To adjust ways of living to land and resources.

A brick made of sun-dried clay and straw.

Something that is always needed and used, such as milk or bread.

Work that is divided so that each worker does a small part of a large job.

A cone-shaped Navajo shelter built by covering a log frame with bark and mud.

An amount that is more than what is needed.

Hopi and Zuni

The Pueblos lived in New Mexico and Arizona. It was hot during the summer and extremely cold during the winter. There were very little trees and it was very dry with little water.

The Pueblos built their homes on mesas or on steep cliffs and canyons. To build them they used mud and adobes. They also used wood, but this was rare considering they had to travel long distances because there was no wood where they lived.

maize(corn), beans and squash

They used underground springs and used them to develop irrigation.

Men hunted and tended crops

Women cooked and took care of the children. They also owned and looked after the property.

pottery and baskets

salt, arrowheads, copper bells and shells

gods of sun, rain and earth

They were called Kachinas who worked messengers between people and the gods.

The Pueblos held ceremonies to pray for good weather and a good harvest. Most ceremonies lasted eight days or more.

hogans that were often miles apart from each other

Holy People

They were religious leaders and healers who led ceremonies.

Sand paintings

A long spear with a sharp shell point

a long wooden building in which several related families lived together

A group of related families

A tall wooden post carved with shapes of animals and people and representing a family's history and importance.

The way people of a state, region or country use resources to meet their needs.

A system

To exchange goods usually without using money.

A special American Indian gathering or celebration with feasting and dancing

In current day Oregon, Washington and western Canada. There was a lot of heavy rains, ocean winds, thick forests, trees, animals, rivers and fish

Kwakiutl, Makah and Chinook

Whales, salmon, plants and nuts

Makah hunted whales while the Kwakiutl would find and use stranded whales.

food, blubber was used for lamp oil and bones were used for tools

along the shore of the Pacific ocean using wood

dishes, spoons, other utensils, and ceremonial masks for storytelling

storytelling and expressing a family's importance

to show of wealth or to celebrate births, deaths and marriages they lasted for ten days

hunting, fishing, gathering, storytelling, wood carving, building longhouses, trading and traveling by canoes through waterways