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Pueblo Indians

These Native Americans lived in the American Southwest and are well known for the cliff dwellings.

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What did the pueblo Indians trade?

the Pueblo Indians traded their pigments, feathers, gem stones, shells, cotton, corn, furs, hides, woven cloth, salt, pinon nuts, dried meat, dried berries, squash, wild plants, beans, wild gathered fiber, turkeys.

What are tools and weapons the Pueblo Indians used?

Weapons = Bows & Arrows, Spears & War Clubs

Farming = Wooden Hoes & Rakes

Weaving= Looms & Spindles

Art = Pump Drill (to make holes in turquoise & other rocks)

How did the location of the pueblo people effect the kinds of shelters they built?

They didn't have trees to build their homes so they used adobe instead because, they live in a desert.

How do native Americans help us?

they were nomads and farmed some gardens using Indian slaves captured in battles. all the Indians had an agreement to not hunt in the Kentucky area due to there was a 7 year cycle of game growth. when the lean years happened ,they needed an area where the game was not used to being hunted so they could depend on feeding their tribes. when Daniel Boone entered the Kentucky game preserve to bring in settlers he was arrested by captain jack, the Indian game warden. after a few years tho the settlers kept moving in and the Indians were starved out.

This is a tough question. As the Sioux made up about 1/4th of the tribes in North America. They used their lands different thru out the Sioux nations. The Sioux stretch from the plains all the way up and down the east coast.

Why did pueblo indian's revolt in 1680?

The Pueblo people are a Native American people in the Southwestern United States. Their traditional economy is based on agriculture and trade. When first encountered by the Spanish in the 16th century, they were living in villages that the Spanish called pueblos, meaning "villages". (Wikipedia) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Wikipedia) indicated directly below this answer section.

Where did the pueblo Indians get materials to make their adobe homes?

They grew cotton. Cotton arrived in the area in about 700 AD from farther south. They also used milkweed, indian hemp (dogbane), mesquite, cliff rose, willow, yucca, agave, stool, and bear grass and both feathers and fur. The cloth they wove was in high demand as a trade item all over the southwest, north into the plains and south into what is now Mexico. In turn they traded for hides and buffalo robes and fur.

What do pueblo Indians eat?

Pueblom Indians are vegetarians, but they would eat meat when it was avalibale.They hunted small game such as rabbit, gopher,and squirrel.They also hunted large game such as deer, antolope,and mountain lions.The main crop the Pueblo raised was corn.Corn was 80% of their diet.

What problems did the Pueblo Indians face?

Access to a source of water, food, shelter, and the ability to procreate are the basic issues that any culture faces. The Pueblo people lived in the arid desert region, so water was only available at a premium. Cisterns were constructed to save water for later use.

The pueblo leader Pope led a revolt in response to Spanish efforts to do what?

In 1680, the Pueblo Indians revolted due to their denigration and prohibition of their traditional religion and people being forced to labor on the colonists' encomiendas.

What was the pueblos religion?

The Pueblos didn't have a specific religion, but they had prayer dances for rain, a sucessful crop, harvest, etc. They had a room called a kiva under their pueblo, usually one-two kivas per pueblo. They weaved and prayer danced in it. It was a round room that was entered through a trapdoor in the ceiling. They had kachinas, which were little dolls that represented the gods-there were rain kachinas, sun kachinas, etc. When the Europeans came to America in about the 1400s, they had a huge war with the Pueblo, capturing them , working them like slaves, and converting them to Christianity. Hope this helps! P.S. You might want to look for some books that are about the Pueblo-they probably will have a lot more information than I do!

Why did the Native Americans call the Great Plains that?

It is wide open and not much is there even today. If you drive across the great plains you see wide expanse of space with the wind blowing and prairie grasses waving in the wind. Every so often there is a outcropping, but mainly it is just open space. Hot, dry, and windy.

What did the native Americans of the great plains eat?

As with all Native tribes, the Plains tribes lived off the land. Although the buffalo was their main staple, they did hunt deer, elk and small game. Also the women would gather berries, roots and nuts. In addition, they would trade with other tribes for different kinds of food.

What are the Landforms for Pueblo Indians?

They lived in the plateau region of Arizona. The elevation is relatively high compared to Phoenix, AZ, but not as high as Flagstaff.

Indian tribes in Arizona?

The peps who live there r people and i know that cause i went there for vacation

Which people lived in pueblos in the Southwest?

There are 21 modern Pueblos today in New Mexico, Arizona and Texas. There were more when the Spanish first came in contact with them. Each group is a little different and some speak very different unrelated languages. Here is a list of today's people:

Hopi, Zuñi, Keresan speakers at Acoma, Laguna, Santa Ana, Zia, Cochiti, Santo Domingo, and San Felipe. Towa at Jemez, Tewa speakers in San Juan, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Tesuque, Nambe, Pojoaque, and Hano (on the Hopi), and Tiwa speakers at Taos, Picuris, and Southern Tiwa (Sandia, Isleta).

What stones did the pueblo Indians use for arrowheads?

They made arrows by getting little sharp carved stones and tied them onto a straight long stick, then they would put a a few small feathers at the end. Spears were made by getting a long wooden stick and tying a sharp carved rock onto it. They made knives by carving them out of stone, next tying the stone to a piece of wood. And they made carved rocks by finding rocks and carving them. Lastly the bow, is made by wood that gets carved, and a string holding the two ends together.

What do pueblos hunt?

the pueblo indians hunt mostly buffalo

What material did the pueblo and hopi use to build there homes?

Hopi houses (known as adobe homes)were mostly crouded because of there large families.There kitchen was outdoors,and there beds were just blankets

What games did Pueblo Indian children play?

whatever they wanted. They also killed for fun.

Why did the pueblos live in adobes?

They made their homes out of adobe, because it was obviously the only thing there! There was nothing but soil,clay, and mud there and a little bit of animal dung and made adobe homes out of adobe.