Minnetonka is continuing its mission to support the Native American community with the relaunch of its iconic moccasin: The Thunderbird. In 2020, the Minnesota-based company made an apology to the ...
The moccasin-maker Minnetonka, 2½ years after apologizing for cultural misappropriation, has relaunched its best-known style after a redesign by a Red Lake Nation artist. The Thunderbird, first ...
Minnetonka first started selling its “Thunderbird” moccasins in 1965. Now, for the first time, they’ve been redesigned by a Native American designer. It’s one step in the company’s larger work to deal ...
Chris Nayquonabe, left, Adrienne Benjamin and Lucie Skjefte are among the Native American designers involved with Minnetonka Moccasin's Reclamation Collaborative. NINA MOINI: The Minnesota-based ...