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Eighth Generation Artists Featured in Book, "Notable Native People"

Eighth Generation is delighted to share that two of our incredible artists—Geo Neptune (Passamaquoddy) and Jamie Okuma (Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannoc...

Walk In Beauty: A Celebration of Self with Diné/Navajo and African American Artist Ahsaki LaFrance-Chachere

Just like the sun in her Southwest Navajo Nation home in Arizona, Ahsaki LaFrance-Chachere is as warm as she is fierce. “I faced social and economi...

What's the Buzz? Celebrating Bees, Honey, and Milestones with the Salish Lodge & Spa

What’s the buzz with bees? September is National Honey Month, which is sweet news indeed. Here at Eighth Generation, we have a hive of Bee Supporti...

Back To School with Eighth Generation

It’s back to school season! Whether you’re headed off to the first grade, kicking it as a high school sophomore, or taking on your college campus, ...

Happy 114th Birthday, Pike Place Market

Happy Birthday, Pike Place Market!  August 17 is Pike Place Market’s 114th birthday, and Eighth Generation is happy to celebrate this wonderful com...

Jim Thorpe, the “Greatest American Athlete”

What do the highest paid athlete of their time, the first president of the NFL, and the first Native American to win a gold medal at the Olympics h...

Women Dominated Wins at RES 2021

We had a great time at this year’s National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s RES Conference in Las Vegas, where three of our tea...

Inspired Natives™ Artist John Pepion Needs Our Help

On June 4, Blackfoot artist and Inspired Natives™ contributor John Pepion was airlifted over 100 miles from the Blackfeet Indian Community to Kalis...

Peep Submissions for our 2021 Wool Blanket Design Contest

Native artists across the continent are flooding our website with entries to this year’s Wool Blanket Design Contest – open until July 6, 2021! As ...

Can I Buy & Wear Eighth Generation Products if I’m Not Native?

Many Indigenous artists and Native-owned businesses are often asked if non-Native folks can purchase and style our products designed by Native arti...

New Wool Blanket Honors Cross Cultural Friendships

The Evergreen Longhouse is a place where Indigenous artists, students, and community members from around the globe gather, teach and create beautif...

Calling All Native Artists! Our Biggest Wool Blanket Design Contest

Edit: Our 2021 Wool Blanket Design Contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted your beautiful Native artwork! Eighth Generation's 20...