When Spanish explorers came to the Southwest region of the United States in the 1600s, they found over 20,000 American Indians already living in the region. These American Indians were part of many different nations. They had their own languages and cultures, and they had developed ways to survive in the desert landscape. Pueblo people lived in permanent villages made of adobe brick. The Hopi had fifty different ways to cook and eat corn. The Navajo...

Examines the history, culture, changing fortunes, and current situation of the various Indian peoples of the Southwest

Provides an overview of the history, culture, and ways of life of the Navajo Indians

Presents information about the past and present life of American Indians in the Southwest, and provides instructions for making related projects

A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

Introduces the history, culture, and daily life of the Navajos

Examines the culture, history, and society of the Pueblos

Describes the day-to-day life of the Anasazi Indians whose story can only be pieced together by studying what remains of their tools, bones, crafts, and cliff houses

A history of the Indian groups known collectively as Pueblos because of the sculpture-like villages in which they lived at the time the Spaniards arrived in North America