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| Concho belts are my favorite Native American Jewelry Art |
A full-blooded Native-American co-worker sold me a cute bead
necklace of turquoise chips and matching woven earrings designed with glass seed beads. Her
sister crafted the jewelry.
In another instance, I purchased a turquoise chip necklace at
a train stop on a Reservation while traveling to a vacation in California.
The necklaces and earrings are not ornate like the expensive
artisan Native American jewelry sold at jewelry boutiques for hundreds, even
$1000s of dollars.
But take it from an African-American, any and all artistic efforts
to maintain a peoples’ culture are valiant, no matter how small.
Yes, November is National Native American Heritage Month. A
month is not enough.
There are many, many websites that sell authentic tribal jewelry crafted by Native American artists. Online stores are worth a look to get the depth and breath of this cultural craft.
But I usually shop for Native American jewelry at art fairs. It's one way that I commemorate Native American tribes. I pause for a moment to ponder their art and culture of tribal jewelry making.
But I usually shop for Native American jewelry at art fairs. It's one way that I commemorate Native American tribes. I pause for a moment to ponder their art and culture of tribal jewelry making.
