her entrepreneurial journey truly began. To ease her mind, she found herself producing more pieces, and her passion for creating unique art only began to grow, so she decided, why not share this passion with others? Therefore, she began selling her earrings to loved ones and friends and now hopes to establish Forever Marling as a small business. Along the way, she hopes to begin exploring other avenues to release her creativity and add additional merchandise such as shirts and pet clothing. Her hope and ultimate goal is to establish great customer service and bring happiness to everyone who wears any of her pieces.

Instagram: @forevermarling

Broderick Begay owns and operates MadCity Customs in Farmington, New Mexico. He started his entrepreneurial journey at a young age and he now makes shirts, hoodies, earrings, and many other items. Using a plot cutter and CNC routing machine, he’s able to create earrings and many other items out of wood leather, acrylic, and other materials. You can learn more about MadCity Customs and all upcoming events Broderick will be attending on social media. 

Follow me on Instagram @madcitycustoms & visit my website at madcity.shop

Camille Waconda is the proud owner of Dreaming Crafts located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a Native American Woman-owned business. They host weekly paint parties within the state of New Mexico with a larger purpose to help people with mental wellness by donating 15% of their profits to an organization, which varies each month.

Visit: dreamingcrafts.com for more. Instagram: @dreamincrafts

Sonya Bernal and Leslie Trujillo are artist from Taos Pueblo who have found and created art in everything all their life. Recently developing their small sublimation business in the past year with their designs and photography printed on their products. Sonja's work is inspired by her Native American heritage and her love of nature. She creates beautiful and intricate paintings, jewelry, and textiles printed on magnets and household items. This gives the freedom to produce a variety of products from earrings and tumblers to aprons and mouse pads. Stay tuned for more to come in the near future.

Dale Toya, owner and operator of Big Bear Farms on Jemez Pueblo lands, growing organic foods and producing various value added products. Dale was a member of the 2021 Native Farmers In Residence program.

Instagram: @bigbearfarms

Brandi is from the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico.She is a Mother, she is a college graduate from the University of New Mexico, she is a world traveler, she is an actress, an active community member, a former radio show host, AND she is now a long distance runner with big goals!

DarylAnn, founder of Rebel Tribe Design specializes in custom Hand-Painted Jewelry & Accessories with Traditional Pueblo Designs + Bits & Pieces of "Urban Flare"!

Visit my shop on Etsy RebelTribeDesign

Lauren Howland creator of the collective is an 8th Generation Diné Apprenticing silver/metalsmith. They use traditional and contemporary designs in their practices. As an apprentice to a master metalsmith Cheryl Arviso who is a gallery/show artist that has been taught by her mother (their  grandmother) and her father. “I am continuing the traditional art of shaping earth ore and doing traditional sand casting as a technique, and also incorporating new techniques and designs like anime/cartoon characters." To learn more visit their social media.

Instagram: @4spiritcreatives

Stephanie R Garcia is an enrolled in the Pueblo of Santo Domingo. I am also from Laguna (Mesita) & Isleta pueblo. I have been embroidering for over 20+ years now. Most of my hand embroidered creations have won numerous awards from the Heard Museum, NM State Fair and Santa Fe Indian Market
I specialize not only with hand embroidered creations but with other styles of traditional & contemporary clothing & accessories.
My shop not only features my creations but a variety of beaded creations & Jewelry from other family member artists.

Website: pueblocreations.com

The ARTZ Cooperative Gallery is located along the Main State Highway 53 within the beautiful Zuni Pueblo. The Cooperative was founded to give back the power to the artist, ensuring that they receive the full monetary value they ask for. The way artist showcases their work is to first fill out anARTZmembership application. Once a member they can bring in their art to sell. When sold it is split 60/40 and the cost that goes to the gallery is just to pay for building and utilities. We're able to give Artists more by operating the gallery a volunteer-based schedule.

The Gallery is a place used by community Artists to strengthen the Zuni community which empowered us to create the only Zuni Artist-Owned and operated cooperative. 
Visit the Cooperatives website for more: zunipuebloart.com

Katrina Padilla is Hopi and from Kha P’o’ Owingeh, also known as Santa Clara Pueblo.  Since the age of 5 she has used her art to express, explore and create.  As a child her Great Grandmother Reycita Padilla taught her how to make pottery.  When she got older, it was her Great Grandmother who was the first to introduce her to the good ol’ needle and thread.  She taught her how to bead on the loom, making beaded headbands and armbands.  
It was years later that she was reintroduced to that needle and thread, but in a different fashion.  Who would have known that her 3rd grade teacher Ms. Rose would once again be teaching her. This time, how to sew!  Ms. Padilla has now been sewing over the past 4 years.  She likes to sew using different textiles with Native American, geometric, and southwest designs.  She likes to color coordinate and embellish clothing, using her creative sense of style and uniqueness.

Blue Corn Custom Designs, or BCCD, is a small Indigenous Owned Business based in AZ, that specializes in making Blue Corn Cookies, Custom Candles and Cornhusk Centerpieces. Each product created contains different aspects of Indigenous culture and lifestyle.

"Thank you kindly for your support - we absolutely value your business and work extremely hard to get your orders shipped. We are also full-time caregivers to our in-home elder and prioritize his health and appreciate your patience and understanding if your order does not go out promptly. If your order is for a special occasion, please notify us as we LOVE celebrations and we will do our best to push your order through to accommodate your special event."

Visit BCCD for more custom orders and design linktr.ee/bccdofficial

Instagram:@bluecorncustomdesigns

Monica Silva Lovato is a multimedia Artist from the pueblos of San Felipe and Santo Domingo. She is a third generation metalsmith and fifth generation traditional potter. She works primarily in sterling silver and copper with semi-precious stones. Monica incorporates designs used by her family, and many of her contemporary works push the boundaries of metal and clay creating traditional Pueblo pottery and sterling silver hybrids. Monica currently attends the Institute of American Indian Arts where she is pursuing a degree in Studio Arts with emphasis in Ceramics.

Follow her work on Instagram at @monicasilvalovato

Shawna is the daughter of Bill & Pearl Sunrise. She was raised as a 5th generation Diné weaver through the matrilineage of her mother. She learned all the aspects of creating through both of her parents - weaving from my mother who is Diné (Navajo) and Traditional performance & organizing from my father who was Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo) -

Shawna is a filmmaker, photographer, multi-media installation artist, performance art, actress, producer, director, organizer and a weaver. 

Currently, She is the owner of an Indigenous design company called “Nizhónígo Anílééh" Designs. The name comes from a Diné(Navajo) phrase meaning "Make It Beautiful". She has been a floral designer for over 20 years and decided to launch my own independent design company. As far as her formal education, she received an Associate Arts degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago(SAIC).

Shawna believes "that any artistic creative process is a form of insight and healing. By creating with your hands; you can communicate thoughts from your heart." She holds space with all Native American/Indigenous artists across the world.

You can learn more about Shawna and see her products on her website: makeitbeautifuldesigns.com

(they/them/aapo) is a 2Spirit Yoeme (Yaqui), Mexican & Panamanian-American traditional healer, community & clinical herbalist, and death companion living on Lisjan Ohlone Land in Huchiun, also known as Oakland, CA. With the guidance of elders and mentors, as well as learning directly from ancestors and the medicine itself, Batul has spent nearly 20 years facing, feeling & healing through their own personal and inherited traumas. After years of dedicated practice, Batul has gained skills in working with other people and their pain, particularly from an Indigenous and nature-based perspective. For 5 years Batul was lead facilitator of the Curanderx Toolkit class at Ancestral Apothecary School in Oakland. Within their community, Batul holds ceremonial space working with various (Mexican) traditional healing modalities as well as offers their line of mostly homegrown herbal remedies… Maaso Medicina: Flower Medicine for Ancestral, Generational, and Personal Pain.Batul is also a hospice volunteer as well as a Comfort Homesake volunteer for the No One Dies Alone program. Look out for Batul True Heart and their colleague Melissa Reyes in 2023, as they offer their 'End of Life Planning & Services Project for QTBIPOC and all dying allies'.

You can learn more about Batul and their community offerings on Instagram @maasomedicina

Melony Gutierrez, Yellow Rose, Tewa Indian from the Pueblo of Santa Clara. Melony was inspired by her father Joe Gutierrez. Joe Gutierrez is a well-known Web Willow Basket Weaver. Melony learned from her father Joe when she was 12 years old. She sat by her father's side and took the blessings of art and weaving. Today Melony has stepped into her father's shoes to help Red Willow Baskets survive. She gathers the red willow from along the Rio Grande. With them she sits down to create a wonderful traditional basket known to her as imagine baskets Melony's teaches and demonstrates well drilling basketry. " I believe the sacred willows I gather from along the Rio Grande river to for my baskets hopefully inspire people to do what they wish to do my father told me to be thankful for the Earth is around us to keep the tradition alive. I put my heart and love in my baskets, I will keep the traditional life."

Sammy Naranjo is full-blooded Indian from the Pueblo of Santa Clara. Sammy was inspired by his late mother Florida. Family began to take notice to his artistic talents at the age of 12, however he did not take it seriously until he's 18 years old when he began to expand his talents through the traditional card pottery then later moved on towards to graph two-tone pottery. Today Sammy specializes and is well-known for his stone etched carved worked with traditional design. He digs up his clay in Santa Clara because his pottery and polishes them using polishing stones, when the pot is in his final stage of creation, he fires them using horse manure, the traditional way.

Visit more of there pottery at naranjospottery.com