Blue Lizard Native American Gallery — Attraction in Sandpoint

I wanted to get out of the heat with my 16month old son who was sitting in the jogger quietly eating his snacks.

I live on another reservation and thought it would be very special to buy some jewelry from another tribe. When I came in the door it was empty.

The lady came out and just stared at us. She said hi. To which my son said hi by waving. She then says “don’t you be putting your food on MY floor.” My son was showing no inclination to throwing the food on the floor. So we kept walking around and he wasn’t grabbing anything.

She was staring at me like I was going to steal something. I may have not looked all put together from boating all day but I don’t strike someone that should be looked at like this. As I was walking around she was jingling her keys with impatience. We still had an hour before closing time…

My son finished his food and is sitting there talking to be quietly and the lady says “yeah buddy you’re in the right place in here, in your stroller!”

I was so put off by this and my husband came in right after and I left without looking at anything else. I would have been willing to drop some money in there. But not when I felt like I was a criminal by the lady running it because I brought my well behaved son in with me.

I was sad, angry and hope this doesn’t happen to other people with...

The blue lizard is an iconic standpoint store it's perfectly classic authentic wonderful atmosphere. natives from all over the region and some further away contribute to the store. all handcrafted authentically made, I myself have a couple of Navajo ring and I've had it for over 10 years if you were ever going through Sandpoint I recommend stopping at the blue lizard they're perfect gifts for a loved one or something to up your style and if you want to broaden your awareness for native culture they offer books with stories on our history. It's in a perfect spot so you can easily walk there from all the amenity areas downtown you can get ice cream next door or if you're hungry there are burgers down the way, and if you happen to drop in, say hello to my long time family friend Jackie...

We visited on Saturday, August 19th in the afternoon. Our visit was atrocious.

We stopped in, hoping to find a coop style Indigenous forward establishment. We were wrong.

When asking the store clerk if any of the artists on display were locals, they they replied with a claim that the local Indigenous peoples don't make crafts and lie by "buying all their crafts from China" and that this store has the only "Legitimate Native American goods in town.' This sentiment is absolutely disgusting.

Last time we checked, most indigenous people don't sell head...