INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA

SOUTHWEST INDIANS

Author: Desiree Kelly

TABLE OF CONTENTS Southwest – slide 3

Hopis – slide 4

Navajos – slide 6

Glossary- slide 8

Diagram- slide 9

SOUTHWEST

The tribes were located at northeast Arizona and the

four corners. The climate is hot and dry. The tribes

lived in a desert.

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HOPIS

Hopi mean the “peaceful ones”.

What Hopis eat?

When you are a Hopi you eat ; corn , beans, and squash. The men job is they

have to grow the food. The women bake the bread. Then they eat their food that

they eat.

How the Hopis live?

Hopis stay in the homes from bad weather. The Hopis sleep in together in the

same room , like mom , dad , and the kids. Their shelter is for mainly for sleeping.

The women go up and down the ladders. When the Hopis wake up they hang up

their beddings. Their villages are made on high flat mesas. Hopis have outdoors

ovens , kitchens , and rooms.

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Culture

Hopis taught their

children the names and

powers of Kachina by

giving them kachina

figure. That is their

culture.

HOPIS

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Hopis

NAVAJOSPowerful words

Hogan is a cones shape house built by covering a log of frame.

Shamon is called upon gods to live people special favors.

Shelter

How Navajos make their shelter is by using ; brushwood, grass,

mud ,cone shape, leaves, animal skin . What they do around their

home is sit around all day their home.

What they eat ?

Navajos eat; corn, beans, squash. That is the kind of food they eat .

What they wear?

Navajos wear cotton for their

clothing. The men grow the

cotton . That is the type of

clothing they wear.

What is their culture?

The ceremonies led by religious

leader healer called shaman.

Gods can be evil or good. They

believe in gods holly people.

That is what their culture is.

NAVAJOS

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Navajos home called the HoganThis is

the horseNavajos

hogan

Shamon-called upon their gods

to lead people special favors.

Hogan- a cone shape house

built by covering a log of frame.

Kachina- the spirit

GLOSSARY

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DIAGRAM

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