“If you’re Indigenous, turquoise is part of your heritage, it’s predetermined,” says Morris Muskett, a Gallup, New Mexico-based Navajo jewelry maker and weaver. “In Navajo ways, it’s ...

How to find authentic Native American jewelry. ... The not-so-good news is that your silver-and-turquoise talisman from that era probably isn't worth much more than you paid for it. ...

They believe in the Turquoise. They believe in the silver, which both turquoise and silver came from the ground." Japanese buyers have educated themselves on what authentic Native American jewelry is.

Native Americans have worn turquoise for thousands of years, according to Southwest Silver Gallery, which sells Native American jewelry. Native Americans adorn the unique stone in rings, necklaces ...