We don’t get much here in SoCal and I’m still looking for a good local place to shop. Our Goodwill only sells costume jewelry…all else they sell on their auction site. I wear my stuff and get lots of compliments…I’ve loved Native American jewelry since I was 6 or 7…we would drive to Arkansas every summer to pick up my grandparents from my aunts house…they would fly back and we’d pick them up and do the tourist stuff on our way to get them. I would beg my dad to stop at a trading post and he’d say the next one…until there were no more!! So it’s been in my blood for a looong time!!
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I’m really late to this thread. Interesting to hear all your stories; TAH, you especially made me chuckle at your intro post. I also live in a conservative Midwest town (but I love it here), and see very little Native American jewelry worn or for sale. But then what we Midwestern peeps wear makes us stand out!
Seems like almost every time I wear my Mary Tafoya inlaid bird pendant someone comments on how much they love it. Then they often ask me if I made it. 
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