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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 2367251, member: 45&quot;]A true, traditionalist Navajo person would not make jewelry using bear claws.&nbsp; The bear is a revered personage, and accorded the reverence and respect of a sacred being.&nbsp; As a Navajo jeweler once told me, &quot;I would no more wear a bear claw around my neck, than I would wear a necklace made from my grandfather&#039;s fingers.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The majority of &quot;Navajo bear claw&quot; jewelry is made by non-Navajo tribes/cultures for whom the bear is viewed differently, or by non-Native Americans, or it is imported from other countries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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