Thunderbird Mountain Trading Company

We are noted for our authentic traditional Southwestern Jewelry, along with many contemporary pieces,set with Natural Gem Quality Turquoise, enhanced with many other gemstones and set in sterling silver, 14 carat gold or 18 carat gold. Our Native American craftsmen and women have worked for us for many, many years and produce some of the highest quality jewelry. Our other silversmiths and goldsmiths produce one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry using gold-bearing quartz, silver-bearing quartz, and gold nuggets all found and mined in the Historic Mother Lode Country of California. One of the mines that we contract with is the Historic and one of the last Hard Rock Mines still operating in California, and that is the famous 16 to 1 Mine in Allegheny, California. Please enjoy our unique collection of rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets. If you don’t see exactly what you are looking for, please give us a call and we will custom make a unique piece of jewelry for you, which is our specialty. We have made many exclusive pieces of Custom Jewelry for the Film and Music Industries.

Once a year Captain Shon travels from the Amazon River Basin deep in the interior of the Peruvian jungles to the high peaks of the Andes Mountains, journeying to remote villages where he trades with the indigenous people such items as mosquito netting, shirts, trousers and other items they have requested. Captain Shon is probably the only one in the world who goes up the Amazon River in a dugout canoe delivering smoked salmon from Alaska, (which is a real hit with the natives). He trades for many Peruvian Textiles including Alpaca products such as; ponchos, ruanas (shawls), hats, scarves, pillowcases, rugs, Teddy Bears, and basketry. We also specialize in the famous Pima Cotton shawls and scarves.

We carry many kinds of Purses and Totes. From Peru we bring woven, crocheted, and knitted purses, bags, totes, backpacks, etc., made out of native wool and Alpaca with many beautiful colors. From Spain we have found an elegant hand-made tote created out of the highest quality calf skin, one side hair-on, the other side supple leather, in three different sizes.

Our famous Southwest Native American Indian Art collection includes framed Navajo sand paintings, and also Navajo sand paintings inlaid into hand-made walnut and oak boxes of various sizes. All the sand paintings are signed with the artist’s photo attached. We also carry hand-made Kachina Dolls signed by the artists.

Our Gourmet Foods are produced by us, like our World Famous Indian-Style Smoked Salmon products, or are hand-picked by us, and include our own World Famous Wild Alaskan Indian-Style Smoked Salmon (Omega-3 Oil Rich), Wild Smoked Salmon Jerky, Smoked Trout Jerky, Home-made Log Cabin Fudge, and California Missions Home-made Jams, Jellies, Marmalades & Fruit Butters. Not to mention our grass-fed Buffalo Jerky from Montana to the old Navajo-style Beef Jerky out of Gallup, New Mexico. We are also the US distributor for Hot Sauces imported from Cartagena, Colombia made with Captain Shon’s own recipes, with nine different enticing flavors.

All of our Furs are domestically raised by Indigenous people from around the world. The animals are used only for food, clothing and medicinal purposes. We have furs from all over: Icelandic Sheepskins tanned in Poland, Icelandic Sheepskin pillows; Mongolian Sheepskins from Tibet, Mongolian sheepskin blankets, rugs, Mongolian Sheepskin satin-lined blankets, Mongolian Sheepskin pillows; Arctic Fox, Silver Fox and Red Fox satin-lined blankets and pillows; and Alpaca fur rugs in various colors and patterns and Alpaca fur pillow cases.

Our Tanned Hides include elk, deer, calf and goat hides with many patterns to choose from.

Please enjoy the many things that we have to offer. And if you are ever in Northern California we invite you to stop in our Gallery and Showroom. You can’t miss us! We are right on Historic Highway 101 in between the Heart of the Redwoods and the Wine Country on the Mendocino – Humboldt Counties line.