A young Navajo man encounters the lucrative Indian jewelry business. A traditional Navajo, Zia Yazzie suddenly finds himself working in his Anglo father's entrepreneurial world during the 1970s Indian jewelry boom in Gallup, New Mexico. With the exception of his Navajo family, Zia has been a secret for 21. He grudgingly accepts the situation, but nobody is to know he is the son of Ben Monroe, super-successful Indian arts and crafts dealer. A senior at the University of New Mexico, Zia's hopes of graduating in the spring seem to evaporate. Because he is an excellent student, UNM offers him an...
A young Navajo man encounters the lucrative Indian jewelry business. A traditional Navajo, Zia Yazzie suddenly finds himself working in his Anglo fath...