The Southwest Desert Chapter 2 – Native American of North America.
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The Southwest Desert
Chapter 2 – Native American of North America
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Living in a Dry Land
• Tribes– Pueblo: farmers– Apache: hunters– Navajo: sheep– Hopi
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Living in a Dry Land
• Environment:– Hot and arid (dry) climate– Build villages on top of mesas
• Descendants of the Anasazi• Also developed irrigation systems to help grow
crops– Corn, beans, squash, and cotton
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Gender Roles• Men: – Governed the villages (made the decisions)– Weavers
• Women: – Owned property and passed it to daughters– Basket makers
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The Need for Rain• Customs and Beliefs: – Kachinas: Could bring rain and help from the spirits– Kiva – Underground ceremony– Snake Dance – dance performed to bring rain
– Rain Dance
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Today
• 7,000 live in Northeast Arizona on a reservation
• Still follow ancient traditions– Kachina dances– Snake dance