"Dear Santa,

I’ve been good again this year and am very excited for Christmas.

Thank you for all of the wonderful Native-made presents you brought my family and me last year. Will you please do the same this year? Since none of this stuff is made at the North Pole you’ll have to buy it again from Indian Country — you know, Buy Indian — OK?

For my mom, please bring her a purse or scarf made by Dorothy Grant. She will feel so good wearing something so beautiful.

For my dad, please bring him all the Umqua Indian Foods beef jerky he can eat. He’s easy to please.

For my oldest brother, please bring him a Louie Gong print Psycho Killer Whale Linocut Print. It will look cool in his college dorm room.

For my older sister, please bring her a Litefoot action figurine, with flat-billed lid, high tops and beat-box accessories. She has a major crush on him. If he is out of stock, please bring her a Litefoot gift set."

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Jimmy Indian: Dear Santa, Please Buy Indian Again (Galanda Broadman Blog 12/11)