With a focus on Native-owned businesses and locally sourced products, the One Sealaska Gift Guide is your one-stop-shop for gift-giving this winter and beyond. From accessories and apparel to art, food and more, the Gift Guide compiles a variety of Southeast Alaska’s small business offerings into one place, making it easy for you to keep your impact local this holiday season.
The Gift Guide features Native-owned businesses, and Southeast Alaskan entrepreneurs who have participated in Spruce Root programs. Use the dropdown menu above to navigate through the different sections.
This gift guide was produced in collaboration with Sealaska, Sealaska Heritage Institute, as part of the One Sealaska campaign. #onesealaska
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Little Bear Designs
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).
Little Cub Books
Little Cub Books, LLC, an Indigenous-Owned Publishing and Printing Company, was created by Amanda Bremner and Benjamin Schleifman with the help of their cubs Tinaa, Daaskawaa and Nathan. Benjamin Schleifman is the creative mind behind the original designs found in our Coloring Books, which are also showcased on clothing and stickers. However, it’s important to note that the cubs hold the final authority in approving all print products.
Lover Bear Candle Co.
Lover Bear Candle Co. is owned by husband and wife team, Anna and Cody Angerman, who create unique scented products inspired by their home, Alaska. They have a passion for bringing the scents of Alaska to life through their handmade products. Inspired by the stark wilderness and beauty of the last frontier, they’ve created custom blends of unique scents that are truly Alaskan. They use only the best quality ingredients; a house blend of coco-apricot and soy wax, phthalate free fragrances and essential oils, 100% cotton wicks or crackling wooden wicks depending on size. They hope you enjoy their collection created to transport you to wild Alaska with just the light of a candle. Check them out on Instagram to see their latest creations!
Naturally Yours
A stay-at-home mom with two girls, Kiana Rodriguez makes bath bombs, sugar scrubs and shower steamers. Follow Naturally Yours on Facebook!
Port Chilkoot Distillery
Port Chilkoot Distillery captures the taste of Alaska with small-batch artisanal spirits made using locally sourced ingredients: water from a nearby lake, organic grains, and hand-gathered herbs like spruce tip and whole juniper berries. Wife and husband team Heather and Sean’s craftsmanship and attention to detail are so exceptional that their 50 Fathoms Gin was awarded a double gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Port Chilkoot Distillery is proof that the passion, ingenuity, and resilience of our region can create incredible local products.
Qaadax̂ Studio
Qaadax̂ Studio was founded by Unangam masuqaĝii (Unangax̂ artist) Qaadax̂ Chloe Bourdukofsky-Price in 2021 to highlight Unangax̂ art/ style passed from generation to generation.
Qaadax̂ was taught by many community leaders since she was seven how to sustainably create Alaska Native Art from sewing, beading and skin-sewing.
You can find a variety of art such as beadwork and paintings through her Instagram and website. Also, follow her on Facebook.
Sagebrush Dry Gear
Handcrafted in the middle of the Tongass National Forest, Sagebrush Dry Gear knows the importance of staying dry in the wilderness. No matter your sport, their products will keep your gear dry with the highest quality, lightest weight, fully submersible bags in the industry.
Sam Sheakley, Master Silversmith
Sam Sheakley is a master silversmith and Tlingit artist based in Alaska whose work bridges traditional Indigenous formline art with contemporary wearable sculpture. Sheakley’s metalwork features hand-chased lines, carved formline motifs, and occasional inlays, giving each piece a sense of flowing movement and ancestral storytelling.
On his BigCartel site, he offers striking pieces such as lovebird-engraved silver bracelets, elegant neck rings, and copper scarf rings, all deeply rooted in Tlingit symbolic language. Popular gifts include silver engraved jewelry, daggers rings and earrings, spiral earrings, halibut rings or a custom made cuff.
Sandra’s Artistry Alaska
Sandra Firestack, is originally from Yakutat and currently resides in Juneau, and owns a Native-owned business “Sandra’s Artistry Alaska” (established in 2000). Sandra’s Artistry Alaska a Juneau-Alaska-based online retail shop featuring signature-designed handmade one of a kind, genuinely made in the USA products; items are not mass-produced nor machine made. Famous hand-designed ALASKA XTRA TUF booties, loafers, hats, socks, baby sweaters, mittens and more. Visit her store!