I have to share our trip to the Native American Indian Market held in Denver this last weekend. This has become an annual event for our family to attend, mainly because Linda (MIL) and I have such a passion for this culture! Saturday we braved the blizzardy roads over the pass just so we could take in this traditional event! The Indian Market is a huge display of Native American Arts, Crafts and talent of all kinds. Of course my favorite part is the jewlery and I was on a quest for something with a mysterious purple stone I had discovered while in Santa Fe. I found just the piece... a beautiful sterling silver watch inlayed with Opal and Cerite...the mysterious stone I had finally discovered the name of! I also found some amazing carved Aspen Vases, which being raised a Lumberjacks daughter I have a natural infatuation with anything wood!
The boys of course had to find knives to add to their collection and found some very cool spearhead and antler carved ones. Perhaps the highlight of their day was having their picture taken with a Bald Eagle at the Hawk Quest display. The culture of these people is so inspiring to me and has always been an intriguing one since I was a young girl! My cousins and I use to play indians on our Grandparents Ranch and I can even remember our "great spirit rock" and picking a plant (it was a weed) we thought was corn and grinding it with stones! SO FUNNY how I can remember the passion I had for the Indian culture even at the age of 8!! I'm adding a photo album of some snapshots I took of the remarkable talents we saw. The only thing I forgot to take pictures of was the dancers and singers that performed at the amphitheatre. This was perhaps the most impressive part of the day, and I was so intrigued I didn't manage to pull the camera up to eye!! Enjoy!!
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