CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 A DESERT HOMELAND CHAPTER 2 COMMUNITY AND SPIRITUALITY CHAPTER 3 MUSIC AND ART CHAPTER 4 CONTACT WITH EUROPEANS CHAPTER 5 MIXING OLD AND NEW 5 12 20 26 32 38 NOTABLE SOUTHWEST INDIAN PEOPLE 42 43 TIMELINE 44 GLOSSARY SOURCE NOTES 45 45 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FURTHER INFORMATION 46 47 INDEX
ARCTI C SS U B AA R C T I C N O R T H W E S T C O A S T C A L I F O R N I A P L A TTTT EE AA U G RRRRR EE AA T PP LL A I NN S T SS A E HHHHH S TTTTT T A N O RRRRRRRR SS OOOOOOO U TT EE H B AA SIN ST E W H T U O S SOUTHWEST REGION OF NORTH AMERICA CULTURAL REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Plateau Northwest Coast California Plains Southeast Southwest Great Basin Northeast Subarctic Arctic Other Cultural area border International border State province border
INTRODUCTION T wo of Sky Father’s sons went down to the Fourth World where the people lived The Fourth World was dark and crowded The brothers wanted to lead them to the sunny Fifth World up above So the brothers built a ladder The people climbed up through the Third Second and First Worlds At last they reached the Fifth World where they have lived ever since Zuni ZOO-nee people use this story to explain how they came to live in the American Southwest It is just one of many ancient stories told by American Indians of this region These stories have probably been told since people started living in the region at least twenty thousand years ago Many Southwest Indians believe their ancestors always lived in North America Some scientists believe that people originally came from Asia at least twenty thousand years ago During the Ice Age nomadic hunters walked across a land bridge and gradually spread out across North America Many different groups settled in the Southwest region of what eventually became the United States These peoples made their homes in the mountains deserts plateaus and canyons of the region They developed ways of life based on the climate and landscape 5
