USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Rare among the North American Indians, the Pueblo wove most of their clothing from cotton they grew themselves. They began raising cotton and making cloth by the ad 700s. The woman’s dress was a long strip of cloth that wrapped across the body and fastened on the right shoulder.

Detailed explanation-2: -Originally, Pueblo men didn’t wear much clothing–only breechcloths or short kilts. Pueblo women wore knee-length cotton dresses called mantas. A manta fastened at a woman’s right shoulder, leaving her left shoulder bare.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hopi of today is the Pueblo ‘textile manufacturer’. He is the master craftsman and trader.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pueblo Indians are American Indians who live in pueblos and have a long tradition of farming. Pueblo Indians who lived long ago are sometimes called the “ancestral Pueblo” because they are the ancestors of today’s Pueblo people. Another name for the ancestral Pueblo people is Anasazi.

Detailed explanation-5: -Native Americans were often grouped into tribes or nations. These groupings were generally based on peoples that shared the same culture, language, religion, customs, and politics. There are over 1000 Native American Tribes in the United States.