Pueblo People
The Pueblo People were named after this.
What is their home?
The Navajo are believed to be related to this group from Canada/Alaska.
Who were the Athabaskans?
This group rubbed animal fat on themselves to hide their scent while hunting.
Who were the Apache?
The Zuni gathered into this single village to better protect themselves.
What is Halona/Zuni?
What is adobe?
The Navajo lived in these large dome-shaped buildings
What are hogans?
This type of dome-shaped home could easily be taken apart and moved.
What are wickiups?
This is an isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides.
What is a mesa?
These special, below-ground rooms were used for rituals and ceremonies.
What are kivas?
The Navajo believed in this, which is translated to “walking in the beauty.” They believed in maintaining balance with the earth.
What is Hozho?
The name “Apache” comes from this Zuni word.
What is "enemy"?
This group is most likely to perform a ceremony in a kivas.
Who are the Pueblo People?
The hopi believed these brought rain and the growing season, which is important for a desert community.
What are kachinas?
The Navajo became interested in this group's animals, as they began herding cattle and riding horses.
Who were Spanish?
Like many tribes, through whom do the Apache trace their ancestors?
Who were their mothers?
This Navajo song is meant to bring balance to the lives of the Navajo people.
What is the "Jo Ashila"?
These are used to help children learn about kachinas.
What are kachina dolls?
This method of gathering, preserving, and interpreting information from personal accounts and lived experiences of individuals who have witnessed or participated in past events.
What is Oral History?
This group would likely have picked up their belongings and moved somewhere else for food.
Who were the Apache?
Hee yee, yaa a, hee yee yaa a, Jo a-shi-la. The lyrics to Jo Ashila roughly translate to this.
What is travelling together, happy, and beauty?