Indigenous 1st Designs features Cree and other Indigenous language products and an assortment of gifts and household goods
We have moccasins and mukluks that are mostly made by Indigenous people. We have carvings like little mini axes on a tree stump, canoes, birch work. We also sell drums and rattles.I would say about 75 per cent of our products are Indigenous made or made by indigenous companies. Some of the stuff for sure is by non-Indigenous companies; the largest is called Canadian Distributor. The goal ultimately is going to be 100 per cent Indigenous-produced items.
My education background includes a degree in Indigenous studies, a secondary teaching degree and a masters in land-based education. Now I’m a PhD student in language revitalization. I’ve been a Cree teacher for over 10 years now. I’ve taught all the way from preschool up to university students. I think I’ve covered just about every age group.The reason we wanted to open the store in Prince Albert was that Randy’s cousin was the owner of Dene Cree Designs.
Kinship mugs feature titles in our languages for family members. Instead of mom it would be nikāwiy, which is the word we use for mom in Cree. Or nohtāwiy for dad, nohkom for grandma, nimosōm for grandfather and so on. That’s still in progress. We still have a lot more to develop. But that was really popular with people.
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