it was in fact created by native americans but it was designed by herman schweitzer. hermann schweitzer realized early on most tourists didn't want to take home real native american jewelry which is big and heavy and big hunks of turquoise, huge pieces of silver so he made a deal with the craftsman. he took them leiter silver smaller pieces of turquoise and showed them how to make the designs more tourist friendly which is a controversy elving people still talk about in the southwest today. however what he also did and what the fred harvey company stood for in terms of the to readership is that also saved the craft of the artful jewelry making and rug making so fred harvey was a company that helped merchandise americans which made them a little uncomfortable after with the federal government had done before the civil war and the originally owned almost all of the native american art in this country. here you have the nelson atkins museum and some of you know almost every native american peace was originally owned by the fred harvey company. that's not surprising becaus