MNMF Shops: Maker Spotlight: Mahota Textiles
Mahota Textiles is the first textile company envisioned and owned by a North American tribe. They create meaningful textiles that elevate the beauty and treasured culture, inspired by their heritage.
The company’s founder, Chickasaw textile designer Margaret Roach Wheeler, honors the spirit of Mahota and the legacy of creative Chickasaw women. Out of this lineage across three centuries of Native American history, Margaret developed as a painter, sculptor, educator, Native historian, and award-winning weaver.
The legacy of Mahota Textiles today is innovation, creating artful, quality products of Southeast tribal designs that are first, and always, beautiful. By transitioning from handlooms that restrict circular pattern-making to computerized looms guided by modern design software, our artisans join trusted industry partners to bring our culture to the world. Every Mahota textile designed is created in Oklahoma by Chickasaw tribal artists and woven from natural materials in the USA.
Mahota Textiles blankets are available online and in-store at the Colleen Cloney Duncan Shop at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture. Order online by December 13th to guarantee delivery by Christmas Day.
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