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In 1850, a medicine man, Atsidi
Sani, became the first Navajo to make silver jewelry. He was taught
by a Mexican Silversmith. However, it wasn't until the early 1900's
when turquoise mines opened in the Four Corners that stones set
in Sterling Silver became a popular Native American tradition
which has survived to present day. **
**from "Treasures of the Navajo"by Theda
Bassman
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