Native American Designer Dewayne Dale Jr. Is Taking Back the Moccasin After Years of Cultural Appropriation Nikara Johns
For Native American footwear designer Dewayne Dale Jr., creating a shoe that fully represented himself and his indigenous culture didn’t happen on the first try. Because after years of being a fixture on a mood board, Dale Jr. who is from Shiprock, N.M., of the Red Running Into Water born for Water’s Edge Navajo clans concluded that footwear mega players weren’t looking to
actually showcase the authentic Native American experience. This was until he met Rocky Parrish, CEO and founder at Rockdeep.