Wholesale and Retail Partnerships
Authentic Lakota Art for Discerning Retailers
Lakota Arts and Crafts Enterprise supplies hand-carved Spirit Horse sculptures to gift shops and cultural retail destinations across the American West. Our work is currently carried by Xanterra-operated gift shops at Rocky Mountain National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Mount Rushmore National Memorial — some of the most visited destinations in the country.
If you are a retailer looking for authentic, story-rich Native American art that resonates with visitors and sells with purpose, we'd welcome a conversation.
Why Retailers Choose Us
Authentic. Verified. Meaningful. All our artists are registered members of the Oglala Lakota Tribe living and working on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Our products comply with the Indian Arts and Crafts Act, which requires that Native American art sold as such be made by enrolled tribal members. When your customers pick up one of these creations, they are holding something genuinely made by the hands of an Oglala Lakota artist — not a mass-produced imitation.
This authenticity matters to today's traveler. It matters to us, too.
Proven in National Park/Museum Retail Environments Our product lines have been selected by gift shop buyers at three major national park concessions. They perform well in high-traffic visitor retail settings because they carry a story — and visitors want to bring that story home.
Our Lakota creations at Rocky Mountain National Park Alpine Gift Store
Alvin's and Sherman's creations at the Autry Museum of the West.
Alvin's Spirit Horses featured at the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial Gift Store.
Our Product Lines
Alvin Ghost Elk Iron Cloud
Alvin creates Spirit Horse sculptures in sizes designed specifically for retail display and gift shop environments:
- 3-inch Spirit Horses — compact, accessible price point, ideal for impulse and souvenir purchases
- 6-inch Spirit Horses — a step up in presence and detail, a natural gift item
Larger custom pieces (10 inches to 36 inches) are also available for galleries, special displays, or high-end gift settings.
Each piece is individually carved. No two are identical.
Sam Two Bulls
Sam Two Bulls creates bold, hand-painted wood wall hangings rooted in traditional Lakota culture. His work features the lightning bolt imagery of the Wakíŋyaŋ — the Thunder Beings — rendered in the vivid, layered color that has become his artistic signature. Buffalo, eagles, dragonflies, horses, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other figures from the natural and spiritual world come alive through Sam's distinctive splatter-and-paint technique, blending contemporary energy with deep cultural meaning.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe — one of the most respected Indigenous arts institutions in the country. His pieces are visually arresting in any retail display environment and speak immediately to visitors drawn to authentic, story-backed Native American art.
Timothy Red Cloud
Melissa Hill creates hand-beaded and dentalium shell earrings rooted in the aesthetic and material traditions of the Lakota people. Her work spans a wide range of styles — from large beaded hoops worked in the four sacred colors, to delicate seed bead dangles, to earrings featuring dentalium shells, a material with deep and long-standing significance across Native cultures throughout North America.
Dentalium — the slender, tusk-shaped shells of a deep-sea mollusk — were among the most valued trade items on the continent long before European contact, used as currency, adornment, and markers of status and relationship. When Melissa incorporates dentalium into her earrings, she is working with a material that carries centuries of meaning.
Melissa's collection offers retail buyers something rare: genuine range. Her pieces span accessible price points and styles, from understated everyday wear to bold statement pieces, making them suitable for a wide cross-section of gift shop visitors.
Perhaps most meaningfully, Melissa's young daughter is now learning the craft alongside her — already creating her own single-row beaded earrings. In this way, the tradition is being carried forward in the most direct way possible: mother to daughter, hand to hand. When a customer purchases one of Melissa's pieces, they are part of that continuity.
Melissa Hill
Timothy Red Cloud is a fourth-generation quillworker, carrying forward a tradition that has been passed through his family for more than a century. He is a descendant of Chief Red Cloud, the legendary Oglala Lakota leader — and that heritage lives in every piece he creates.
Timothy's quillwork jewelry features hand-wrapped porcupine quills in the four sacred colors — red, yellow, black, and white — worked into teardrop and hoop earrings and hand-tied leather bracelets. Each piece incorporates geometric patterns drawn from traditional Lakota design, including the stepped and diamond motifs that have carried cultural meaning across generations.
Quillwork is one of the oldest art forms of the Great Plains, predating glass beadwork by centuries. Timothy's mastery of this painstaking technique — and his ability to bring it into wearable, accessible jewelry — makes his pieces genuinely rare in today's retail market.
His earrings and bracelets are ideal retail items: distinctive, lightweight, easy to display, and priced accessibly for gift shop visitors. They tell a story that no mass-produced souvenir can match.
Sam Two Bulls
Sherman Bear Ribs
Sherman Bear Ribs works in deer hide and glass beads, creating two of the most deeply personal objects in Lakota tradition: amulets and sage pouches.
Lakota amulets are among the most meaningful items a family can own. When a baby was born, the umbilical cord was carefully sewn inside a hand-beaded amulet — a turtle for girls, a lizard for boys. The amulet became the child's first toy, and as they grew, it was worn or kept close as a source of health and protection. Sherman's amulets honor this tradition completely, crafted from deer hide and covered in fine glass bead work in traditional Lakota designs.
His sage pouches are sewn from soft deer hide and stuffed with sage — a plant central to Lakota spiritual life, used for purification, prayer, and healing. Carried on the body or placed in a home, they are both a functional object and a quiet expression of cultural continuity.
For retail buyers, Sherman's pieces occupy a unique category: they are simultaneously wearable keepsakes, conversation pieces, and windows into living Lakota tradition. Visitors who encounter them rarely leave without wanting to understand the story — and that story is what makes them unforgettable purchases.
Sherman's amulets and sage pouches are available in limited quantities, reflecting the time and care each piece demands.
Spirit Horse Baseball Caps
Alvin's Spirit Horse design doesn't stop at carved wood. His artwork has been translated into an embroidered baseball cap — featuring one of his custom Spirit Horse designs rendered in fine thread on a classic khaki cap.
For retailers, the cap opens up an entirely different customer: the visitor who may not be in the market for a carved sculpture but wants to take home something wearable, distinctive, and genuinely rooted in Native artistry. It's a natural companion piece to the carved Spirit Horses on the same display — and a strong seller at the accessible souvenir price point.
Each cap carries Alvin's design and the story behind it, making it far more than a standard gift shop hat.
How to Place a Wholesale Order
We work directly with retail buyers to understand your needs, lead times, and display context. Because each sculpture is hand-carved, we plan orders carefully to ensure quality and on-time delivery.
To start a conversation about carrying Lakota Arts and Crafts Enterprise pieces in your store, please reach out by completing the form.
We'll respond with product photos, sizing details, pricing, and minimum order information.
A Note on What You're Supporting
Every wholesale order placed with Lakota Arts and Crafts Enterprise supports an Oglala Lakota artist working on the Pine Ridge Reservation, whose craft is rooted in tradition, shaped by their own artistic journey, and sustained by partnerships with retailers who value authenticity.
When you carry their work, you're not just stocking a product. You're offering your customers a genuine connection to Lakota heritage and artistry.
We look forward to hearing from you.