The Pueblo
This group is believed to be related to the Anasazi.
The Pueblo
The Pueblo adapted to this type of environment.
What is the desert?
Pueblo spirits believed to bring rain.
What are kachinas?
Another Southwest tribe also known as the Diné.
Who are the Navajo?
Dome-shaped homes lived in by the Navajo.
What are hogans?
Two Pueblo tribes mentioned in the notes.
Who are the Hopi and Zuni?
Pueblo homes were made from this material.
What is adobe?
These dolls were given out to teach children
What are kachina dolls?
The Navajo originally lived in these areas before migrating.
What are present-day Alaska and Canada?
Hogans were built using logs or sticks covered with this.
What is mud or sod?
The Spanish word used to describe the Pueblo people and their homes.
What is pueblo?
Pueblo people used these to enter and exit their homes.
What are ladders?
Pueblo ceremonies held to gain favor of the spirits.
What are kachina ceremonies?
By the 1400s, the Navajo migrated to this area.
What is northern New Mexico?
This opening in the hogan lets smoke escape.
What is a smoke hole?
This farming method used tiny dams and canals to direct water to crops.
What is dry farming?
Removing ladders helped the Pueblo do this.
What is protect themselves from unwanted guests?
These dances were an important part of kachina ceremonies.
What are kachina dances?
Today, the Navajo are the largest non-Pueblo group in this region.
What is the Southwest?
Traditional hogans face this direction.
What is east?
Pueblo homes had no doors or windows on the first floor for this reason.
What is protection from enemies?
The Pueblo hunted these types of animals for food.
What are small desert animals?
Kachinas also taught people how to do this.
What is live and behave?
To survive, the Navajo used many ideas from these neighbors.
Who are the Pueblo?
The Navajo belief meaning “walking in beauty.”
What is hozho?