Little Bear Designs ⋅Anchorage ⋅ Native-owned
Xóotsk’ Amiah Johnson is a Tlingit, Koyukon, Athabascan and Filipina artist from Yakutat currently residing on traditional Dena’ina land in Anchorage. She is inspired by the traditional designs of her ancestors and land where they came from. She was taught to sew and beads by her mother and maternal grandmother and has been running her business and going to school full time for the last three years.
She loves to inspire others to create and teach other indigenous artists traditional art forms such as beading, sewing and weaving. Although Amiah does not accept customer orders, she frequently updates her website with items for sale and has a commission request form on her site for shops and special events. You can also follow her on Instagram (@xootsk).