Eighth Generation

Eighth Generation

100% Native-designed wool blankets and other home goods both online and in-store!

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 23/09/2024

🌎 Our Mother Earth Throw Blanket by Kira Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock) is now back in stock!

One of our best-selling designs, Kira beautifully merges the organic shapes of flowers with geometric forms in a shining sunburst that represents Sigo Bia (Mother Earth in Shoshone). Honor your love of our sacred planet with this vibrant throw blanket 💙

Shop here: bit.ly/3ZviYnC

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 22/09/2024

It's the first day of fall! 🍂

That means it's officially sweater weather and what goes better with a sweater than a scarf? Our Gold Label Scarves are made in our Seattle studio from 100% Merino wool and thoughtfully packaged just for you. Stay cozy this fall season with these authentic Native designs 🥰

🧣Morning Star Scarf by Jared Yazzie (Piikani/Blackfeet)
🧣Growing Tradition Scarf by Kira Murillo (Shoshone Bannock)
🧣Jumping Frog Scarf by David Robert Boxley (Ts'mysen/Tsimshian)
🧣Tribute Scarf by Jared Yazzie (Diné/Navajo)

Shop our scarves here: bit.ly/3yNYuv0

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 21/09/2024

Have you checked out our newest crew socks yet?

Indigenize your wardrobe with these four new designs:

🧦Our Path of Purpose Crew Socks by Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo) is thoughtfully crafted to elevate your spirit and serves as a reminder to take the path that aligns with your values

🧦Our Bluebell Crew Socks by Kira Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock) feature her signature combination of Shoshone-Bannock florals and traditional geometrics in shades of sky blue and buttercup yellow

🧦Our New Phase Crew Socks by Jared Yazzie (Diné/Navajo) combines traditional Navajo rug weaving designs with his own contemporary artistic style

🧦Our Wildflower Crew Socks by Kira Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock) feature her signature style of candy color florals with a central red double-bloom accented by geometric shapes

Shop our new designs here: bit.ly/3QCJebm

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 20/09/2024

🚨 RESTOCK ALERT 🚨

Just in time for fall, four of our best-selling wool blankets are back in stock!

🍂Walk in Beauty Wool Blanket by Ahsaki LaFrance-Chachere (Diné/Navajo, African American)
🍂Cherokee Treasure Wool Blanket by Bryan Waytula (Cherokee)
🍂Legacy Wool Blanket by Johnnie Jae (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw)
🍂Warrior Wool Blankey by Dante Biss-Grayson (Osage)

Shop here: bit.ly/3XZFyC7

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 18/09/2024

Join us TOMORROW (9/19) for our Inspired Natives Event at Town Hall Seattle! Our Native Art Market pop-up starts at 5pm, followed by our Inspired Natives Panel Conversation at 7:30pm! Celebrate the beauty of authentic Native art and excellence with Eighth Generation and our five Inspired Natives Artists.

Grab tickets at townhallseattle.org/event/inspired-natives or at the link in bio 🙌

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 16/09/2024

In Anishinaabe tradition, the Bear Clan are known as the carriers of medicine 💓

In our beautiful Bear Medicine Wool Blanket, artist Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe) pays homage to this tradition. Here, the mother bear carries the medicine while protecting the future generation. Her gorgeous design also tells a story of inheritance: as we inherit both spiritual and physical gifts from our ancestors we must also consider what we will give to our future generations 🌱

Shop this gorgeous blanket here: bit.ly/3Zn0gyv

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 15/09/2024

"The patterns never end, and I think that's what I love about them," shares Kira Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock), artist behind our Shoshone Flower Earrings 🌷

Designed by world-renowned tattoo artist, Kira Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock) these earrings combine a delicate blossom with four small chevrons. Inlaid with mother-of-pearl, these gold-plated studs are a simple but impactful addition to any outfit ✨

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 14/09/2024

Part of of our Gold Label Collection, these four blankets are made from 100% Merino wool and are machine-knit, hand-finished, and thoughtfully packaged in our Seattle studio by the Eighth Generation team 💖

These luxurious blankets are the perfect choice for conscientious consumers looking for authentic Native art while supporting local wool textile manufacturing ✨

🧵Good Harvest Wool Blanket designed by Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe)
🧵New Phase Wool Blanket designed by Jared Yazzie (Diné/Navajo)
🧵Wolf Spirit Wool Blanket designed by David Robert Boxley (Ts’msyen/Tsimshian)
🧵Family Floral Wool Blanket designed by Kira Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock)

Shop Gold Label: bit.ly/3QNbFmX

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 13/09/2024

Add a pep to your step with authentic Native designs!

Our Crew Socks are the perfect way to indigenize your favorite outfits. With over fourteen pairs to choose from, this bold accessory is perfect for any and all occasions ✨

🧦 Tribute Crew Socks designed by Jared Yazzie (Diné/Navajo)
🧦 Embrace Your Beauty Crew Socks designed by Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo)
🧦 Faith Crew Socks designed by Bethany Yellowtail (Apsáalooke/Crow)
🧦 Connections Crew Socks designed by Jaime Martin and McKenna Sweet Dorman (Snoqualmie)
🧦 Wild Plums Crew Socks designed by Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe)

Shop our Crew Socks here: bit.ly/3QCJebm

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 11/09/2024

Have you seen our new Cedar Inheritance Accent Rugs by Kandi McGilton (Ts’msyen/Tsimshian) yet?

The perfect way to Indigenize a space, our new rugs share traditional patterns in a modern way ❤️

Available at eighthgeneration.com.

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 09/09/2024

Our Inspired Natives Event at Town Hall Seattle is just around the corner! 👏

Join us in celebrating authentic Native art and excellence. During the event you’ll be able to meet our five Inspired Natives Artists, enjoy our first ever pop-up market featuring Native American vendors, and more! This is your chance to connect with our artists and is the FIRST time ever that all five of of our Inspired Natives Artists will be in one place to talk about their individual and shared experiences as community-minded Native artists.

Learn more about each of our artists and visit Town Hall Seattle's website here: https://townhallseattle.org/event/inspired-natives/ to purchase tickets. 👏

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 08/09/2024

The perfect merger of form and function 🙌

In muted grays and whites, our plush bath towels are a beautiful way to indigenize your home 🫧

Shop here: bit.ly/3McCehH

🧼 Duality Bath Towel designed by David Robert Boxley (Ts'msyen/Tsimshian)
🧼 Shadow Mountain Bath Towel designed by Jared Yazzie (Diné/Navajo)
🧼 Storm Flower Bath Towel designed by Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe)
🧼 Bear Claws Bath Towel designed by John Isaiah Pepion (Piikani/Blackfeet)

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 07/09/2024

Carry forth the Ojibwe floral tradition 🌼

Our Birch Bloom Earrings designed by Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe) beautifully showcase the traditional teaching of plants that care for the water, including wild taro, yellow flag, and duckweed. Made right here in our Seattle studio, take a bit of Anishinaabe beauty with you wherever you go ✨

Shop our jewelry here: bit.ly/44KwkMm

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 06/09/2024

☕ Start your Friday off right with a cup of coffee in our Cedar Mug by Louie Gong (Nooksack) 😍

This mug is a beautiful reminder that all people are connected to the land 🌿

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 04/09/2024

Walk through a forest of cedars with our new Ancestral Echoes Wool Blanket 🌲

Designed by Ts’msyen artist Kandi McGilton, this blanket features a box-within-a-box design which is an ancient Ts’msyen plaiting (braiding) pattern found on many large cedar bark mats.

The last four photos are of stunning baskets Kandi has created featuring this same design 💚 Learn more and shop the new Ancestral Echoes Wool Blanket here: bit.ly/3XzfAqA

02/09/2024

💚 SNEAK PEEK: Excited to share that we're launching a brand new wool blanket with the incredible Kandi McGilton (Ts’msyen/Tsimshian) TOMORROW 🙌

Stay tuned for the launch tomorrow (9/3) at 10am PDT! 👀

01/09/2024

A reminder of your strength within 💛

Snoqualmie artist Bethany Fackrell tells a powerful story depicting the significance of Deer. Her beautiful piece represents the resilience of Deer saving Earth’s creatures and symbolizes strength and resilience.

The Deer and Transformer Fine Art Print is a beautiful addition to any space and available at eighthgeneration.com!

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 31/08/2024

Our Desert Floral Silk Scarf by Jared Yazzie (Diné/Navajo) is the perfect golden hour accessory ☀️

Keeping the traditional floral element of these "kokum" scarves, Jared has replaced the primary color palette with subtle desert hues and indigenous plants from Navajo Country 🌵 Catch the summer breeze with this gorgeous scarf, available here: bit.ly/3ymZRRA 🌹

30/08/2024

❗LAST CHANCE❗ Tomorrow is your last chance to enter our 2024 Wool Blanket Design Contest. Our Wool Blanket Design Contest began in 2017 as a way to work with as many Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous artists as possible. This contest ensures that we help new aspiring artists prosper in a global marketplace. 🎨

This new wool blanket will add to our list of over 100 blankets designed by authentic Native American, First Nations, and Indigenous artists—reclaiming the market from fake "Native-inspired" designs that have dominated for over two centuries. The winner will be part of Eighth Generation's movement to support Inspired Natives®, not "Native-inspired."

Get the details and make sure to enter before the deadline here: bit.ly/3WKrX2w

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 28/08/2024

Bring a piece of Northwest Coastal art into your home with our Wolf Spirit Wool Blanket by David Robert Boxley (Ts’msyen/Tsimshian) ❤️

Part of our Gold Label Collection, this blanket is 100% Merino wool AND knit right here in our Seattle studio ✨

Shop our Wolf Spirit Blanket here: bit.ly/3SKCJmP

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 27/08/2024

A wildflower meadow or a sparkling running river? 🪻

Enjoy both with our River of Flowers Earrings by world-renowned tattoo artist Kira Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock) 🙌

Known for her signature style of florals combined with traditional geometrics, Kira has brought that same beauty to these stunning earrings.

🌼 Shop them here: bit.ly/3Yu2ICD

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 26/08/2024

🐾🐶 Today is National Dog Day! 🐾🐶 We want to see pics of your furry friends! Post your pups in their Eighth Gen collars, leashes, bandanas, blankets, and more on stories and be sure to tag us!

And don't forget to check out all of our pet products if your pup needs a new accessory at the link in bio 🐕

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Look cool AND help the planet with our amazing hip bags. Perfect for festivals, hiking, traveling, or trips to the store—our hip bags do it all! Made from recycled PET, our bags save water bottles from the landfill and are created with a carbon-neutral practice through SeaTrees 🌎

🕶️ Balance Hip Bag designed by Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo)
🕶️ Coast Salish Pattern Hip Bag designed by Louie Gong (Nooksack)
🕶️ Otter Steps Hip Bag designed by Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe)

Shop here: bit.ly/3sqIufy

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 24/08/2024

Still short on school supplies? ✏️

Start the school year right with our back to school favorites. We've got notebooks for every class so you'll have plenty of room for all of those A+ ideas!

📓 Even better, get inspired with our Inspired Pen Set, all designed by our incredible Inspired Natives® Collaborators 🎒

Shop here: bit.ly/3Ql7hJM

🍎 Bear Claws Notebook designed by John Isaiah Pepion (Piikani/Blackfeet)
🍎 Spring Sunrise Notebook designed by Kira Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock)
🍎 After The Rain Notebook designed by Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo)
🍎 Mountain Dreams Notebook designed by John Isaiah Pepion (Piikani/Blackfeet)
🍎 Inspired Pen Set designed by Jared Yazzie (Diné/Navajo), Sarah Agaton Howes (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe), Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo), Louie Gong (Nooksack), and John Isaiah Pepion (Piikani/Blackfeet)

Photos from Eighth Generation's post 23/08/2024

Splish Splash 🌊 Our new Hooded Towels by Kira Murillo (Shoshone-Bannock) are HERE!

Make bath time more fun for your kiddos with these new playful Native-designed towels. Our vibrant towels come with a hood, making it easy for wearing. They can even become a part of creative play—will your child imagine themselves a wizard with flower powers, or perhaps a mysterious forest hero who blends into a botanical backdrop?

A mother herself, Kira has created our hooded towels for the next generation 💓
🐢 Turtle Friends Hooded Towel (Yellow, Blue) designed by Kira Murillo
🌼 Summer Twilight Hooded Towel (Purple) designed by Kira Murillo

Shop towels here: bit.ly/3McCehH

INSPIRED NATIVES not “Native-inspired.”

Seattle-based lifestyle brand Eighth Generation is the first Native-owned business to produce wool blankets. 100% of our products are designed by Native artists who are paid for their work, and much of it -such as our jewelry and phone cases - are made right in our Seattle studio. You can get a closer look on our website or visit our flagship store at the iconic Pike Place Market. www.eighthgeneration.com

Eighth Generation is proudly owned by the Snoqualmie Tribe.

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1406 1st Avenue
Seattle, WA
98101

Opening Hours

Monday 10:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 10:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 17:00
Thursday 10:00 - 17:00
Friday 10:00 - 17:00
Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 10:00 - 17:00