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Dwellings
written by Garrett __Pueblo Dwellings__

 The Pueblos home territory is in the canyons of Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. The Pueblos are also the descendants of the cliff dwelling Anasazi people. The Pueblos were divided in to two groups, the eastern Pueblos built their villages along the Rio Grande. The homes that they built were called Pueblos, a Pueblo consists of several, large multi-storied houses arranged around a courtyard. Pueblos were made out of stone and adobe (stone dried brick). Wooden ladders inside of the pueblo allowed movement from one level to another. The Pueblos had openings in the floor with a stone border where the ladder went through the floor. There were special rooms in the courtyard called Kivas. The Kivas were used for special meetings and religious ceremonies.



Lifestyle
written by Dyana

=**__Pueblo Lifestyle__**= Living in the desert was challenging for the [|Pueblos], but they made it work. There was lack of water making living difficult because crops couldn’t grow without water. Men and women were hunters and farmers. The women grew corn, beans, and squash, as well as tobacco and cotton. They would grow it from their villages. Also women made beautiful pottery and [|wove] fine wicker baskets. Then men hunted deer, antelope, buffalo, and rabbits. The men also used cotton to make clothing and baskets. While men wore kilts and leather sandals women wore cotton dresses and sandals or moccasin. Pueblo men also carved wooden masks that represented [|Kachinas] (spirits) to wear in religious ceremonies. In the late 1500’s the Spanish tried to convert Pueblo’s to Christianity but Pueblo wanted to practice their own religion.

Religion
written by Freddy

 Pueblo Religion  Pueblo religion has was a very important part of Pueblo life. The Pueblo religion is [|Hopi Mythology], which main belief is of the spirits Kachinas. Kachinas were were believed to control rain and well-being of the tribe. To teach the Pueblo children how important and powerful the Kachinas were, they made Kachina dolls out of wood and gave them to the children. These dolls were made to represent the many different forms of Kachinas as a Kachina itself. The Pueblos practised this religion exclusively until the Spaniards came to their region, when the Spaniards brought [|Missionaries] to the Pueblo to try to convert Hopis to [|Christianity]. The Spaniards became more and more forceful in their goal of converting the Pueblo to Christianity, and the Pueblo revolted, driving the Spaniards out of their land. They resumed to practicing Hopi.



media type="youtube" key="QO2g9tgWjbU?fs=1" height="525" width="660" Above: Video of Pueblo religious rituals preformed over time.

Government
written by Charlotte

 The Pueblo tribe of Western North America had specific way of running their government. They had a democratic system called [|Tarahumara]. The Tarahumara was a cultural group and there was no strict government over the entire tribe, however, each[| Pueblo] (settlement) had their own elected government. The Tarahumara consisted of the governor, who was referred to as the gobernador, and his/her group of assistants that were also elected by the community. The group of assistants was led by the gobernador, and he or she as well as the group of assistant was elected for a year or longer. The Tarahumara’s job was mainly to motivate the members to help improve and fix the Pueblo, and also to help members of the community find people to marry. The gobernador was meant to be extremely loving to his followers and treat all of them as if they were his own son. The Pueblo tribe had a government that was a [|democracy], and was run by the members of the villages 

