Go Native American

Go Native American

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Tumbleweeds Jewelry

Tumbleweeds Jewelry is a New Jersey based firm specializing in Native American produced jewelry, particularly silver and stone jewelry from Navajo, Hopi, Zuni and Santo Domingo artists. The pieces they carry show an attention to quality and strong creativity and production skills on the part of the artists. They were very generous in sharing photos. See more examples of the kinds of products they make available below.

This piece pictured is a handmade Zuni SunFace Spinner Bracelet by Zuni master artist, Don Dewa. The sunface in the center of the bracelet spins. It is inlaid with a different design on each side. The channel inlay incorporates genuine turquoise, coral, black onyx & MOP. Don Dewa is renowned for his signature spinner jewelry.

This is a top-quality sterling silver and turquoise bracelet, created by Navajo silversmith, Kirk Smith. Kirk Smith was a student of the late master silversmith Harry Morgan. This bracelet has five large natural Kingman turquoise stones surrounded by red ox blood coral cabochons.

Silver and turquoise thuncderbird necklace. This necklace is an updated version of the old Santo Domingo “Depression” necklaces. During the 1920's and 1930's, quality materials were scarce, the Santo Domingo Indians used whatever materials were available to make these necklaces - materials such as broken Bakelite shards, gypsum, colored plastic from combs, pails or restaurant spoons and forks, crushed turquoise chips, while old phonograph records or car battery casings were used as the backing material. These necklaces were sold to tourists along the highway or at RR stops for as little as 1–dollar during the Great Depression.

Vintage pawn navajo turquoise box bow squash blossom necklace. Old Native American Navajo handcrafted silver and natural turquoise box–bow squash blossom necklace with horseshoe naja, circa 1940–50's. According to the attached pawn ticket, the necklace was pawned in 1952, and the pawn ticket calls this necklace a “Spirit Squash”.

Go Native American

an Internet Resources Directory

Resources related to Native Americans, their culture, their history, and their activity in today is widely available on the internet. The resources are not, however, always easy to find. This directory was developed to make it easier to find these resources, and to categorize them in such a way that “like” sites could be found in one place. A sort of “Go To” list to help people interested in a particular topic relating to North American Indians begin to scratch the surface of the treasures available freely on the internet.

The developers of this site are not all knowing or all seeing. If you are aware of resources which should be listed in the site, contact us and let us know. We are also by no means experts. Our casual knowledge is far exceeded by the experts whose sites are listed herein. If you have questions about the aboriginal peoples of North America, their art or culture, their history or the businesses they are engaged in today, you would be far better served by addressing your questions to the very knowledgable people who have created the resources we are privileged to be able to lift up for your consideration.

Go Native, American

In addition to finding these resources, we encourage Native Americans and those descended from immigrants, and all others to “Go Native” in many ways.

Choose Native American businesses as your vendors, learn about these rich cultures, choose Native American art in your decor, listen to the music of the American Indians of the past and present. Go Native, all you Americans, in recognition of the place of honor these ancient traditions hold and should hold in this beautiful continent.

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