Native American Affinities

Our affinity for Native American culture was born out of an appreciation for Mother Nature we both developed early on. As children of the 60's, growing up in the South, we were the fortunate benefactors of temperate weather year-round which allowed ample time and opportunity to play, wander and observe. Spending so much up-close and personal time among the living examples all around us, taught us about patience and cooperation, making the concepts of interdependence and efficiency seem simple.

 

Parrot Feather Jewelry

I was ultra-excited to learn that parrot feathers played a very important in ancient Aztec Culture. So much so that a significant measure of the legendary wealth of the Aztec people is attributed to their value as a trade able commodity. The large, brightly colored feathers from indigenous species of macaws were coveted by the North American Indians who were willing to pay a premium in trade for them.

Traditional Aztec regalia included earrings made of Parrot feathers similar to the earrings you will find on our Parrot Feather Jewelry page.

How blessed was I to stumble upon a way to combine my passion for making dreamcatchers with my two other favorite things; Jimmy Buffett music and parrots?!

About Cyna Unltd - from rocks to dreamcatchers & beyond

I credit my fiancee', Mark's, obsession with "rocks" (any and all formations) with my initial introduction to Native American Dreamcatchers. Technically, it was the hours I spent pouring over his voluminous, ever-handy collection of reference materials about *rocks as he "carefully" hunted for and collected them that first piqued my interest. The Native American legends peppered throughout the literature formed the idea-seeds that would eventually become Cyna Unltd (pronounced sin-ya) Art Deco Dreamcatchers & Jewelry, a bona-fide commercial venture.

Our first website was launched in 2003 with my dreamcatchers as our sole merchandise. In 2004, we added my feather jewelry and Mark's cedar root Wizard Staffs and walking sticks to the Site. The Woodwork proved to be so popular that it was immediately clear a separate website would be necessary to fully showcase it and, published in the Summer of 2005, Chigoe Creek Staffs (Cyna Woodworks) can now be found at www.cynastaffs.com.

*In case you were wondering ...those "rocks" turned out to be genuine artifacts, likely relics of the same Indigenous Peoples responsible for the original foot-path now called The William Bartram Trail. Our area was once a bustling settlement of Creek and Cherokee Indians.