Native American Moccasins

In the past several years more designers in fashion footwear styles are drawing their inspiration from other eras and "native" cultures. And consequently, the trend towards fashionable "casual" shoe designs influenced by Inuit mukluks and Native American moccasins has exploded. Your search for Native American moccasins brings you to MoccasinHouse.com, your best source for high quality beaded and fringed moccasin footwear for women, children, and infants, as well as exceptional leather moccasin shoes and boots for men. We are a proud authorized distributor of this classic Native American moccasins-inspired footwear created by the Minnetonka Moccasin Company and recognized worldwide for its excellent quality, innovative design and reasonable prices.

All the tribes encountered by the first Europeans to North America wore various types of leather Native American moccasins. Whether it was the western plains, the desert, mountain regions, or the pine-covered forests of the North American eastern coastline, the designs of Native American moccasins evolved to suit each tribe's environment. Most Eastern coast Native American moccasins were made from the soft tanned hides of deer, moose, elk or buffalo while rawhide was used for the hard soled western plains and mountain Native American moccasins. Hard soled Native American moccasins were necessary to protect feet from the sharp rocks, prickly cactus and rough prairie grasses of the region. Devised from two or more pieces of hide, the hard sole of shaped rawhide and fitted leather upper required more tailoring than other types of Native American moccasins. Rabbit fur often was used to line Native American moccasins for added warmth during the colder fall and winter seasons.

The eastern coast tribes Native American moccasins were often constructed from a single piece of leather creating a soft-soled slipper-like moccasin. The sides of the soft-sole Native American moccasins were then pulled up from the bottom and around the sides of the foot with a central seam starting with a puckered stitch at the toe that ran along the upper instep. MoccasinHouse.com offers updated versions from Minnetonka Moccasin of these soft-soled Native American moccasins styles. All the footwear designs are made from the finest leather with fringe, hand beading or other decorative details.

In the far north reaches of North America, Native American moccasins evolved into heavy duty boots called mukluks made from sealskin, fur, and reindeer hide. See our Mukluk Boots at MoccasinHouse.com. Made from suede with a sheepskin lining, they are accented with rabbit fur and attractive neutral toned woven braid. Two pom poms at the top of the boot complete the Native American moccasins mukluk look.

Native American moccasins most basic construction may have been similar throughout North America, but each tribe had subtle differences in the cut and decorative design elements such as beading, fringe and quillwork that they lavished on their foot wear. On much of our Native American moccasins influenced merchandise from Minnetonka Moccasin, you will find similarly inspired beading, fringe and other thoughtful design elements. The popular women's Deerskin Thunderbird moccasins, with its beaded "thunderbird" design, and the Knee Hi Fringe boots in a choice of fashion colors are perfect examples of Native American moccasins adapted to the 21st century lifestyle.

Some North American tribes would add flaps of leather or fur to cover the ankle, or folded down as a cuff on their Native American moccasins. Check out our Ankle Hi boot made from soft suede leather with its Native American moccasins style fringe around the collar, or the women's Calf Hi-3-In-One boot, that allows you to customize the look you want with either feather tassels or beaded tassels. Even the little ones in the family can wear exceptional Minnetonka Moccasin styles that carry the Native American moccasins influence. The infant booties make delightful "welcome home" new baby gifts.

MoccasinHouse.com carries a wide selection of elegant, fashionable Minnetonka Moccasin boots and shoes inspired by Native American moccasins designs. Your search for Native American moccasins has brought you to the largest selection of Native American moccasins inspired shoes for yourself, your family and your friends. When you want Native American moccasins-like foot wear, remember MoccasinHouse.com.