Lupine Leather & Beads ⋅Juneau ⋅ Native-owned
Lupine Leather & Beads is locally owners by Tlingit Tribal Citizen & Sealaska / Goldbelt Shareholder, Frances Andrews (Dowd). Frances was born and raised in Juneau.
She learned to make regalia at a young age.
Her grandparents, Frances & Ike Cropley, instilled much of the Tlingit way of life into her upbringing. The business was opened in 2018 and began from a desire to provide Alaska Native artists with a local option to purchase the supplies needed for regalia and jewelry making.
The business opened as Regalia Arts & Bead Co and the name was changed in 2020.