Journal
Cultural preservation for indigenous people has been an ongoing fight for many years. For a culture to be preserved, it’s important to maintain language, tradition and identity. Maintaining these pieces in a world as homogenous and fast-paced as the world today takes effort and commitment. For Native American tribes, it isn’t only a matter of […]
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Powwows are times of celebration for Native People and over the last thirty-six years, the Gathering of Nations has grown to be one of the most recognized of these events. Held in Albuquerque over a three-day period in April, the Gathering of Nations draws dancers, vendors, and visitors from all over the world. Everyone who […]
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Overcoming the many challenges facing Native American students will take a commitment to find culturally appropriate ways to address these devastating statistics.
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Eric Joe comes from a family of silversmiths, yet it was only two years ago that he found himself following in their footsteps. The experience of a spiritual awakening ignited the artist inside him. As he puts it, “I woke up and realized the power within me was able to change my life.”
That realization set him on a path to creating not only pieces of beauty, but pieces that could bring...
The Lone Mountain Turquoise mine produces beautiful stones favored by Native American jewelry artists. Darryl Dean Begay, a silversmith from Gallup New Mexico, shares a little about why he likes Lone Mountain Turquoise. Lone Mountain has different turquoise you know you have your regular lone mountain then you have your fossilize lone mountain then drake […]
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