Native American jewelry is renowned worldwide for its unique style and distinctive designs. Crafted by indigenous artisans for many thousands of years, the jewelry of the Native Americans is influenced by the land, the spiritual beliefs, the legends, and the cultures of each unique nation, from the American Indians of the Southwest to those in the Northeast. These jewelry pieces have been crafted since the earliest times of the Inca, Aztecs, Maya, and Anasazi.

Native American jewelry dates back at least as far as 10,000 BC. The Paleo-Indians, who were the first peoples to enter and inhabit the Americas, used shells, stones, antlers, bones, porcupine quills, feathers, and similar materials to create wearable art, and the tribes across the North American continent came to use whatever natural materials were available to them to create adornments.