Macy's+Facts+About+Southwest+Indians

=Facts about the Southwest Indians By Macy=

The main tribes of the southwest were the Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Zuni. They lived in Arizona, new Mexico, and a small part of Colorado, and Mexico. Most of the land was desert. Some tribes spoke their own languages, and had their own religious customs and laws that they followed. Most of the Southwest Indians became farmers and lived in villages. The Pueblo people thought Kachinas were ancestral spirits who returned with the rain and clouds once a year to help the people. Over three hundred different Kachinas were known to exist. Pueblo people thought that these spirits once lived among the people to dance. Pueblo people have religious festivals and ceremonies in which they asked the Kachinas to bring rain and make crops grow. During the ceremonies they often danced in mask and chanted. They used drums and rattles in these dances. When a boy turned 13 he was invited to a Kiva and the identity of Kachinas were revealed to him. Girls were not brought to a Kiva but they were also told the secret of Kachinas.