Snoqualmie Tribe’s latest leap: Native blankets, made in Seattle
The tribe’s design brand, Eighth Generation, wants to take on the Pendletons of the world from its SoDo headquarters.
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Studio assistant Jasmine Frazier, left, works on tying off loose ends on blankets with studio manager Josh Swift at the Eighth Generation warehouse in Seattle on Jan. 14, 2021. The art and apparel brand partners with Native artists around the country. (Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut)
In a small warehouse near a busy intersection in Seattle’s industrial district, an assembly of animals is charging forward: A buffalo bursts forth. An elk gallops. A magpie spreads its wings amid running wolves and beavers.