{"id":2408,"date":"2014-02-13T16:10:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T21:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=2408"},"modified":"2014-02-13T16:15:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T21:15:11","slug":"jake-livingston-navajo-zuni-silversmith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/jake-livingston-navajo-zuni-silversmith\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Livingston &#8211; Navajo-Zuni Silversmith"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 dir=\"ltr\">Jake Livingston Living History Video<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bZgqM9pjOYY\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This documentary film was researched, photographed, edited and produced by students of Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota) and Din\u00e9 College (Tsaile, Arizona, Navajo Nation) during summer 2013. It contains stories Jake Livingston of Sanders, Arizona, told the students during several hours of interviews about his life.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This documentary film is archived at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navajonationmuseum.org\/\">Navajo Nation Museum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nnlib.org\/\">Navajo Nation Library<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winona.edu\/library\/\">Winona State University Library<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/library.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College Library<\/a>, and will be archived at the <a href=\"http:\/\/nmai.si.edu\/home\/\">Smithsonian Institution\u2019s National Museum of the American Indian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/masscommunimania.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Navajo%20Oral%20History\">Navajo Oral History project<\/a>, a multi-year collaboration between the Winona State University <a href=\"http:\/\/masscommunimania.blogspot.com\/\">Mass Communication Department<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College<\/a> \u2013 The official Tribal College of the Navajo Nation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/jake-livingston-navajo-zuni-silversmith\/jake-livingston-navajo-zuni-silversmith\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2410\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2410\" alt=\"Jake Livingston - Navajo-Zuni Silversmith\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jake-Livingston-Navajo-Zuni-Silversmith-720x549.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jake-Livingston-Navajo-Zuni-Silversmith-720x549.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jake-Livingston-Navajo-Zuni-Silversmith-300x228.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jake-Livingston-Navajo-Zuni-Silversmith.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo by Tom Grier \/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jake Livingston was born in 1945. He is of Navajo\/Zuni descent, and grew up in Pine Haven New Mexico. He graduated from Window Rock High School and then joined the Marine Corp. in 1966.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He served in the Vietnam War and was wounded 3 times and spent 2 months in the hospital. After the war he served a \u00a0policeman before becoming a silversmith.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2411\" alt=\"Jake Livingston in Workshop\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JakeWorkshop-Smiling-2290-720x480.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JakeWorkshop-Smiling-2290-720x480.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JakeWorkshop-Smiling-2290-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JakeWorkshop-Smiling-2290.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Photo by Tom Grier \/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He learnt his skills from watching his father Jacob Haloo. Under his father\u2019s tutelage and encouragement Jake became a master jeweler. He has been actively making jewelry since the early 1970&#8217;s and was named the Indian Arts &amp; Crafts Association&#8217;s Artist of the Year in 1988. Jake Livingston draws inspiration from his Zuni Pueblo Heritage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/jake-livingston-navajo-zuni-silversmith\/jake-livingston-stamp\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2415\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2415\" alt=\"Jake Livingston stamp\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jake-Livingston-stamp-720x399.png\" width=\"610\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jake-Livingston-stamp-720x399.png 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jake-Livingston-stamp-300x166.png 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jake-Livingston-stamp.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">His awards include numerous 1st place and Best of Division\u2019s at the Santa Fe Indian Market. His work has been showcased in a number of books including the Jacka&#8217;s, Navajo Jewelry A Legacy of Silver and Stone.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/jake-livingston-navajo-zuni-silversmith\/jakelivingston-interview-2232\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2412\" alt=\"Jake Livingston Interview\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JakeLivingston-Interview-2232-720x480.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JakeLivingston-Interview-2232-720x480.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JakeLivingston-Interview-2232-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/JakeLivingston-Interview-2232.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em>Photo by Tom Grier \/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Livingston Living History Video This documentary film was researched, photographed, edited and produced by students of Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota) and Din\u00e9 College (Tsaile, Arizona, Navajo Nation) during summer 2013. It contains stories Jake Livingston of Sanders, Arizona, told the students during several hours of interviews about his life. This documentary film is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[421,853,1076,1081,41,422,854],"class_list":["post-2408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navajo-oral-history-project","tag-dine-college","tag-jake-livingston","tag-navajo","tag-navajo-oral-history-project","tag-silversmith","tag-winona-state-university","tag-zuni","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2416,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408\/revisions\/2416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}