A website selling moccasins with what looks like Haudenosaunee-style beadwork but with no attribution to an artist or community has sparked conversation online about how to identify authentic Indigenous crafts.

Métis visual artist Christi Belcourt made a social media post in November flagging the website, Moccasin Canada. Its name is similar to another business, Moccasins Canada, but the Moccasin Canada Facebook page appears to have been created in November.

Commenters on Belcourt's post said they tried to reach out to the company for clarity but have not received any response. Belcourt said she is leery of websites that lack transparency.

"It looks really distinguishable, like a Haudenosaunee pattern," Belcourt said.

"I've had some experience with my own work being lifted and produced

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