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For years, turquoise mining was extensively carried out in the southwestern United States, with stones from certain mines prized for their quality and rarity. Although the stone remains popular today, many of those mines no longer mine turquoise. That scarcity affects the price of natural turquoise. Turquoise has been a mainstay in Native American jewelry for years. The stone is not only...

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Enoch Endwarrior has a mission on his mind: reconnecting Native people who grew up in urban areas as he did with their traditional culture. And he has a unique way of blending that traditional culture with the pop culture he grew up with through his art. That’s the backbone of his business, Reclaim Designz.

Enoch grew up in Albuquerque, raised in a non-traditional atmosphere. His mother...

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TookRaymond Gregory is a Tlingit artist, he was born in Juneau, Alaska, and spent his summers in the traditional territory of his Tlingit people in Angoon, Alaska. These times forged his connections to the history and culture of his people. As an adult, his art has explored and expressed those connections, a journey he continues with today. He also is a traditional Tlingit singer and...

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Culture is defined as “the characteristic featuresof everyday existence shared by people in a place or time.” For most of our history, culture has been seen as the way in which various groups of people define themselves among the diversity that exists in the world. Their collective history and the way in which they express who they are is one of the most important ways a group of people...

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