Background
Where do scientists think Native Americans started their journey into The Americas? (What are now North and South America?)
North-Eastern Asia
These are the ancestors of today's Native American Pueblo tribes here in New Mexico.
Ancient Puebloans
What is a Kiva?
a circular underground room that can be small or large where Pueblo people hold meetings and religious ceremonies.
How do you pronounce "Dine" when referring to the Navajo people or language?
"Din-nay"
What two crops, beside corn, were traditionally grown by both Pueblos and Dine people before (and after) the arrival of Spaniards into these lands?
CORN- SQUASH - BEANS
(called the "three sisters")
How do experts think they reached the Americas?
By crossing an icy land bridge from Asia to what is now Alaska.
What does "pueblo" mean in Spanish?
Town or people of a town...
What is Adobe?
It is a building material. By combining mud and straw and rocks you can make adobe bricks. Many ancient pueblo buildings were made of adobe and so were ancient buildings in Mesopotamia.
Tell me something important about the Navajo Nation:
Is the largest Native American nation within the United States.
They are a type of tent made of wooden poles and animal skins that could be easily moved around and set up quickly. Many Native American tribes used them but what are they called and which New Mexican Native American tribal group used them (only one did/does)?
Teepees!
How long ago did this migration to the Americas take place?
Between 20,000 and 12,000 years ago.
Tell me at least two important facts about the Ancient Pueblos:
They lived in adobe houses and cliff dwellings and used kivas for their religious practices. They grew corn and lived in towns or cities.
Today, _____ is the largest pueblo with a population of around six thousand people. It is located West of Albuquerque close to the Arizona border.
Zuni
What is a Hogan and who used/use them?
The traditional house for Dine (Navajo) people. Some still live in them around the Navajo Nation. These structures are made of wood and mud and always have the front door facing East to the rising sun.
What did archaeologists find at Chaco Canyon that proved the Ancient Pueblos were trading with Southern Mexico/Central America?
Parrot Mummies
This was once a grass-like plant. But over hundreds of years Native Americans slowly changed how it grows until it became the big plant that we know today.
CORN/MAIZ
What made the Ancient Puebloans different from many other Native American groups that were around at that time?
They were pretty settled and lived in towns while most Native Americans at the time lived more nomadic lives.
Also known as "Sky City", this pueblo may be the oldest continually inhabited town in what is now the United States.
Acoma
What two Apache tribes have their lands here in New Mexico?
The Mescalero (mesk-uh-lair-oh) and Jicarilla (hic-uh-ree-yuh) are the two Apache tribes with their lands in New Mexico.
Who is the new POTUS?
Joseph Biden
How did these ancient travelers (nomadic hunters) become all the different Native American tribes across North and South America?
It took many thousands of years of people spreading out and adapting to the lands they found themselves in.
Tell me at least two important things about Chaco Canyon:
Was a great center for the Pueblo people. Puebloans of different tribes would come here to trade and perform religious ceremonies. In the 1300s it was abandoned. It was probably abandoned because of drought but other things like invaders could have also been a problem. Chaco probably traded with other Native Americans from as far away as Guatemala because they have found parrots buried in Chaco.
__________ pueblo is just on the South side of Albuquerque. You will pass by it if you are heading down to Socorro... or all the way to Mexico.
and:
___________ pueblo is right on the North side of Albuquerque. You will go by it if you are heading to Santa Fe... or all the way to Colorado.
Isleta is South of Abq.
Sandia is North of Abq.
Tell me some things (at least two) about the Apache peoples:
A group of different smaller tribes that settled around the Southwestern U.S. and lived a mostly nomadic lifestyle until they were forced to settle down by the U.S. army. The Apache were known for being great warriors. They often fought with Navajo and Pueblo people but at times they would trade and work together.
Who is the new VPOTUS?
Kamala Harris