1800s Southwestern Indians

By: Nathalie Clougherty

Southwestern Indians

Five tribes from the Southwest: Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo and Zuni

Lived in what is now Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Colorado, and the Northern part of Mexico.

Most Indians lived in villages and farming was there main source of food.

Life

Southwestern Indians made many things by hand like pottery, baskets, and clothing

There pottery was for display and everyday life

They are very spiritual tribes so most of their art contained symbols and signs of their beliefs

Rituals/Culture

The naming of a new born baby is so important that it was not done by the parents but by relatives and tribe leaders

Babies were strapped to there mothers

backs for the first couple years of life

Hopi babies are not named until 20 days after they are born

Boy and Girls

Girls learned how to cook, make baskets, and sew

Young boys learned how to make weapons and hunt

Clothing

They wove cotton into cloth and made light weight clothing.

They also made boots and sandals from leather

Housing

Built houses from clay and straw They were built in many layers. Some

as big as eight stories They used ladders to get from one

story to another In case of an attack, they would raise

the ladders

War

One of the most famous Indians from the Southwest was Apache Cochise

Cochise and his crew fought a bloody war with the U.S federal troops

He finally surrendered in 1812 From 1849 to 1886 the Apache Indians

fought a series of battles against the U.S government which is called the Apache Wars