The Hopi and Navajo Indians

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The Hopi and Navajo Indians!

• By Devon, Kennedy, Jake, and Derek

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Hopi Indian location

• Northeastern Arizona, surrounded by The Navaho
•  They also lived in New Mexico

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The Hopi Indians

• According to legend, the ancestors of the Hopi
  tribe migrated from various locations and settled
  near the Grand Canyon. Legend also portrays a
  peaceful people, willing to cooperate with others
  to improve their life.  Classified as Pueblo
  Indians they most likely descended from the
  Anasazi. The Hopi were the only Pueblo Indians
  that spoke a dialect of the Uto-Aztecan language
  family called Shoshone. 

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Navajo Indian location

• Window Rock, Arizona, the Navajo Nation capital.

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Hopi homes

• They lived in pueblos
• The Hopi Indians, which means good, peaceful, or
  wise, come from a group of Southwestern people
  called Pueblo, but their language is different. 
  They live in northeast Arizona at the southern
  end of the Black Mesa.  A mesa is the name given
  to a small isolated flat-topped hill with three
  steep sides called the 1st Mesa, 2nd Mesa, and
  the 3rd Mesa.  On the mesa tops are the Hopi
  villages called pueblos.  The pueblo of Oraibi on
  the 3rd Mesa started in 1050, and is the oldest
  in North America that was lived in continuously. 
  They live in pueblos that are made of stone and
  mud and stand several stories high.

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Hopi home
Hopi home
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Homes ofthe navajo indians
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Navajo homes

• The Navajo Indians lived in homes called hogans. 
  They are made from wooden poles, tree bark, and
  mud.  The doorway opened to the east so they
  could welcome the sun.

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Hopi Indian clothes

• Men wore a straight sleeved or sleeveless shirt
  of undyed, native cotton, worn like a poncho
  knitted cotton leggings reaching half way up the
  thighs cotton loin cloth and moccasins of
  deerskin. Women wore an undyed cotton robe, which
  passed under the left arm and was fastened above
  the right shoulder and an embroidered belt.

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Navajo Indian clothes

• The Navajo woman's traditional style of dress
  consists usually of foot or knee-high moccasins,
  a pleated velvet or cotton skirt, a matching
  long-sleeve blouse, concho and/or sash belt,
  jewelry and a shawl. Men also wear jewelry,
  moccasins and preferably a velveteen shirt.
• Although many Navajo people wear contemporary
  clothing, they continue to carry on their
  cultural practices by wearing traditional outfits
  when the occasion requires it. It is believed
  that before an individual can receive help from
  the Great Spirit, one must first wear appropriate
  clothing in order to be recognized. The earliest
  clothing worn by Navajos was made from grass and
  yucca plants. Later, shirts, dresses, and
  leggings were made from buckskin acquired in
  trade with the Utes of Colorado.

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The Navajo Indians

• The Anasazis habitually constructed their pueblo
  dwellings on the top of mesas. A typical example
  of an Anasazi mesa-top village is Pueblo Bonito
  located in Chaco Canyon New Mexico.

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Farming

• . The Navajo Indians were great farmers. Thats
  why they moved to the south because it was warmer
  there and they could grow more food. The Navajo
  Indians weaved there clothes. The Navajo Indians
  made pottery and blankets. When the Spanish
  settled the Navajo stole their sheep and horses
  and used the sheep for food and clothing. They
  used the horses for transportation. The Navajo
  Indians hunted mammoths until them became
  instinct After that they hunted Buffalo also
  known as Bison. They used the bones for weapons.

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Food of the Navajo Indians

• The Navajo Indians herded sheep and ate them and
  used their wool for clothing. The very first
  Southwest Native Americans hunted mammoths until
  they became extinct.  Then people began to hunt
  buffalo, also known as bison, as well as collect
  wild plants for food.  They also learned to grow
  maize, or corn, that was their most common grain,
  which became domesticated in Mexico.

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Hopi Recreation/ Crafts

• The Hopi tribe made many crafts. They made
  baskets, cloths, and jewelry. The men made the
  cloths for there family. Women also made
  pottery.

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Hopi Culture

• The Hopi have many religious ceremonies. They
  had a under ground religious room called a kiva
  to hold service, just like their cousins the
  Anasazi. They also had dolls called Kachinas to
  teach the children about each spirits powers.
  These dolls were not for playing they were for
  learning. Sometimes the Hopi would even have a
  sacred dance that was supposed to have made the
  rain come.

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Navajo Recreation/Crafts

• After the Navajo came in contact with the Pueblo
  people, they began to make pottery and weave
  rugs, blankets and other items. The men were
  great silver men, usually making jewelry.

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Navajos Culture

• When the Navajos -or dine as they called
  themselves - needed healing they called upon a
  medicine man- they called him a singer. The
  singer would make a mixture out of pollen,
  cornmeal, ground charcoal, and colorful powdered
  minerals. Then they would use the mixture to make
  a religious painting. Then the singer would make
  the ill villager sit on the painting so the gods
  could heal him. When the service was over theyd
  destroy the painting.

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• Bibliography
• Social Studies Text bookpg76 - 80
• http//www.hopiart.com/
• http//www.si.edu/harcourt/
• http//www.yahoo.com/
• http//google.com
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
• http//education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/
  entry/NavajoInd
• http//education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/
  entry/Hopi_yltAkdV8D.B7zm_LhbHcjqic.UZvskF
• Kids Discover South west people pg 8 pg 12

Bibliography
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Credits

• Credits
• Jake
• Devon
• Derek
• Kennedy
• Food Jake
• Culture Devon
• Location Kennedy
• Recreation/Crafts Devon
• Bibliography Devon
• Cloths Kennedy
• Credits Devon
• Title Kennedy
• Homes Derek
• End Devon
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