What were the tribes of the desert southwest?

Answer 1

Apache

Tribal Origin: Apachean Family

Also known as: ápachu, means 'enemy'

Native Name: N'de, Dĭnë, Tĭnde and Inde, means 'people'

Home Territories: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and the

Great Plains

Language: Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Plains Apache, Mescalero and Western Apache

Enemies: Spanish, Mexicans and Americans

Point of Interest: Were known as great warriors and intelligent tacticians in battles

Comanche

Tribal Origin: Shoshone

Native Name: Numunuu, means 'the People'

Home Territories: New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas

Language: Comanche

Alliances: Apache and Kiowa

Enemies: American settlers at times

Point of Interest: Known for attacking on nights with a full moon and for their skills of fighting while on horseback

Havasupai

Tribal Origin: Yuman

Native Name: Havasupai, means 'blue or green water people'

Home Territories: Arizona

Language: Havasupai

Alliances: Hopi

Point of Interest: Generally, a very peaceful tribe. Mail is still delivered via mule

Hopi

Tribal Origin: Siouan Family

Also known as: Hopita, means 'peaceful ones'

Native Name: Hópitu-shínumu, means 'the peaceful people'

Home Territories: Arizona

Language: Hopi

Alliances: Navaho

Point of Interest: Have lived in America for many centuries. The Hopi have strong sense of more character and their religion is one of anti-war

Jemez

Tribal Origin: Pueblo

Native Name: Hä'-mish

Home Territories: New Mexico

Enemies: Spanish

Point of Interest: Typically lived in pueblos

Kiowa

Tribal Origin: Kiowa

Native Name: Kgoy-goo, means 'principle people'

Home Territories: Colorado and Oklahoma

Language: Kiowa

Alliances: Comanches and the Apaches

Enemies: Cheyennes

Point of Interest: Nomatic tribe who survived by hunting buffalo and eating vegetables

Kiowa Apache

Tribal Origin: Athapascan tribe

Also known as: Gattacka

Native Name: Na-ishañ-dina, means 'our people'

Home Territories: Wyoming

Language: Southern Athabaskan

Alliances: Arapaho and Cheyenne

Enemies: Kiowa

Point of Interest: The measles nearly wiped them out

Lipan

Tribal Origin: Apache

Native Name: Náizhan, means 'ours'

Home Territories: New Mexico, Texas and Mexico

Language: Apache

Enemies: Comanche, Mescalero and Spanish

Point of Interest: Were known to cause a lot of trouble in Mexico

Maricopa

Tribal Origin: Yuman

Also known as: Piipaash

Native Name: Hasínai, means 'people'

Home Territories: Gulf of California and Arizona

Language: Maricopa

Alliances: Pima

Point of Interest: Known for pottery

Mohave

Tribal Origin: Yuman

Also known as: Mojave

Native Name: Aha Macave, means 'people who live along the river'

Home Territories: Arizona, California and Nevada

Language: Mojave

Enemies: United States

Point of Interest: Instead of canoes, they were known to make rafts from balsa

Navaho

Tribal Origin: Southern Athabascan

Also known as: Diné or Navajo, means 'the people'

Native Name: Navajo

Home Territories: Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico

Language: Navajo

Enemies: United States

Point of Interest: Largest tribe in the United States today

Paiute

Tribal Origin: Uto-Aztecan family

Also known as: Piute, possibly means 'Water Ute'

Home Territories: Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah

Language: Paiute

Enemies: Navajo and Utes

Point of Interest: Were sold into slavery by the Navajo and Utes

Papago

Tribal Origin: Pima

Native Name: Tohono O'odham, means 'People of the Desert'

Home Territories: Arizona and Mexico

Language: O'odham

Enemies: Apaches

Point of Interest: Held onto their traditions even through attempts to be assimilated into American society

Panamint

Tribal Origin: Shoshonean Tribe

Point of Interest: Found living in mining towns in the late 1800s

Pecos

Tribal Origin: Pecos

Native Name: P'e'-a-ku'

Home Territories: New Mexico

Enemies: Comanche and Querecho

Point of Interest: Only 25 known blood-decendents living today

Pima

Tribal Origin: O'odham

Also known as: Akimel O'odham, means 'river people'

Native Name: Pima, means 'I don't know'

Home Territories: Arizona

Language: O'odham

Point of Interest: Known for being good farmers and for setting up irrigation systems

Pueblo

Pueblo Tribes: Jemez, Keresan Pueblos, Piro Pueblos, Tewa Pueblos, Tiwa Pueblos, Zuni, and Hopi

Home Territories: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas

Language: Multiple

Point of Interest: Lived in stone houses and cliff dwellings

Shoshoni

Tribal Origin: Shoshoni

Also known as: Shǐshǐnoats-hitäneo, means 'snake people'

Native Name: Shoshoni, means 'the grass people'

Home Territories: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming

Language: Shoshoni

Enemies: Blackfoot, Crow, Lakota, Cheyennes and Arapahos

Point of Interest: Lived off of Buffalo, fish and rabits

Sobaipuri

Tribal Origin: O'odham

Home Territories: Arizona

Point of Interest: Disappeared in the 1400s

Tewa

Tribal Origin: Tanoan family

Also known as: Tano

Native Name: Tewa, means 'moccasins'

Home Territories: Arizona and New Mexico

Language: Tewa

Point of Interest: Developed their own written language

Ute

Tribal Origin: Shoshonean Tribe

Native Name: Ute, means 'people on the bank'

Ute Tribes: Capote, Cumumba, Kapote, Moache, Moanumts, Pah Vant, Parianuche, San Pitch, Sheberetch, Taviwach, Timanogots, Tumpanawach, Uinta, Uncompahgre, White River, Weeminuche and Yamperika

Home Territories: Colorado, New Mexico and Utah

Language: Ute

Point of Interest: Known for the exquisite beadwork

Walapai

Tribal Origin: Yuman

Native Name: Hualapai, means 'people of the tall pine'

Home Territories: Arizona

Language: Hualapai

Yavapai

Tribal Origin: Possibly Yuman

Native Name: Yavapai, means 'people of the sun'

Home Territories: Arizona

Language: Yavapai

Alliances: Western Apache

Enemies: Maricopa and Pima

Point of Interest: Their form of attack was generally one of attack and retreat

Yuma

Tribal Origin: Yuman

Also known as: Quechan

Native Name: K-wichhna

Home Territories: Arizona

Language: Quechan

Enemies: United States

Point of Interest: Were known for cultivating pumpkins, melons, corn and beans

Zuni

Tribal Origin: Pueblos

Native Name: A'shiwi, means 'the flesh'

Home Territories: New Mexico

Language: Zuni

Point of Interest: Known to be an extremely peaceful tribe who lived off the land

Answer 2

The desert southwest traditions is whenever they had a kachina ceremony the Hopi spoke about the tribes gods and also told stories to pass their religion and traditions on the their children.

Answer 3

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Navajo, Hopi, Apache, Papago (Tahono O'Odam), Chiricahua Apache, Hohokam (prehistoric ancestors), Pima, Pascua