Native Partnerships
Faherty is deeply proud of our ongoing partnership with Native artists and brands to end appropriation in fashion and offer authentically designed clothing that benefits Native communities.
We’ve been deeply committed to Native initiatives for almost ten years, partnering with six different Native artists and designers (many on an ongoing basis) and taking a holistic and mutually reciprocal 360° approach to these partnerships. Beyond design partnerships, we are proud to share financial and product resources, support Native mutual aid efforts, offer Native designed product and fabric donations to Native communities in need, and display Land Acknowledgements in all of our retail stores.
Meet Our Native Design Partners
Tlingit Athabascan Filipino
Crystal Worl
Crystal Worl is a Tlingit Athabascan Filipino artist from Juneau, Alaska, who has been collaborating with Faherty Brand since 2019, when she painted a mural inside Faherty's University of Washington store. A mixed-media artist working across printmaking, painting, and sculpture, Crystal holds a degree in studio arts metalsmithing from the Institute of American Indian Arts and completed a three-year apprenticeship in formline design under renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson. Alongside her brother Rico, she co-founded Trickster Company, a Juneau-based, family-run art and design business. Her Holiday 2026 collection with Faherty draws on Tlingit kinship and the balance between the Raven and Eagle moieties, pairing a playful Raven Party Blanket with a Thunderbird Blanket and Killer Whale designs inspired by her grandmother's clan. “Who I am is made up of multiple people, multiple worlds. I’m very grateful. It gives me plenty of opportunity to create from.” - Crystal Worl
Partner Organizations
For Our Relatives
Family and community are central to Native cultures. Building kinship and solidarity is what led Kim Smith and Makai Lewis to create For Our Relatives, an Indigenous mutual aid collective that is regenerating a deep love for the land, investing in collective healing and action, and supporting their communities on the Navajo Nation. Kim and Makai lead meaningful and transformative dialogues about challenges that Native communities face and are offering solutions to rebuild and restore a self-sustaining community rooted in Indigenous practices
IllumiNative
Founded by Doug Good Feather, LWHC’s mission is to promote spiritual connection and human wellness through programs, events and workshops that share the traditional Lakota Way of prayer and healing. The organization is dedicated to helping people with trauma, addictions, homelessness, illness and PTSD to re-balance themselves through indigenous Native American spirituality. Through our partnership, Good Feather has purchased more than 160 acres of land to expand the center.
Urban Native Era
Urban Native Era was founded in 2012 by Joey Montoya (Lipan Apache) to increase Indigenous visibility through social media, beginning with photos and videos of the Idle No More movement. A year later, it grew into a fashion brand with a clear purpose: making Indigenous people more visible through fashion and design. Today, UNE creates minimal, powerful designs, highlights Indigenous talent in its modeling, set design, and photography, and regularly supports Indigenous organizations with donations. Through our partnership, UNE helped create the tags and Native acknowledgements for our Fall 2026 Parks Project collaboration, honoring the Indigenous homelands of national parks across the U.S.
Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association
The Yukon River is home to the longest salmon migration in the world, and those salmon sustain more than 42 rural Alaskan villages with food, income, and cultural tradition. Founded in 1990, the Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association works to conserve these salmon runs by giving a voice to the people who have managed them for thousands of years. YRDFA represents village fishers at state, federal, and international decision-making tables, brings Traditional Ecological Knowledge into fisheries management, and leads research to protect wild salmon throughout their life cycles. Through our partnership with Tlingit Athabascan artist Crystal Worl, Faherty is proud to support their work.
Land Acknowledgements and Murals
We are also very proud to feature Indigenous murals and art in and outside some of our Faherty stores. We also acknowledge the original stewards of the land that Faherty stores are located on. Check out our store locator for more information.
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