New Mexico Indian Market Opens With 28 Vendors, Giving Indigenous Sellers Permanent Weekend Space
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Updated · KOAT New Mexico · May 11
New Mexico Indian Market Opens With 28 Vendors, Giving Indigenous Sellers Permanent Weekend Space
1 articles · Updated · KOAT New Mexico · May 11
Over 28 vendors launched the New Mexico Indian Market’s opening weekend in Albuquerque, selling food, jewelry, clothing and other goods in a new permanent marketplace.
Co-founders Kevin Wilson and Aizeen Pallares said the market was built to give Indigenous sellers a stable place to operate instead of scrambling for occasional events, uncertain space and varying fees.
The market sits near El Mesquite Market between 98th Street and Central Avenue, after Wilson spent more than a year looking for a suitable location.
Every Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., the market aims to serve both first-time and longtime small business owners with a consistent venue to promote their products.
Can a new weekend market fill the economic void left by the closure of North America's largest powwow?
Is this permanent market a new blueprint for Indigenous economic sovereignty in other American cities?