Southwest Indians

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Southwest Indians

• By
• Morgan, Cody, Sattora, and C. J.

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History

• Hopi people have endured as a nation.
• Centuries of outside forces determine the change
• The Hopi had been settled for centuries when the
  Spanish soldiers invaded their territory in 1540.
• Successfully driving the Spanish out of pueblo
  territory for twelve years.

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Resources/Environment

• Dry, hot, sandy, desert.
• Few trees.
• Little water.

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Homes/Shelter

• Families work together to build a pueblo.
• The pueblos didnt have any doors or windows
• The only way out was climbing in and out from a
  ladder

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Food

• Plants grew far apart from each other because to
  make sure each plant gets the same amount of
  water
• They plant there corn at the low land at the
  bottom of the mesa
• In the fall the Hopi would pick there corn.

• They ate beans, squash and other crops.

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Culture/Art

• Their art used symbols and sings to represent
  their ideas.
• They would dress in flowers and paint with
  feather headdresses.
• The Southwest Indians were the most skilled in
  making baskets.

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Art

• They made pottery, clothing, and baskets.

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Children

• They got their name on the 20th day after they
  were born.