5 Indigenous Small Businesses to Support this Festive Season
Christmas time is a wonderful opportunity to step away from the crowded shopping centres, and make conscious choices to shop small with your gift-giving. We are setting ourselves a challenge this year to shop at 5 small Indigenous businesses for our Christmas gifting!
As a small business ourselves, we know how important each and every sale is to the business owner and their family, and love that with every purchase from a small Indigenous business, we are not only supporting an individual person rather than a large faceless business, but we are also helping to grow the Indigenous business sector, which we know has ripple effects across our communities.
In this blog we have highlighted 5 Indigenous businesses with beautiful gifts, that you may like to shop with this Christmas!
Paperbark Love: Paperbark has a special place in ceremony for the Kungarakan people of the Northern Territory and Paperbark Love products reflect the symbolism of beauty, nature and self care embodied by the paperbark tree. All Paperbark Love products are made in small batches to ensure authenticity and quality of product and are made with simple, natural ingredients designed to nourish & hydrate your skin, leaving you feeling refreshed.
Baagi Milaygin: Crafted from traditional knowledge, Baagi Milaygiin provides a range of therapeutic bush beauty products made using Australian Native Bush Botanicals & natural plant-based ingredients. Baagi Milaygiin means 'Grandmothers Spirit' in Gamilaraay language.
Yaye: Yaye products are a unique fusion between traditional bush medicine and contemporary luxury. Inspired by colors and aromas of the Red Centre, whilst honouring traditional culture and ancient wisdom, Yaye products rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit.
Kykoe: KYKOE is a 100% Aboriginal and Zenadth Kes business sharing culture through accessories and contemporary art. KYKOE products serve as a physical link to all that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people embody. They represent the complexity of navigating between two worlds while also creating a platform that helps strengthen and enhance community and social connections between the Indigenous and the non-Indigenous community.
Little Black Duck: Little Black Duck is proudly located on Wiradjuri Country (in regional NSW) in the quaint village of Uranquinty on the outskirts of Wagga Wagga . A 100% Aboriginal-owned small business created in 2015, combining creative, fun and functional art pieces with the hope of sparking meaningful conversations within your home, Little Black Duck uses a range of unique mediums and surfaces to create a memorable brand of functional art that is loved the world over.
