Six Nations ’Amazon of craft stores’ celebrates 65 years in business - News Summed Up

Six Nations ’Amazon of craft stores’ celebrates 65 years in business


Iroqrafts, founded in 1959 by Buck and Bunny Spittal, still has no website but has grown substantially from its original one-room plywood shop on Oneida Road. William Guy (Buck) Spittal was a white man from London, Ont., who lived on the reserve. His wife Myra (Bunny) Spittal was Cayuga from Six Nations. Beloved in the community, Buck had an entrepreneurial spirit and saw a need in the community. Myra (Bunny) and William (Buck) Spittal with their children Alsea, Nyundio and Nandell (in the cradleboard).


Source: CBC News August 02, 2024 15:56 UTC



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