THE INDIGENOUS MARKET · OUR PURPOSE

More than a directory.
A way to build connections.

IM exists to make Indigenous-owned businesses easier to discover, easier to support, and—when people choose to participate—easier to connect with each other. Whether you're shopping, offering a service, creating art or building a local market, here's what you can do.

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Our mission

Support Indigenous entrepreneurs, artists and communities by making their work more visible and opening doors to meaningful connections. We believe discovery is only the beginning: new customers, commissions, partnerships and local markets can help Indigenous commerce grow on its own terms.

IM helps people connect; it does not sell a business's products for them, negotiate their deals or claim ownership of their artwork. People decide whether to participate, and businesses keep control of their own relationships.

FIVE WAYS TO USE IM

Find the part that fits you.

Every pathway has a purpose. You can use the directory without joining any of the optional business-to-business programs.

For shoppers, travelers and anyone seeking a service

Find Indigenous-owned businesses

Search Indigenous-owned businesses, products, makers, and services across Alaska, the United States, and Canada. Browse categories or discover businesses by location. Open a profile to learn what a business does, then use its official website to check offerings, pricing, availability, or arrange a purchase.

For example: Search for regalia, beadwork, legal services, accommodation, construction or gift shops—not just a business name.

Search the directory

For Indigenous business owners

Help customers discover your business

Find your existing listing or submit your business for review. An authorized representative can claim it, correct details, describe products and services, and submit images for permission review. IM helps people discover you and follow links to your own website; you remain in control of your sales and fulfillment.

For example: A Native-owned cleaning company can explain its services, location and website so more customers can find it.

List or claim a business

For artists, independent creators and business partners

Build business collaborations

With a separate voluntary opt-in, people can post projects and partnership opportunities, offer their skills, review proposals and communicate privately after acceptance. Think commissions, wholesale relationships, creative projects, supplier partnerships and referrals. Posting for a listed business requires an approved owner or manager claim.

For example: A Native-owned hotel may seek several artists to create original guest-room artwork. Each artist chooses whether to respond and agrees on terms individually.

Explore Collaborations

For participating vendors, organizers and supporters

Bring Indigenous markets into communities

Market Connect helps people who voluntarily choose to participate discover local interest in community-led Indigenous markets, connect with willing partners, and plan possible in-person events. IM does not automatically register its directory businesses, guarantee venues, or organize an event for you.

For example: Interested makers and organizers in the same community can find one another and explore a market together.

Explore Live Markets

For returning customers and community members

Save discoveries for later

Build your own private collection of businesses, products and services. Come back when you need a gift, a maker, a local service or a business you discovered earlier. Your saved list helps you return; saving a business does not contact or enroll it in anything.

For example: Collect favorite beadwork studios, travel experiences, and Indigenous-owned businesses you want to support later.

Open Saved

Participation is always a choice.

For business owners

Claiming a listing, approving business photography, and opting into collaborations are separate decisions. A directory listing does not mean an owner has registered for Market Connect.

For customers and partners

Use the business's official website for up-to-date prices, services, stock, hours and policies. Discuss contracts, payment, art rights and logistics directly with the people involved.

Start with what you need.

Discover a business today. Save a favorite. Or become part of a project that brings Indigenous-owned work to more people.

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More than a directory.
A way to build connections.

Our mission

Participation is always a choice.

For business owners

Claiming a listing, approving business photography, and opting into collaborations are separate decisions. A directory listing does not mean an owner has registered for Market Connect.

For customers and partners

Use the business's official website for up-to-date prices, services, stock, hours and policies. Discuss contracts, payment, art rights and logistics directly with the people involved.

More than a directory.A way to build connections.

Our mission

Find the part that fits you.

Find Indigenous-owned businesses

Help customers discover your business

Build business collaborations

Bring Indigenous markets into communities

Save discoveries for later

Participation is always a choice.

For business owners

For customers and partners

Start with what you need.

More than a directory.A way to build connections.

Our mission

Find the part that fits you.

Find Indigenous-owned businesses

Help customers discover your business

Build business collaborations

Bring Indigenous markets into communities

Save discoveries for later

Participation is always a choice.

For business owners

For customers and partners

Start with what you need.

More than a directory.
A way to build connections.

More than a directory.
A way to build connections.