He created jewelry long before he created legislation in Congress. At 81, Ben Nighthorse Campbell reaches back into his memory to a time he and his dad walked the railroad tracks, letting the big locomotives flatten pennies for the jewelry they made. “Making jewelry was a matter of necessity,” Campbell says of those early days in Auburn, California. “We made things out of coins. We pounded them out, working mostly with Navajo designs. Letting the trains flatten pennies and silver dollars made the work easier for us.” Ben Nighthorse Campbell Reversible Bear Pendant Silver Sterling silver with turquoise sugilite, roserita
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