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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 3574937, member: 45&quot;]Perhaps this belongs more in the Rants and Raves category, but it seems to me that whenever an &quot;unfamiliar&quot; Native American item turns up on the well-known on-line platform, it is assumed to be &quot;Navajo.&quot;&nbsp; Or sellers think that all southwestern tribes are somehow related to the Navajo.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Navajo are known for their weaving, jewelry, and folk art, but, primarily due to religious/cultural restrictions in the 1900s, have virtually no cultural tradition of making pottery or baskets, compared to that of other tribes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weaving actually can be traced back to the influence of the local puebloan tribes, the jewelry to the Mexican/Spanish influence.&nbsp; The folk art, however, represents the true, traditional Navajo art!&nbsp; The book &quot;Navajo Folk Art, The People Speak,&quot; says it all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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