More than $175,000 in handmade Navajo jewelry stolen in San Jose

By Lillian Donahue KNVX FLAGSTAFF AZ A Navajo family announced hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Native American jewelry were stolen from their locked trailer while attending the Stanford Powwow Maryetta and Henry Jackson have been creating handmade jewelry for more than years Related Articles San Jose school employee arrested on suspicion of molesting students Driver suffers diagnostic event hits teen in Redwood City Sunnyvale -year-old man gets life in prison for stabbing death of teen girl teens arrested after boxing in carjacking driver SJ police say San Jose woman held at gunpoint by cops sues Home Depot over stolen rental truck It s been part of us for all these years Maryetta Jackson explained They decided to attend the Stanford Powwow for the first time over Mother s Day weekend driving from Flagstaff to San Jose They ve created these on their own they ve identified their own style granddaughter Tracie Jackson commented We use this work to help educate our group to help educate non-natives But before the event even started Maryetta Jackson declared they woke up to a nightmare Friday morning They apparently drilled the lock she declared We don t have a single item not one ring nothing So we re going to start all over again San Jose police ratified that they are examining the theft after someone broke into a trailer sometime between Thursday and Friday Police did not share any more information about their research The family has a unique combined HJ symbol and Din stamp on every piece Maryetta Jackson disclosed that although she s restarting after years she s not giving up her passion You put so much of yourself into the jewelry that you re making that it becomes part of you Jackson explained Their grandkids jumped into action sharing information with police posting their story online and creating an online fundraising event to help rebuild the family business I m so thankful to be a part of the native group because of this we look out for each other and we have each other s backs during these times Tracie Jackson noted The Jackson family is asking for the populace s help to identify any of their jewelry that may have been stolen Click here for updates on this story The-CNN-Wire Cable News Infrastructure Inc a Warner Bros Discovery Company All rights reserved