Zuni

The eerie, soft but low wail of the dark figures around me echoed in the swirling wind as I dug my claws into the frozen soil, staring longingly at the distant wooden house, my sharp, pale yellow eyes barely able to see it through the thick sheet of descending snow. There I waited, alongside my allies, watching every move from afar. The snowflakes came down quickly, speckling my light gray fur and feeling as if a million tiny needles were piercing my bare nose. It had been hours since I started observing

star patterns. The Pleiades passes high overhead during the northern winter months and its high visibility in the night sky has guaranteed it a special place in many cultures. Historically it served as a calendar for many civilizations including the Zuni of New Mexico who call the Pleiades the “Seed Stars,” because this cluster’s disappearance in the evening sky every spring signals the seed-planting

Population • About 2-10 million ♣ Didn’t metalwork, had no gunpowder ♣ Networks • social, political, trade ♣ No classical civilizations, monuments, architecture • 1200 CE-developed civilizations o collapsed from environmental degradation such as drought ♣ Zuni-Southwest ♣ Hopi-Southwest ♣ Organized as confederacy made by tribes • Tribes were matrilineal • Iroquois o Great League of Peace • Different lifestyles by region o West coast ♣ Fished, hunted sea mammals o Great Plains ♣ Hunted buffalo • European

b. How do depositional rates and periods of arroyo formation relate to climate change and associated changes in precipitation amount, seasonality, and intensity? c. How do the geomorphic histories of floodplains and alluvial fans compare? What is the explanation of any differences? 3. Consider the implications of the area’s geomorphic history for prehistoric maize agriculture and for the spatial distribution and surface visibility of archaeological sites (see Chapter 3 for specific research questions

Apache were believed to be more nomadic than other groups. They were said to have survived by raiding, hunting and gathering their more established neighbors for their crops and belongings. And some of these same groups were sedentary farmers like the Zuni, Hopi, Yuma and Yaqui, who grew their own crops like the beans squash and corn. The Navajo and Apache tribes were always on the move, so their homes were less permanent than the pueblos. For example, the Navajo built their round eastward facing houses

New Mexico.From his military actions, the actions seen or looked as if they were against the Navajo Indians. Early 1863,Kit Carson had a brutal economic war against the Navajo Indians from commands from the U.S army.When Ute,Pueblo,Hopi,and Zuni found out that the Navajo Indians surrendered to Kit Carson.The other tribes took advantage of the Navajo Indians.The tribes followed the Americans into battle with them.The Navajo Indians could not defend themselves. In conclusion,Kit Carson

Some people search for treasures that are never found. Others explore the world looking for valuables till their deaths. In this case, explorers were looking for something that was valuable to them. There are many known conspiracies and various rumors about Cibola, “the City of Gold,” which was believed to be real, but in reality, Cibola never existed. Subsequently, there were four expeditions that searched for Cibola. There are journeys that were made, but were not told of what had happened and

Sexism has been used for generations as a tool to discriminate against women. Many women of past times were invisible and overlooked by men, this was to be a symbol of their submerged status. However, not all women from the past were treated unfairly, for instance Native American women had just as much rights as the men. In “The Intimately Oppressed” of A People’s History Of The United Sates, Howard Zinn emphasizes this and the many injustices women faced throughout history. After reading Zinn’s

Finance Director for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska based out of Niobrara, which is a position that took years to fill due to the remote nature of the community. I audit tribal entities across the country in less populated areas including Popular, Montana; Zuni, New Mexico; and Needles, California. Furthermore, when taking a two-year hiatus from public accounting I worked as the Finance Director for a community health clinic, which serves uninsured and underinsured individuals focusing on those at 200% of

the shorter growing seasons. However, with more people to feed and hydrate it became harder for people to survive. This caused families to leave Elden Pueblo. They burned their rooms and gathered their belongings.The Sinaqua emerged with the Hopi and Zuni cultures, however the Elden Pueblo was not forgotten in their culture and still continued to have oral traditions and