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2 unusual facts about Atsidi Sani


Atsidi Sani

However, Grey Moustache, who was a student and the great-nephew of Sani, explained that, “Atsidi Sani learned this art twenty years before he first worked silver, which was not until after his return from Fort Sumner. That could not have been before 1868, and was possibly several years after that date. Therefore, he must have learned blacksmithing about 1850”.

Silversmith

Atsidi Sani (Old Smith in English),the first known Navajo silversmith.



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