2024 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Everyone

This blog post is written by Eighth Generation's summer intern, Nena Naat’áanii Dorame (Diné/Yaqui)

Gift giving season is here! Whether you want to get ahead of the game and order your loved one a present before the holiday rush, or you're in need of stocking stuffer ideas, this guide is perfect for you. This year, we're sharing a variety of Native small businesses that you can shop from online or in person this holiday season, so you’re sure to find the perfect present for everyone on your list while supporting Inspired Natives.

For the Self-Care Superstar: Kiyani Botanics

Calming Salve Gift Set by Kiyani Botanics; photo courtesy Kiyani Botanics

Kiyani Botanics is a Navajo woman-owned business that produces lovely, scented soap and body care products. Founder Miranda Mullett uses plants and ingredients foraged from the Navajo Nation in all her products that bring a fresh aura to your body care routine. Her healing products remind us to reconnect with the land beneath us. With a wide range of products from body oils to small purse-sized salves, you’re guaranteed to find a gift for your loved one!

For the Home Chef or Foodie: Chef Sean Sherman

The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen now available at your local bookstore

With the goal to promote Native foodways and work on tribal food sovereignty, Chef Sean Sherman found a passion for helping others reconnect to their traditional food systems. The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen book focuses on using locally foraged Indigenous foods to create tasty meals full of flavor and love. You can buy The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen online at a Native-owned independent bookstore like Birchbark Books, or your favorite local bookseller. Be sure to read more about Sherman’s vision of traditional, tribal food systems on his website and Instagram page.

For your Grandparents: Gold Label Wool Blankets

Our New Phase Wool Blanket by Diné/Navajo artist Jared Yazzie

What do you give when you want to gift something meaningful? Eighth Generation's Gold Label blankets are some of the most thoughtfully-designed blankets on the market that are sure to be treasured for generations. Made from 100% Merino wool, these blankets are machine-knit in our Seattle studio and have a luxurious weight. Our New Phase Wool Blanket designed by Diné/Navajo artist Jared Yazzie is a modern take on classic Chief Blankets, while the neutral color palette makes it perfect for any decor style.

For those with a Need for Bead: Scandigenous Designs

Salish Fierceness Earrings by Scandigenous Designs

Artist and language revitalizer Lindsay Ravensong (Sinixt descendant) combines her Indigenous and Scandinavian heritages in the "subarctic adornments" she makes and sells through her brand, Scandigenous Designs. "Beadwork for me is medicine," says Lindsay. "It’s a direct connection to my home, to sisterhood, and to my indigenous heritage." Her wearable works of art each share stories and symbols from her lineage, while connecting the wearer to land and community.

For the Book Worm: Quiet Quail Books

Native and Indigenous titles available at Quiet Quail Books

California Indigenous-owned book shop, Quiet Quail Books, has the goal of supporting and uplifting Indigenous authors. Shop for any type of reader of all ages and add some good Indigenous reads to your bookcase! With a wide variety of online selection of single books to personalized mystery book boxes for the book lover in your life, support this California Indigenous book shop online or in store in Southern California.

For Fashion Icons and Jewelry Lover: Wocus Pocus

Heart Burst Earrings in green available at Wocus Pocus

From the Pacific Northwest, Cholena (CC) Wright (Klamath, Modoc, Northern Paiute), designer of Wocus Pocus, crafts beautiful jewelry out of dentalium shells, pine nuts, and abalone. This Native, queer owned business named after the Wocus flower, embodies the same healing and inspiring ambience as the plant. Whether you’re looking for everyday earrings or a showstopper for your jewelry lover, you’re sure to find the perfect pair at Wocus Pocus.

For the Beauty Guru: Prados Beauty

Makeup palettes and more available at Prados Beauty

Founded by Cece Meadows (Xicana/Indigena, Yoeme), Prados Beauty is an Indigenous owned makeup brand offering beauty products for any makeup lover’s needs. With a strong emphasis on the connection between beauty products and community, Prados Beauty wants to uplift Indigenous communities through continuing cultural connection in their products. An affordable makeup brand featuring bursts of color in eyeshadow, lipstick, lashes, and more, is sure to be a match for the makeup lover in your life.

For the Jewel of Your Life: Ahlazua

Textured Pearl Earrings available at Ahlazua

Ahlazua is an Indigenous woman-owned jewelry business featuring the works of Rykelle “Ahlazua” Kemp’s (Mvskoke Creek, Choctaw, Diné). Her stunning assortment of fine jewelry and laser-cut pieces showcases her commitment to using traditional materials and techniques. She incorporates her Southwestern and Southeastern identities into all of her featured work.

For the Caffeine Fiend: Native Ground Coffee

A classic flavor favorite from Native Ground Coffee

If you’re in need of a caffeinated pick-me-up present this holiday season, order a variety of tasty coffees and teas from Native Ground Coffee. With a central goal of incorporating O’odham history into the coffee industry and bringing Native communities together through the love of coffee, this Native-owned coffee company is from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community located in Arizona.

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