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Aaron Anderson Navajo Name Origin

Aaron Anderson, famous Navajo silversmith tells us about how his family name was name was founded. He also has a a great sense of humor and introduces Lester James a well known inlay jewelry artist.

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About the author

Mateo James is the founder of T.Skies Jewelry in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and hosts T.Skies live shows, where he has interviewed Native silversmiths, turquoise mine owners and turquoise historians. He is of mixed Spanish, Welsh and Indigenous Native American descent. His guides draw on the reference books in the T.Skies library and on the work of the Native silversmiths T.Skies credits by name.

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