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<p>[QUOTE="reader, post: 2174905, member: 255"]Respectfully, that depends on where they’re being sold. Neither Navajo or Indian can be used on the internet in the US. Those terms with “style” are keyword spam. Yes people use them but they’re reportable on ebay and should be as they bottom feed on those searching legit Navajo or American Indian items. To list anything as Navajo or Indian on the internet LEGALLY (in the US-I know nothing about other countries) one has to know the artist’s name as well as the tribe unless the item is pre 1935 according to law. Although I would expect that these items could easily be NA there are tons of Anglo jewelers in Albuquerque e.g. churning out this stuff for the tourist trade, If the items are unsigned they cannot be NA attributed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, people break that law all the time but as posters on a help board I personally feel that we should never encourage that behavior. Apologies for lecturing but this is a subject I feel strongly about and will always fight against search manipulation and illegal terminology.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="reader, post: 2174905, member: 255"]Respectfully, that depends on where they’re being sold. Neither Navajo or Indian can be used on the internet in the US. Those terms with “style” are keyword spam. Yes people use them but they’re reportable on ebay and should be as they bottom feed on those searching legit Navajo or American Indian items. To list anything as Navajo or Indian on the internet LEGALLY (in the US-I know nothing about other countries) one has to know the artist’s name as well as the tribe unless the item is pre 1935 according to law. Although I would expect that these items could easily be NA there are tons of Anglo jewelers in Albuquerque e.g. churning out this stuff for the tourist trade, If the items are unsigned they cannot be NA attributed. Yes, people break that law all the time but as posters on a help board I personally feel that we should never encourage that behavior. Apologies for lecturing but this is a subject I feel strongly about and will always fight against search manipulation and illegal terminology.[/QUOTE]
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