The Pueble Indians
The Pueblo people are Native Americans who live in the Southwestern United States. They occupy New Mexico and Northeastern Arizona. The Pueblos include many groups, some are the Hopis, Acomas, Zunis, and Lagunas. They live on cliff tops in stone or adobe housing. The Pueblo Indians have four main languages. The people near Santa Fe and Albuquerque speak the Tanoan and Keresan languages. The Zuni's one large village in western New Mexico speaks their very own language. It shows no relation to any other known language. The Hopi's villages in northeastern Arizona speak a Uto-Aztecan type of language. Although the linguistic groups are so different, all the Pueblo people have an almost identical culture. The Pueblo Indians lived in buildings th
The Pueblos economy bases itself mainly on agriculture. Most villages grow corn, beans, cotton, melon, squash, and chili peppers. They sometimes sell things other than agricultural products. Some of the goods include livestock, pottery, baskets, and other handicrafts. The Pueblo had an interesting family system. Families were referred to as clans. Pueblo clans were led by the women. Women had possession of the houses and of the land. They also owned most of the other belongings. at looked like apartments. These buildings consisted of stone or adobe. The rooms were square with flat roofs. Detachable ladders were used to get from one story to the next. The houses' floors were supported by poles. Their doorways were made in a T shape. Each village had at least tw
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