Books with title Native Americans of the Southwest

After Christopher Columbus and other European adventurers landed in the Americas during the 15th and 16th centuries, the lands they explored were often called the "New World." However, North, South, and Central America were new only to the people of Europe. Native Americans had lived on the land for millions of years.In some cases, the natives and Europeans were able to live in peace and even learned from each other. Most of the time, however, the European invaders brought with them disease and violence, which spelled the end of the Native Americans' way of life.

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 created colorful pictures from sand, cornmeal, and pollen. Many American Indians still live in the Southwest. They make traditional jewelry, use their native languages, and run tourism programs at the Grand Canyon. Find out more about the history and culture of the native peoples of the Southwest.

The Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo peoples are often part of the social studies curriculum. However, they arent the only native groups that come from the American southwest. Readers are introduced to some of the largest groups of native peoples in the southwest while learning about the main ways native peoples lived, ate, and dressed in this region. Complemented by full-color photographs, historical images, and fun fact boxes, the main content includes the traditional culture of the groups who lived in parts of the states of Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and California, in addition to northern Mexico.