Silver watch cuffs and bracelets entered the repertoire of Southwest Native American jewelry around the 1930s, when the Route 66 highway — which ran from Chicago through Los Angeles — began to ...

Native American artisans create molds from cuttlebone ... casting when he wants to create a dense, textured piece of silver jewelry — such as the crescent-shape pendant, called a naja, that ...

SANTA FE — For Samantha Platero, founder of Dineh Jewelry, a career working with silver might have seemed ... up in her family’s workshops on the Navajo Reservation, which straddles the ...

In the 1940s, Native American communities showcased their artistry and industrious spirit, particularly in jewelry making. Both men and women participated in this craft, shaping silver and ...

everything from Navajo turquoise and silver to Zuni inlay. It’s a huge tourist draw and one of New Mexico’s most important industries. But today, con artists are flooding the Indian jewelry ...

A Navajo couple’s handmade jewelry, decades in the making, was stolen from a trailer in San Jose while they slept during a ...

For starters, there are no window displays exhibiting chunky silver bangles or elaborate ... a collector of Native American art and jewelry for more than 40 years, encountered when he and his ...

Through intertitles and visuals, it emphasizes the practical origins and symbolic significance of these crafts, from coiled baskets and clay pots to Navajo blankets and silver jewelry. The film ...

Press release from Traditional Hands: TRADITIONAL HANDS Jewelry & Art is presenting and selling authentic, handmade Native American Silver Jewelry featuring Wampum, Turquoise, Lapis, Opal and ...

In a courtroom in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in early May, dozens of Native Americans spanning a handful of tribes gathered in solidarity. They had come to testify in front of the federal judge who ...

A Navajo family said hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Native American jewelry were stolen from their locked trailer while attending the Stanford Powwow.

you can’t beat his selection of handwoven Navajo rugs, saddle blankets and baskets, graphic Acoma Pueblo pottery, beadwork by Arapaho/Seneca artist Ken Williams Jr., and silver jewelry inlaid ...