The Desert Southwest Indians
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The Desert Southwest Indians
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The Desert Southwest Indians. The Pueblo Peoples. Tribes like the Hopi are grouped as “The Pueblo Peoples” because most of these people lived in pueblos. Pueblos were made of adobe (mix of clay and sand), or stone and mud. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Desert Southwest
Indians
The Pueblo PeoplesTribes like the Hopi are grouped as
“The Pueblo Peoples” because most of these people lived in pueblos.
Pueblos were made of adobe (mix of clay and sand), or stone and mud.
The homes were only used for sleeping or bad weather shelter– all other activities were usually done outside.
Southwest AgricultureCorn was the main food of the Hopi Tribe
(beans and squash were important too)The Hopi also grew cotton to make
blankets and clothes.Cotton needs hot weather in order to
grow!Water for these crops either came from
rain (barely any!) or irrigation.Men worked in the crops, women ground
corn into meal.
The Hopi Culture
The Hopi people believed in gods of the sun, rain and Earth.
Spirits called kachinas were an important part of their religion.
The Hopis believed kachinas visit the living once a year and enter the bodies of kachina dancers (men from the tribe all dressed up).
