1. •Southwest
•Maykayla Diez
•Keisha Dionisio
•Period 4

2. Tribes of the Southwest
 Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Yuma, Zuni, Pueblo
This is the This is the Navajo
Apache tribe. tribe.

3. Foods in the Southwest
 Indians from the Southwest are farmers.
 They grew corn, beans, squash, melons, and fruit.
 In the desert, they ate birds, rabbits, and wild turkeys.
 They dug ditches for irrigation.

4. Clothing of the Southwest
 Women in this region wore simple dresses made out of
blankets sewn together, but they later wore long full
skirts and velveteen blouses.
 Men wore shirts with sleeves and moccasins.
 When the weather got colder, cotton was worn.

5. Homes of the Southwest
 Adobe homes and Hogan's are found in this region.
 Adobe is sun dried bricks made out of clay and straw.
These homes could only be reached by ladders.
 Hogan’s are traditional Navajo houses that are eight
sided and round. It is warm in winter and cool in
summer.
These are pueblo
homes. This is a Hogan.

6. Native American Religions
 The people of the Southwest believe that in the universe
there exists an Almighty. The Almighty belief is not
pictured as a man in the sky, but is believed to be
formless and exist in the universe. The sun is a sign and
symbol for that.
This picture is of the Almighty
represented through the sun.

7. Tradition or Ceremony of the
Southwest
 Navajo Ceremonies are called ways. The most
important is the Night way, a nine day healing
ceremony in which friends and relatives of a sick
person gather. Religious leaders, or singers attend
ceremonies.

8. Arts/Crafts of the Southwest
 The tribes from the Southwest were great
weavers.
 With the hot/dry land, clay was used to make
pottery.
 Rocks of many colors were also crushed to create
sand paintings.
This is a sand
This is a weave. This is pottery. painting.

9. A Famous Apache
 One famous Native American from this region is
Geronimo. He is famous because he was a remarkable
leader of the Chiricahua Apache. He was a spiritual
leader who defended his people when the U.S. invaded
their land for over 25 years.

10. Interesting Facts from the
Southwest
 Before Indians in the Southwest region got horses, they traveled by foot
and dug holes in the sides of the mesas and cliffs (in order to climb.)
 In Southwestern tribes, spiders are connected to the culturally
important art of weaving.
 According to tradition, Spider Woman instructed the women of Navajo
how to build the first loam from exotic materials.
 The Apache took frequent baths to clean their bodies of both bad luck
and evil spirits.
 The Navajo are the largest Indian tribe in the United States.
A navajo
walking before This picture is
they rode of spider
horses. woman.

11. Works Cited
Bial,Raymond. The Navajo, Tarrytown,NY:Marshall Carendish, 1998
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<http://www.google.com/imgres?q=apache tribe&um>.
“Navajo.” American History.ABC-CLIO,2012.web.16 oct.2012