It is believed that most Native American Silversmiths can be linked back to a Navajo native named Atsidi Saani. It is said that when the Spanish landed they did not teach the Natives of the area how to smith metals especially that of silver. Atsidi Saani was believed to be taught how to smith from Fort Defiance in Arizona.
After learning to smith it is believed that he took what he had learned and shared it with his fellow Native Americans. He mostly used brass and copper wires but soon made the movement to silver. The basis of his orginial work was mostly that of silver bracelets and buttons. And the rest is history.
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