Jerry Roan (1919-1977)

Navajo tribal native Jerry Roan (1919-1977) had a productive life as a silversmith and jewelry maker.  He began actively working at silversmithing around 1968.  In 1969, a year after he began smithing, he on a 1^st Award at the Navajo Tribal Fair in Arizona.  

Roan was included in the 2002 exhibit “Jewels of the Southwest” at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Santa Fe.  His work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, and the Yellowhorse Museum in Paradise Valley, Arizona.