South West Americas

Who's Who?

• Sarah: Navajo
• Kayla: Homokam
• Julius: Hopi
• Angeline: Pueblo 
• Hector: Apache

Navajo Geography

• Covers the corners of AZ, NM, & UT
• dry deserts, alpine forest
• high plateaus, mesas, & mountains

Navajo Subsistence

• Farmed mainly corn
• Hunting and Gathering
• Relied on buffalo

Navajo Shelter

• Hogan: a sacred home
• Made of wooden poles, tree bark, & mud

Navajo Organization

• Three branch government 
• The Executive Branch
• The Judicial Branch
• The Legislative Branch

Navajo Beliefs

• Ceremonies to restore harmony with nature
• Traditional Wedding Baskets: for religious ceremonies
• Good and evil
• Universe has to be balanced or evil will take over

Hohokam Geography

• South-central Arizona to the south border of Mexico
• Along the Gila and Salt Rivers

Hohokan Subsistence

• Used irrigation to grow crops
• Farmed using hornos: corn & squash
• Hunting and Gathering

Hohokam Shelter

• Organize villages to separate different activties
• One room buildings

Hohokan Organization

• Ruled by the conquestidor

Hohokan Beliefs

• They belived in many different gods and goddess
• Threw people into fire to sacrifice f

Hopi Geography

• They live in present day Keams Canyon
• Very dry climate

Hopi Subsistence

• Ate: horses, burros, sheep, and cattle
• Fruits and vegetables were part of the diet
• Were hunter gatherers 

Hopi Shelter

• Lived in adobe houses: dry clay and stone
• Flat roofs and multipul levels
• Needed ladders to get to the next floor

Hopi Organization

• 10-24-1936, ratified a Constitution
• Power was in the tribal council

Hopi Beliefs

• Believed world was created by Talowa (the sun-father)  
• Snake dance to praise Hopi ancestors

Pueblo Geography

• Native to the Southwest deserts
• Part of New Mexico

Pueblo Subsistence

• They farmed corn, beans, squash
• they also raised sunflowers, cotton and tabacco

Pueblo Shelter

• they lived in adobe and hogan houses

Pueblo Organization

• 19 people made of the All Indian Pueblo Council
• The council makes political decisions
• Each Peublo has thier own local governmment

Pueblo Beliefs

• They had native beliefs 
• Had some beliefs from Roman Catholism

Apache Geography

Apache Subsistence

Apache Shelter

Apache Organization

Apache Beliefs

Sources

• "Arizona Museum of Natural History." The Hohokam. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2014.
• "Navajo Today." The Navajo Nation. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2014.
• "Pueblo Indian Fact Sheet". Facts for Kids" Pueblo Indians(Pueblos). Web. 
• 18 Sept. 2014. 

Cont. Sources

• "Countries and Their Cultures". Religion and Expressive Culture. Web.
• 18 Sept. 2014

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