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Southwest Indians. By: Andrew, Blair, Kayla, And Brooke. Way of Survival. Hopi: Pueblo houses, farmed, stored food. Apache: fighters, hunted, gathered food, stole from Pueblo, made permanent houses. Navajo: fighters, Hunted, gathered food, stole from Pueblo, mud covered log Hogan.
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Southwest Indians By: Andrew, Blair, Kayla, And Brooke
Way of Survival • Hopi: Pueblo houses, farmed, stored food. • Apache: fighters, hunted, gathered food, stole from Pueblo, made permanent houses. • Navajo: fighters, Hunted, gathered food, stole from Pueblo, mud covered log Hogan. • Pueblo: They used ladders to protect themselves, lived in pueblos, lived by rivers, farmed. • Zuni: like the Pueblo-Indians. • Most of the Southwest Indians were farmers. • Most of them stayed in one place and made permanent homes. They could grow large crops this way.
Food • The Southwest Indians ate Buffalo, Chuckwalla “Lizard” and Fish. • They also ate wild plants and wild seeds. • They grew corn, maize, melons and common grain. • They would find nuts and roots and eat them some times. • There most common food was buffalo, fish, and grown food. • They ate strange food like chuckwalla “ lizard” and wild plants.
Homes • They lived in tepees • In underground homes • The Navajo lived in a mud covered Hogan • Very dry plains • Mud homes • Cliff dwellers • Stone homes
Interesting Facts • They used dolls for religious meetings. • They made pottery for drinking and bowls. • They used baskets for the corn in their crops • They did ancient paintings for decoration. • They painted rattles like turtle shells.
