Native American Indian jewelry, loosely referred to as Southwestern jewelry, encompasses a wide spectrum of jewelry from different American Indian cultures, including the Sante Fe Indians, Pueblo Indians, Navajo Indian, Cherokee Indians, Hopi Indians, and Zuni Indians.
American Indian jewelry are usually handmade, one-of-a-kind sterling silver turquoise jewelry pieces such as bracelets, earrings, bolas, concho belts, pins, pendants, necklaces, and old pawn jewelry. Especially popular are sterling silver inlay bracelets and overlay bracelets.
Southwestern jewelry features the use of turqoise, coral, lapis, black onyx, and mother-of pearl inlayed in sterling silver. Common Native American Indian jewelry motifs include bears, dream catchers, dragonflies, hummingbirds, scorpions, feathers, squash blossoms, Hopi Kachinas.





