| Dineega Furs Specialty Furs from the Land and Sea |
| Diana Burton wearing her fancy sea otter parka with wolf ruff, and Monica Riedel wearing her fancy seal parka with sea otter trim. Both parkas have bead work and were fashioned after the traditional parkas our grandparents made. |
| Lizzy and Big George Semaken pictured with two of their thirteen children. Photo taken in 1910 in Kaltag, Alaska. Lizzy handmade these parkas for her family and later taught Monica the art of skin sewing. |
| Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission |
| Dineega Furs PO Box 2384 Sitka, AK 99835 (907) 747-3364 |
| Welcome to Dineega Furs Dineega Furs is an Alaskan Native owned family business that specializes in professionally made garments and artwork made from seal and sea otter furs. Monica Riedel started Dineega Furs in 1982 with a pair of baby booties, and has added new products ever since. Monica taught her daughter, Diana, how to sew and we now run the business together. Skin sewing is an art, as well as a necessity, that has been passed from generation to generation in our family. Monica learned this art from her grandmother Lizzy Semaken. Lizzy had 13 children and handmade all of her family's fur garments to protect them in the Alaskan climate. Today Dineega Furs uses a mix of traditional and contemporary materials and patterns with the cultural values and beliefs passed down to us. We respect our resources and practice subsistence, non-wasteful take, as well as fine quality in our products. We Hope you like our artwork and if you have any questions please feel free to contact us. Thank you for looking! dianariedel@hotmail.com (907) 747-3364 |
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