Butterfly Dreams Tote Bag John Isaiah Pepion while the silk twill fabric

while the silk twill fabric is an elegant touch that stays cool against your skin

and life-giving rain

everyone in their community is gifted with the start of the next generation

The hunter gives his time and skill to his community

one of the first signs of the abundance of spring is the emergence of ferns

Butterfly Dreams Tote Bag John Isaiah Pepion while the silk twill fabricFor 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