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Lakota Made LLC Sicangu Lakota Owned • Est. 2018
Indigenous First Medicines &
Eco-Friendly Personal Care Products
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the furnace kicks on and by thanksgiving everybody's hands are cracking... knuckles, heels, elbows, the whole thing.lave...
10/14/2026

the furnace kicks on and by thanksgiving everybody's hands are cracking... knuckles, heels, elbows, the whole thing.
lavender luxury solid lotion. shea butter, beeswax, lavender essential oil. three ingredients. it's a solid bar, so you rub it between your hands or right on the dry spot and it melts with your body heat. there's no water in it, so there's nothing in there that needs a preservative.
comes in vanilla too if lavender isn't your thing.
a lot of people buy these as gifts and then keep them. we don't judge.
in store and online. orders $75+ ship free with code FREESHIP75... type it in before you place the order, we can't edit orders after they go through.
wed-fri 12-5 | sat 10-5 | sun 10-3
606 n riverfront dr, mankato mn
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Háŋ Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ,I wasn't sure I was going to share this one, but here it is.I caught my older girls being the bulli...
10/13/2026

Háŋ Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ,
I wasn't sure I was going to share this one, but here it is.
I caught my older girls being the bullies. Not the ones getting picked on. The ones doing it.
As a parent that's hard to sit with. I talk about love and empathy all the time, in this house, on this page, in everything I make. And then I find out my own kids hurt somebody. It hurt. I was every emotion at once. Angry. Embarrassed. Heartbroken. Questioning myself.
So I slowed down. I let their therapists know what happened. I listened to my girls, really listened. And then I told them about my own experience with bullies in middle school, what it did to me and how long I carried it.
And I told them this: don't become someone else's trauma.
13 and 14 is hard. I know that. They've been through a lot and they have big feelings. But in our house we don't use our trauma as an excuse to traumatize somebody else. We work harder at our own mental health. We hold each other accountable. We apologize, and we mean it. Feelings are okay. All of them. We just can't hurt other people because we have feelings.
There's a teaching about the word wamákȟaškaŋ. People translate it as "animals," but it means the living beings of the earth, and that includes us. Every being has a spirit, a life, a mind, and a language. Nobody sits above anybody else. Bullying only works when somebody believes they're above someone else. Our ways say that was never true.
So parents, ask the hard question. Not just "is anyone being mean to you," but "have you been mean to anyone?" And if the answer is yes, don't look away. That's where the real work starts.
Waun'sila. Compassion. Even when it's hard. Especially when it's hard.
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boot season is back and so are the foot problems nobody talks about out loud.wool socks, sweaty boots, locker rooms, bas...
10/13/2026

boot season is back and so are the foot problems nobody talks about out loud.
wool socks, sweaty boots, locker rooms, basketball season... if you know you know.
šaké antifungal salve. beeswax, sunflower oil, calendula, peppermint leaves, jewelweed, turmeric, rosemary essential oil. calendula from this morning, jewelweed for the itch, peppermint and rosemary and turmeric backing them up. for feet, heels, and the itchy spots between the toes.
nobody has to know. we won't tell.
in store and online. orders $75+ ship free with code FREESHIP75... type it in before you place the order, we can't edit orders after they go through.
wed-fri 12-5 | sat 10-5 | sun 10-3
606 n riverfront dr, mankato mn
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shop owners, gift shops, clinics, programs... this one's for you.if you want lakota made on your shelves for the holiday...
10/13/2026

shop owners, gift shops, clinics, programs... this one's for you.
if you want lakota made on your shelves for the holidays, the window is right now. we make every wholesale order fresh after it's paid, and turnaround runs 3 to 4 weeks. do that math... order by the end of october and you're stocked for november. wait till thanksgiving and you're stocking in december.
register at lakotamade.com or email [email protected]. custom and case orders start at $250 through [email protected].
paid up front, made fresh, native made. that's the deal.
wed-fri 12-5 | sat 10-5 | sun 10-3
606 n riverfront dr, mankato mn
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to everybody who came to the films, the book talk, the shop, and the celebration today... wóphila tȟáŋka.you showed up a...
10/13/2026

to everybody who came to the films, the book talk, the shop, and the celebration today... wóphila tȟáŋka.
you showed up and listened. that part matters more than you know.
now let's do something useful. tag a native owned business you love in the comments. artists, beaders, food, coffee, clothing, whoever. then go follow every single one somebody else tags. nobody in this community makes it alone.
back to making tomorrow.
wed-fri 12-5 | sat 10-5 | sun 10-3
606 n riverfront dr, mankato mn
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today. indigenous peoples day community celebration. mankato east high school, 2600 hoffman rd. free admission.3:00 plan...
10/12/2026

today. indigenous peoples day community celebration. mankato east high school, 2600 hoffman rd. free admission.
3:00 planetarium showing star knowledge
3:15 dakota language demonstration
3:30 drum group exhibition
3:45 welcome and recognition
4:30 planetarium showing star knowledge
4:45 regalia and beadwork demonstration
5:00 drum group exhibition
5:30 planetarium showing star knowledge
6:00 flintknapping demonstration
6:30 planetarium showing star knowledge
6:45 drum group exhibition
indigenous craft vendors, local food trucks, and free activities for the kids... coloring, crafts, and loom weaving.
need an accommodation? call american indian affairs at 507-389-5230 or 711 (MRS/TTY). updates at facebook.com/IPDMankato.
see you there.
wed-fri 12-5 | sat 10-5 | sun 10-3
606 n riverfront dr, mankato mn
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Háŋ Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ,Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day to my relatives. We are still here.And to the ones already warming up...
10/12/2026

Háŋ Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ,

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day to my relatives. We are still here.

And to the ones already warming up their fingers to type "Happy Columbus Day" in my comments, I see you. Every year. Like clockwork. So let's talk.

Columbus never set foot in North America. Not once. He landed in the Caribbean, thought he was in India, and never figured out he was wrong. The man was lost and somehow you still want to give him a holiday.

What he did do was enslave the Taíno people, the ones who welcomed him and fed him. His cruelty was so bad that Spain, SPAIN, in 1500, arrested him and shipped him home in chains. When the people funding your colonizing say you went too far, that should tell you something.

That's who you're defending. Sit with that.

Minnesota replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2023. South Dakota, where I'm from, has called it Native Americans' Day since 1990. So no, this isn't new, and no, we aren't "erasing history." We're finally telling all of it.

And since some of you love history so much, here's some local history. Our store sits just blocks from where 38 Dakota men were hanged on December 26, 1862, right here in Mankato. The largest mass ex*****on in United States history. Ordered by Lincoln. Most people in this town drive past that spot every day and never learn it in school. I opened my business on this land on purpose, as a Lakota Winyan. That's what reclamation looks like.

Our ancestors survived disease, massacres, boarding schools, stolen land, stolen children, and laws that made our ceremonies illegal. They prayed in secret so we could pray out loud. They hid our languages, our plants, our songs, and carried them through so we would have them today. Every salve I make, every plant story I share, every word of Lakota my girls learn, exists because somebody refused to let it die.

So today isn't about tearing anybody down. It's about the truth. And the truth is, we are still here. Our ways are still here. Our plant relatives are still here.

Now, about the comments. If you came here to say something racist, go ahead. I'll leave it up so everyone can see exactly who you are. That's your history now too.

Wóphila Tȟáŋka to everyone who shows up for us, learns the real history, and teaches it to their kids. You're the reason it's changing.

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indigenous peoples day.no sale today. no product. just this.this shop exists because the plant knowledge survived. it su...
10/12/2026

indigenous peoples day.
no sale today. no product. just this.
this shop exists because the plant knowledge survived. it survived boarding schools. it survived the laws that made our ceremonies illegal. it survived generations of people being told their medicine was superstition. it got carried by elders, a lot of them unnamed on purpose, and handed down anyway.
every jar on our shelf is there because somebody refused to let it die.
so today thank the ones who carried it. and if you're not native, learn whose land you're standing on and what they call it. here in mankato it's dakota land. even the name of this town is theirs.
we're still here. the plants are still here.
come see it for yourself today. mankato east high school, 2600 hoffman rd, starting at 3pm.
wed-fri 12-5 | sat 10-5 | sun 10-3
606 n riverfront dr, mankato mn
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doors are closing for the weekend but lakotamade.com never does. everything on our shelves is online right now.see you t...
10/11/2026

doors are closing for the weekend but lakotamade.com never does. everything on our shelves is online right now.
see you tomorrow at mankato east. 3pm.
orders $75+ ship free with code FREESHIP75... type it in before you place the order, we can't edit orders after they go through.
wed-fri 12-5 | sat 10-5 | sun 10-3
606 n riverfront dr, mankato mn
lakotamade.com... sign up for email + texts while you're there

Háŋ Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ,There's an old story I've heard over and over. When our people traveled across the prairie, they fo...
10/11/2026

Háŋ Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ,
There's an old story I've heard over and over. When our people traveled across the prairie, they followed the oak trees, because that's where the spiritual medicines grew and where good water could be found. They knew how to read the land. Their lives depended on it.
Health literacy is a lot like that. It means being able to read your own map. Understanding your health information well enough to make your own decisions.
And right now that map is hard to read. This year I've spent a lot of nights with medical reports in one hand and my phone in the other, looking up words I couldn't even pronounce. Hours on hold with insurance. Prescriptions stuck at the pharmacy. Learning my own body all over again as I get older. And I'm someone who reads ingredient labels for a living.
If it's this hard for me, I know it's hard for our elders, for families out on the rez dealing with IHS, and for anybody who was never taught the language doctors speak.
Wo'okagnige, wisdom, isn't about knowing everything. It's about asking until you understand.
So ask. Ask your doctor to explain it again in plain words. Ask for it written down. Bring a relative to take notes. Look up every ingredient in what you put on your body, including ours. That's exactly why every single one is on our labels.
You have a right to understand what's happening to you.
📍 606 N Riverfront Dr, Mankato, MN
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606 North Riverfront Drive
Mankato, MN
56001

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Wednesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 3pm

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