Navajo Silversmithing: Santa Fe Indian School Craft Projects Posted: March 14, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 In the 1940s, Native American communities showcased their artistry and ...

The story of why the stone is synonymous with the state involves Navajo silversmiths, pickaxe-wielding miners, and a host of curio shops. “But for the Indigenous community, turquoise is not just ...

Dooley D. Shorty, 89, a Navajo silversmith and teacher who was one of the tribe’s code talkers in the South Pacific during World War II. Born on the tribal reservation in Cornfields, Ariz., ...

By opening her hogan to visitors, Yazzie hopes to introduce people to the Navajo lifestyle, which traditionally involves herding sheep, weaving rugs, growing crops, and silversmithing. The name of ...

Between songs, couples murmured sweet nothings to each other in English and Diné Bizaad, the Navajo language enduring in this part of the West. “I’m not silversmithing or painting but the ...

Between songs, couples murmured sweet nothings to each other in English and Diné Bizaad, the Navajo language enduring in this part of the West. “I’m not silversmithing or painting but the ...

“We don’t have leadership,” said Wally Brown, a Navajo silversmith from Coppermine, N.M. “We have a bunch of people who seem to be focused on their individual agendas, and their individual ...

“He learned silversmithing at Maisel’s Indian Trading ... First called the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, the Wheelwright evolved out of a 15-year collaboration in preserving traditional ...