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2 Hopi Indians By: Braydon, Parker, Hannah, Devon

3 Kivas: Today, modern kivas are circular or rectangular in shape they have a fire pit in the center and a timber wood roof. There is an opening in the floor- a hole- that represents the lower entrance to the world.

4 Food They grew corn, beans, squash, and melons

5 Adobe apartments Hopi lived in apartments made of adobe (clay and straw baked into hard bricks) many tribes lived in one building. They stacked there homes and used ladders to reach different levels

6 clothing ~Men didn’t wear much just man skirts. ~Women wore dresses down to the knee made of cotton.

7 pottery The Hopi made beautiful pots, carved and painted with designs that told a story. Some pots were used for cooking other were used storage

8 jewelry jewelry The Hopi tribe used turquoise to make jewelry. Because They believed turquoise was the stone of happiness, health, and good fortune.

9 Baskets The Hopi method of making baskets has not changed for hundreds of years. They are woven with long grasses, and designed with natural dyes.

10 Infants When a child was born, it was the hopi tradition that the mother would receive a gift of birth a blanket and a perfect ear of corn.

11 Nature worship The Hopi got every thing they needed from nature. It is not surprising that they would wish to say thank you

12 The end questions: ~what did the Hopi make baskets out of? ~why did the Hopi make jewelry out of turquoise ~what did the Hopi make there houses out of?

13 Answer key: ~long grass woven together Because they believed that turquoise was the stone of happiness, health, and good fortune Adobe.


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