Native small business owner: Main Street needs someone in the room

By: Megan Bull Bear

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: October 12, 2026

Words: 659

Last Updated: 4 days, 18 hours ago

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I started Lakota Made in 2018 at my kitchen table with six salves, made from plant medicines I learned from Lakota elders. Today, we have a storefront on Riverfront Drive, a small production team, more than 100,000 online orders and customers in 213 countries and territories around the world. Our social media community has 179,000 followers and reaches an average of 2 to 4 million views a day. Along the way I learned where …

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