Native American Culture

Like all children, Pueblo Indian children of the American Southwest loved games. Anthropologist Alice Cunningham Fletcher said these games "have been played in our land for untold generations,...

Native American pottery making is a cultural and artistic tradition that has been passed down through generations. In the southwestern United States the Hopi, Acoma, Santa Clara, Jemez, Zia and...

According to anthropologist Ruth Bunzel, Pueblo peoples have been creating pottery for at least 2,000 years. Making pottery became a popular practice after these people began building permanent...

Colorado was once dominated by Native American tribes. With many tribes calling the land that is now Colorado home at one time or another, the history of Colorado's Native Americans is quite...

The Anasazi Indians were the ancestors of the modern-day pueblo people of Arizona. Everything we know of the Anasazi Indians comes from archeological finds. The Anasazi Indians were suburb...

The Indian Tribes of the Rio Grande have played an important part in the history of the United States. Today, they are still on their ancient lands, keeping their history alive. The pueblos of the...

The Navajo Indians are the largest North American Indian tribe, which originated out of the Northwestern Canada region more than 1,000 years ago. The Navajo Indian tribe is a unique one, drawing...

One of the Pueblo tribes of the southwestern United States, the Tigua Indians are first noted in history in 1540, mentioned by those who recorded Spanish conquistador Francisco Vazquez de Coronado...

The Anasazi were the pueblo dwelling people of the American southwest and northern Mexico about 1200 B.C.E. Anasazi literally means "ancient ones." The Anasazi are responsible for the...

There is much confusion about the heritage of the Jumano Indians because they were not all living in the same area when the Europeans reached the New World. In fact, anthropologists say that there...

The Apache tribe consists of several groups of Native American peoples who live mainly in the southwest, with significant populations in Arizona and New Mexico. Most of the tribe's income is...

The enduring fame of the Apache people is primarily due to their resistance to the Spanish, Mexicans and Americans over several centuries. Their reputation for guerrilla raids on villages...