- Fact 2 - The name 'Pueblo' meaning
'people' was given by the Spanish to the Indians who
lived in adobe houses in what is now the SW United States. The
term pueblo is also used for the villages occupied by the
Pueblo.
- Fact 3 - Homes and Houses: Adobe houses also known as pueblos were
used by the Pueblo and Hobi tribes and were suitable for a warm dry
climate.
- Fact 4 -
Adobe or pueblo homes were multi-story houses made of adobe
(clay and straw baked into hard bricks)
- Fact 5 - Taos - a member of the
Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico. Zuni - a member of
the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico
- Fact 6 - Clothes and Clothing -
Clothes were generally made from the skins of small animals such
as rabbit. Then with the advent of sheep farming their
clothes were also made from cloth woven from wool for ponchos,
blankets and cloaks
- Fact 7 - Clothing for men: Men
originally 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.
- Fact 8 - Religious ceremonies
involved secret rites held in semi-underground kivas during
which masks and costumes were worn to impersonate kachinas
(ancestral spirits)
- Fact 9 -
Headbands - Men wore different types of cloth headbands
- Fact 10 -
Clothing for women: Pueblo women wore knee-length cotton dresses
called mantas which were fastened at a woman's right shoulder,
leaving her left shoulder bare
- 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 - Food: Men hunted
deer, small game and turkeys. As farmers crops were produced for
corn, beans, squash, and melons in terraced fields. Crops and meat were supplemented by nuts, berries and fruits.
They then started to raise sheep and goats
- Fact 13 - The Pueblos traded
regularly with the Hopi tribes.
- Fact 14 - The Pueblo are noted as
stockbreeders and skilled weavers, potters, and silversmiths
- Fact 15 - Hair: Hair was kept long
and worn in a traditional hair knot called a Chonga
which is wrapped in white yarn.
- Fact 16 - Jewelry: Women wore
turquoise and silver jewelry
- Fact 17 - Face paint / War Paint:
The Pueblo did not paint their faces or bodies except for
special religious ceremonies
- Fact 18 - Pueblo weapons: Weapons
included bows and arrows, war clubs and knives
- Fact 19 - Enemies of the Pueblo
tribe were the Apache, Ute, Navajos and Comanche
- Fact 20 - History: In 1598 Juan de
Oņate led an expedition and the Spanish began to establish
missions in Pueblo territory. The Pueblo revolt of 1680 was
against the Spanish
- Fact 21: The Pueblo Native
Americans were never forced to leave their homelands and are
still living there today.
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