A How-To Guide!

Considering the recent rampage of crazy Native appropriations in mainstream culture, I'm coming up with this 'How-to Guide' on how to critique companies, make some demands, and hopefully see some results.

I created this guide because a couple of my friends have told me things along the lines of "I like what you're doing, you don't just sit on the sidelines and complain," and/or "You help create content, and you actually do stuff and help real people like the artists." (And 'complain' was their actual word, not 'critique').

Indigenous New Media and Beyond Buckskin

New media, technology, the internet: these things have been vital to the expansion of Beyond Buckskin.

This project began in 2005 as a Master's Thesis to investigate the work of Native fashion. It led to my follow-up Doctoral Dissertation on Native American designers of high fashion. Through my research, I interviewed many individuals, and they told me stories, shared their experiences, both positive and negative, about creating clothing and art for the body.

Artist Profile | Alison Bremner

As you may or may not know, I love meeting and getting to know new artists. I love how they see the world - how they envision and re-vision it. A new artist on my radar is Alison Bremner. She is a Tlingit artist born and raised in Southeast Alaska, and currently working in the Seattle area. She was recently selected to design the 2014 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market merchandise. Beyond Buckskin is also working with her to get her jewelry available on the Boutique site - so stay tuned for that!

In the mean time, scroll down to read our interview with her, in which she shares some fun and candid responses.

Valentine's Day Gift Guide 2014 - Part II

We love supporting Native artists and Native-run businesses, so this post is dedicated to them! Here's our top 10 list of great gifts for him or her - from chocolate to couture and everything in between.

We hope you find the perfect gift for that special someone!

Project 562: Changing The Way We See Native America

The images that Edward Curtis shot over 100 years ago continue to be popular representations of what an Indian is supposed to look like today. So when Native photographer Matika Wilbur picked up her camera and starting capturing images of contemporary Native American people, tribal members throughout the US opened their doors to support and be a part of this contemporary movement to reclaim how we are presented in mass media.