The Hualapai Tribe

The first man or Navajo were created from the flesh of what would seem to be gods, but perhaps is the natural world itself. There are repetitive occurrences of natural disasters such as drought or floods, even war over resources. Eventually it the Navajo people were scattered about the four mountains and doing good well agriculturally. While the world and it its inhabitants in the legend are confusing with strange names, it provides many animals and their association with the different peoples. As an example, Stephens states that the blue and yellow foxes belong to the pueblo people and coyote and badger to the Navajo and east is coyote, west is yellow fox, south blue fox, north badger (1930, pp. 88-104).

The land and forest provide everything to them; it is their home, it offers them protection from neighboring peoples, and an abundance of food. However things changed with the introduction of Christianity. I believe Rachel Saint to be a major component in the destruction of the Huaorani culture. She taught them that everything they had believed was wrong, nudity was wrong, shamanism was seen sorcery and therefore evil. Nomadism was seen as evil as well; ‘’the Lord’s way dictated that the Huaorani must settle down, build permanent villages and raise garden crops and barnyard animals” (Kane 86). The Huaorani were forced to forget ancient traditions, they no longer hunt with spears and blowguns but instead wait the arrival of planes that bring food to their community. The Huaorani who were once so self-sufficient are now forced to rely on foreigners for their next meal. Not only has the Huaorani culture been impacted but so has their health, many Huaorani suffered from diabetes due to the high amounts of processed sugar in ‘civilized’ food. The education that the missionaries provided eroded what little bit of their culture and traditions they maintained; the Huaorani were forced to change their way of life.

Hisat'sinom: Ancient Peoples in a Land Without Water is an archaeological anthropology book about what is now the American Southwest, and the four corners area in particular. Edited by Christian E. Downum, Hisat'sinom: Ancient Peoples in a Land Without Water offers a collection of articles that are written for a popular audience. However, the articles are well written and thoroughly researched using primary sources. The articles are also accessible and devoid of too much jargon or technical figures. As it is written for a popular audience, it brings these issues to light and raises awareness about the prehistory of the Americas. The title of the book refers to the Hopi word for what the Navajo call the Anasazi. Spaniards had referred to the same people as the people in a land without water: the sierra sin agua.

The tribe I'm writing about is the Arapaho Indians. I'm a talk about where and when they were from. I'm also talking about first years-last years and influence on westward expansion. Lastly I'm talking about American influence on their culture and this tribe today. That's some of the things I'm talking about the Arapaho Indians.

To gather food, in the Hualapai tradition, they use the old methods of bows and arrows as well as casting nets to fish.

The Anasazi are the “ancestors of today’s Pueblo Indians” and they are from the four corners region, the corners of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah (Witze). They were able to produce a lot of crops even though they lived in an area of little rainfall. They learned to farm in barren lands. They were very artistic people. They are known for “their baskets and pottery and are highly admired by collectors” (“The Anasazi”). Most people know them because of their cliff dwellings. They built homes on mountainsides as a defense mechanism. They also are known for their pits, kivas, that were temples of worship for their ancestors. More recently, they have been come to known for possibly partaking in cannibalism between 1150 and 1175 AD. This has caused a huge debate between archaeologists and the Puebloan people.

There is a deep relationship between the environment and Western Apache people. The bonds between the two are so strong that it is embedded in their culture and history. Keith Basso, author of Wisdom Sits in Places expanded on this theory and did so by divulging himself into Western Apaches life. He spent fifteen years with the Apache people studying their relationship with the environment, specifically concentrating on ‘Place-names.’ When Basso first began to work with the Apache people, one of his Apache friends told him to ‘learn the names,’ because they held a special meaning with the community. (Cruikshank 1990: 54) Place-names are special names given to a specific locality where an event

The Cahuilla were a Native Southern Californian tribe that occupied the Riverside County, Higher Palomar Mountain Region and East Colorado Desert. The tribe was divided into two groups or moieties know as Wildcats or Coyotes. The Cahuilla lived in small clans that varied in population, and together all the separate clans made up a larger political group called a sib ”http://www.aguacaliente.org/content/History%20&%20Culture/.” The tribe was at first considered to be very simple and savage because they were never interacted with. As the Europeans and Spanish Missionaries considered the desert an inhospitable place that was better to avoid because

The Chetco tribe were a people who occupied the Chetco River Valley, or what is known presently as Curry County in the state of Oregon. They lived in relative peace with the other tribes of the Rogue River area; all of them shared some similarities to each other regarding language families, cultural traditions, and highly developed systems of government, but also maintained unique traits that kept them distinct from one another. Just as the other groups in the region, the Chetcos’ way of life is deeply rooted in the landscape; the river is considered to be the primary source of both spiritual and physical sustenance, from the people’s tale of

Keith H. Basso’s Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache delivers a strong message regarding human connections between place, identity, and origins in relation to the idea of place-names. Every place evokes an association to a story and/or a person/ancestor bearing a moral message that allows the Western Apache to shape their beliefs, behaviors, identities, etc. It is through this connection to the land that the Apache begin to define their understanding of their lives.

Storytelling continues to be an integral part of Native American culture, providing us with an understanding of what was important to the Native Americans. Through their stories, Native Americans expressed an understanding of the environment, and the relationship that existed between themselves and their environment. These stories also provide us with a look at Native American legends, history, and a collection of knowledge critical to their survival. Native American stories are deeply rooted in their relationship with Mother Earth. Their many years connected with land, life, water and sky has created many stories explaining these important bonds with Mother Earth. From ancient times the Native Americans have looked to their

As of today the Hopi tribe is located in the northeastern part of Arizona considering their location as a part of a sovereign nation. Marking the end of the 20th century, the Hopi tribe was considered one of the known Indian societies in the United States. Going back into the history of the Hopi Tribe, most of the building that was built surrounding the Hopi’s tribe were made out of native stone, containing more than one kivas. The Hopi villages remained as it is today since the past. In addition, as the history of the Hopi’s tribe continued the size of the villages grew and more rooms were incorporated. With the Hopi growing their villages and lives within, the Spanish came to erupt their peaceful living with the reason of searching for golds and the transformation of religion, but still managed to confront them and defeat them reconquering some of their lands. Furthermore, the Hopis concern with lands sharing with the Navajo tribe still resolve around today American tribe issue. With all that said, the Hopis are still known today in the United State for what they overcome throughout the past of one historical American

Of all the features upon the earth there are some ascribed with special significance. These features, whether caves, lakes, deserts, outcroppings, or something else entirely, hold tremendous relevance for the groups that dwell near them. Such beliefs in the worth and importance of such sites are entrusted from one passing generation to the next. These beliefs, and the physical objects they rest upon, become increasingly vital to that group’s identity as a people. One such group is the Teton Lakota of the Sioux Nation in South Dakota, an area that has been home to them for hundreds of years and, while their entire homeland is precious to them, of particular importance are the Black Hills, or Paha Sapa as they are called in Lakota.

American archaeologist and anthropologist, Stephen Plog, wrote an account of the pre-Columbian natives of the Americans titled Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest. Plog’s purpose is to communicate the cultural and ritualistic lifestyles of the prehistoric natives of the southwest, which spans across the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada with some mention of trade with Mexico. The author has demonstrated an effective approach of an objective viewpoint on the lives of the prehistoric south westerners using sources from excursions from previous archaeologists such as, Paul S Martin and David R Wilcox among many others who excavated the vacant villages of the southwest.

Have you ever heard of the Cherokee Indians? Sure you have! Just as a reminder, they are the biggest tribe, and most known of out of all the Indian tribes there has ever been in the southeast. They are very important to American History and helped shaped us to be the Americans we are today, which is clearly what I 'll be explaining in this paper. Throughout the paper, I 'll tell you everything you need to know about the Cherokee Indians and continue to relate to the thesis.