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Western jeweler Dakota Sky Stone proves business and family can not only go together, but can, in fact, work wonders. For 50 years and four generations, family history and company history have been one in the same. “Our family business story begins with a traveling insurance salesman on the Navajo Indian reservation in 1971,” says...

If you are searching for the epitome of Western couture, look no further than Double D Ranch. What started in 1989 as a garage-based operation in small-town Texas has since flourished to eminence in the Western fashion world. The success of the company is a culmination of the effort, passion, and talent of two sisters,...

If you have a traditional Navajo Rug in your home, then you own a true treasure. These beauties are no easy task to make and the people that do them are true artists in every sense of the word. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Naiomi Glasses (@naiomiglasses) They require hours and...

Shondina Lee is the creative stylist behind the blog She and Turquoise. She hails from a small town in Arizona’s Navajo Nation–a place that inspires her style and creates a stunning backdrop for her drool-worthy Instagram feed. Through fashion she combines her Native American heritage with modern trends. About her style and heritage she says,...

A massive Union Pacific steam engine, pulling more than a dozen cars, belched a cloud of black smoke into the air as it slowly approached the depot in Omaha, Nebraska.  A crowd of well-wishers waiting in an around the building waved colorful flag that read WELCOM BUFFALO BILL COFY AND THE CONGRESS OF THE ROUGH...

The Piute Indian Sarah Winnemucca listened intently as one of the tribe’s elders told the story of how the army soldiers killed a party of their people on a fishing expedition. Relations between the Piutes and white settlers had been strained since the discovery of silver in northern Nevada in 1859. An influx of prospectors...

No one knows where the Nez Perce people began their legendary relationship with horses. Both historians and anthropologists alike are unable to document exactly when the Pacific Northwest tribe actually acquired the horse. While it is generally accepted that the Spanish introduced the modern equine back into the Americas around 1730 (North America’s indigenous horses...

With a desire to honor and reflect the Native American tribes of the area like the Crow and Blackfoot, as well as their reverence for the buffalo, the owners of this majestic estate set out to create a modern home both wild and beautiful. Mission accomplished. A cherished taxidermy wolf is a reminder of wilder...