Red Honey Roots
Red Honey Magazine started as an idea for a cultural magazine in the early 2000s. Our founder was an avid reader of magazines at the time for career, celebrity, and beauty topics. What was missing was the cultural aspect that goes along with certain topics. At the time, the closest magazines to cover topics of interest to Native American were primarily Native youth, Arts, and News magazines along with more mainstream magazines geared toward other ethnic groups like Essence magazine or Latina magazine. While the indigenous-centered magazines were and are great, they didn’t satisfy the need for something more contemporary feeling. What was needed was a magazine that had a ‘girlfriend’ vibe to it that would talk about things like beauty routines, fashion ideas, celebrities, music that the next generation was listening to, career topics, politics, and education. In short, we needed a lifestyle magazine to cover a wide range of topics that reflected what we as indigenous women cared about. From this need, Red Honey Magazine was outlined in 2004, and released to the public late 2005.
It’s been a long 15 years and yet, it still feels like we’re just getting started. We’ve come a long way since and have a long way to go yet. At the core of our brand is the community. Your sisters, your cousins, your mothers, your aunties, your daughters. You. In addition to the original magazine, we have three more major projects in the works this year, all with you in mind.