It is ethnic, environmental or political, depending on whom you talk to, but mostly it is fashion: big, bold and hot this summer. It is Native American jewelry -- anything from a $15 pair of earrings to a '40s concha belt that might go for $40,000. Like many fads, Indian jewelry was not born yesterday. In the late '60s and early '70s, the carved stones and silver appealed to young rebels; Woodstock was full of Indian finery. Later, when artists and Hollywood celebrities like Steven Spielberg took up Santa Fe and Southwestern decor in a big way, jewelry, along with rugs...
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