pueblo indian presentation

7/30/2019 Pueblo Indian Presentation

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By: Brandon Clark, Tory Johansen, Alex Vondrak


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Originally called Anasazi people

Very nomadic

Hunted deer, bighorn sheep, elk, and rabbit

Houses were teepee like, made of brush, mud, andfurs

Archaic Period

5500-500 B.C


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True Pueblo culture began

Became skilled in making containers and baskets of

plant material

Built more permanent homes, called pithouses

Basketmaker Period

500 B.C-750 A.D


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Adopted the name Pueblo

Around 900 A.D pithouses were removed and

replaced with Kivas

Important centers used for trade and to socialize

Drought in 1276 through 1299 caused migration

Pueblo Period

750 A.D-1950


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Decended from Ancient PuebloPeoples

Hopi call ancestors Hisatsinom

also known as Anasazi(Navajo for anceintenemy)

Correlation betweensettlements and constellationOrion.

Hopi Tribe

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Kivas

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Belief in Spiritual

Body

Kachina Dance

Celebration offertility and rain

Kachina

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Kachina Dolls

Kachina Dolls Made of

Cottonwood root

Spiritual Object ofstudy given to

women andchildren

Artifact


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60,000 Pueblo people living throughout the southwest

19 pueblos in New Mexico

12 pueblos in Arizona Reservations typically encompass historical Pueblo tribal

lands

Pueblo Today


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Live a modern lifestyle

Maintain tribal language

Matrilineal and matrilocal culture

Clustered family living

Clans

Taos Pueblo build traditionally

Community centered

Social Structure


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No word for religion in the Pueblo language

Beliefs interwoven into life

Continue traditional ceremonies Pottery, masks, textiles, paint

Rituals tied to rain and harvest

Importance of agriculture

Modified Catholicism

Tolerated by the church

Religion


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Maintain individual tribal governments

Clan based leadership Winter and summer leaders

Separate religious leaders

Comparable to corporate structures and US model

All Indian Pueblo Council Regional government

Government


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Income from:

Traditional agriculture

Tourism, hotels, restaurants

Casinos and resorts

Craftwork

Uranium mining

Government

12-43% live below poverty line

Economics


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Some Pueblos have alcohol and drug abuse

Preservation of historical sites

CasinosRadiation poisoning

Water and land rights Taos Pueblo succeeded in regaining sacred Blue Lake

Rare domestic abuseRelatively low poverty rate on average New Mexico average: 19% below poverty line

Problems

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