- Fact 2 - The Southwest area covers
parts of the U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah,
and Colorado
- Fact 3 - The Native Indians of the
Southwest were divided into the Southwest Indians divide roughly
into four groups: the Yuman tribes, the Pima and Papago, the
Pueblo, the
Navajo and
Apache
- Fact 4 - Weapons included bows and
arrows, spears and knives
- Fact 5 - The Southwest Indians were
tribes of hunter farmers. Men were in charge of hunting for food
and protecting the camp and the women were in charge of the home
and land. They often kept sheep and women spun and wove wool
into cloth
- Fact 6 - Homes and Houses of the
Southwest Indians: Adobe houses also known as pueblos were used
by the Pueblo and Hobi tribes and were suitable for a warm dry
climate.
- Fact 7 - Brush shelters or wickiups were very small shelters made purely
for shelter when sleeping. A brush shelter or wickiup is
cone-shaped and made of a wooden frame covered with branches,
leaves, and grass (brush) . They were most often used as a temporary
house. The Apache tribe built brush shelters to enable them move
very quickly and without having to take hides and wooden poles
with them
- Fact 8 - Earthen houses (also
called hogans,
earth lodges and pit houses) were the homes of tribes such as the Navajo
- Fact 9 - Earth lodges were
semi-subterranean dwellings which were dug from the earth, with
a wooden domed mound built over the top which was covered with
earth or reeds
- Fact 6 - Life style - They lived
in extended family groups
- Fact 7 - Clothing for men: Men wore
breechcloths which were made from a long rectangular piece of
animal skin or cloth which was worn between the legs and tucked
over a belt, so that the flaps of the breechcloth covered the
front and behind. The legs were bare. They also wore war shirts
which were made of leather
- Fact 8 - Clothing: Special, highly decorated
aprons were worn over breechcloths and worn on special occasions.
- Fact 9 -
Clothing for women: Women wore leather dresses made of buckskin
(the skin of a male deer)
- Fact 10 - Clothing in the 1800's -
Men started to wear cotton tunics and women wore calico dresses,
blouses and skirts
- Fact 11 - Shoes and footwear:
Moccasins were made of soft leather or deerskin and sewn
together with deer sinew. Moccasins were a soft slip on shoe, or
slipper, consist of a sole and sides made of one piece of
leather, stitched together at the top and were a light beige
color.
- Fact 12 - Headdresses: They wore cloth or leather headbands
- Fact 13 - Women's Hair: Hair was
kept long, sometimes braided and on special occasions braids
were decorated with bright strips of cloth and shells
- Fact 14 - Jewelry: Women wore
shell jewelry, turquoise and bead choker necklaces
- Fact 15 - Face paint / War Paint: Men wore
bright face paint in times of war.
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