Kasheeshi Earrings JohnnieJae flowing down toward the waterways

flowing down toward the waterways that carve through mountains

This beautiful design also embodies the aspiration we have to be more intentional with choices in our lives

while blooming flowers and geometric shapes with bright patterns float on a field of turquoise

Introduction by Colleen Echohawk (Pawnee

it was simply our way of life and was what represented us as a people

Kasheeshi Earrings JohnnieJae flowing down toward the waterwaysThe wind blows across the mesa, spinning grains of sand and rattling the leaves of cornstalks as they stretch toward the silver disc of sun high above. When it's not sunny, the corn is nourished by cool drops of desert rain. Inspired Natives Collaborator Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo) has honored this important food staple in her Kasheeshi Earrings, which features a central corn motif with elements representing both rain and mountains. Kasheeshi means