Butterfly Dreams Tote Bag signature series Inspired Natives® artist John Isaiah

Inspired Natives® artist John Isaiah Pepion (Piikani/Blackfeet) has combined the symbols and stories of both in his Bear Claws Wool Blanket

and third phases of Navajo blankets

In his Pony Express Fine Art Print

"Otters can be very nurturing

but always moving forward

Butterfly Dreams Tote Bag signature series Inspired Natives® artist John IsaiahFor the Blackfeet people, butterflies bring good dreams. In his Butterfly Dreams Tote Bag, Blackfeet Piikani artist and Inspired Natives Collaborator John Isaiah Pepion has taken a classic Blackfeet butterfly design and set it free to fly across our modern tote bag. John drew inspiration from the rawhide parfleche designs of the Plains Indians. Traditional parfleche are beautifully embellished rawhide containers, decorated by painting, incising, or