The natural materials were used in jewelry manufacturing, including feathers with minerals and precious stones such as turquoise and silver.

For thousands of years, turquoise has been retained, both for its natural beauty and its presumed power to heal. Turquoise is a sacred stone that has been used for centuries to beautify custom objects and is still considered an appreciated possession by American Indians of the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo and other Indian nations. The story of Native American Jewelry goes back even earlier to early Egypt, as exquisite turquoise ornaments were discovered in graves. Native American Jewelry was a memento of the terrain around them.

Native American Jewelry has played an important role in American culture. During healing ceremonies and tribal customs, the Indian population to take accountability and pride only to specific types of religious Native American Jewelry that was the right colors, materials, and represents a good symbol of this ritual event. Native American history tells us that the jewelry worn by indigenous people is representative of different stages in the life of an individual is spent. In many young American tribes are required to adulthood when they acquire the spiritual totem composed of shells, beads or other symbols of nature.

Native American jewelry was often given to women after the first menstrual cycle that the realization of femininity and new couples together for health, happiness and success away from the path of family life.

Because our culture today most jewelry uses for decorative purposes, we often forget the roots of jewelry and how, in some cultures, it can have a deeper religious meaning. Recognizing the importance of this spiritual jewelry in other cultures allows us to see more symbolic uses that jewelry can be used for.

Today our society and culture adorns the Native American jewelry for its elegance and fashion and most people are not aware of the religious, ritual and traditional values of that jewelry. By recognizing and understanding the values set on the Native American jewelry we can learn to admire the beauty symbolic of the Native American culture.