Warren Nieto

APRIL 3, 2024

Warren Nieto

"We were told to respect what your grandparents taught you.... Growing up, I learned to make heishi beads and tend the corn fields. We were taught that jewelry making was something to come back to. I do it to create something that others appreciate and value" (Warren Nieto, quoted in Norma Schafer. "Jeweler's Studio: Kewa-Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico." OaxacaCulture. 2019).

"Warren's Anasazi ancestry lived in the cliff dwellings of Chaco Canyon and... history passed on orally, with the rest being learned from the ancient walls inside the dwellings that were chiseled on the rocks... it's these stories that are told of Pueblo life through a mosaic painting done in stones and shells" (platadesantafejewelry).