People and surrounding of the Plateau
Where is does the Plateau lie in.
North of The Great Basin.
What was their favorite thing to collect?
What type of terrain they did have?
They had multiple canyons, mountains, and deserts.
What were the names of the villages?
Pueblos.
What women spend their day doing?
They grinded corn kernels into cornmeal.
What did the mesa people rely on to make their farms and houses?
Columbia
what kind of fish did they catch?
salmon
Why was living in the Southwest so hard?
Since it never rained, and it was super hot
What did the mesa people make there houses out of.
Sun baked clay
What did they use clay ovens for?
Bread.
What were the names of the river?
Columbia The Fraser
How would the men fish, or what would they use to fish?
Men would stand on wooden planks and use spears/nets.
What are the two main rivers in the canyons?
Colorado and Rio Grande.
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What did they make to hold the summer rains?
Small dams and irrigation ditches.
Where did the Indians build there homes to stay alive from the weather?
Underground.
What did they collect during spring time?
Sprouts, wild onions, and carrots.
What are present day areas in this region.
Arizona and California
They lacked resources
What did they make in clay pots?
They made stews out of rabbit, corn, and chili pepper.
What did they make with their weaving skills.
Clothing and baskets.
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How does the old Indian song go?
"The whole Southwest was a house made of dawn, there were many colors on the the hills and on the plain, and there there was a dark wilderness on the mountains beyond."
What did they make they clothes out of to protect themselves/?????
Cotton.
They planted their crops next to naturally flooded areas, the deepest part of large streambeds, and the bases of mesas