FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Plains
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Great Basin
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Southwest
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Pacific Northwest
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pueblo Indians lived in what are now northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. They spoke Tanoan, Keresan, Kiowa-Tanoan, and Penutian languages. They are thought to be descendants of the prehistoric Ancestral Pueblo culture. Among the best known Pueblo peoples are the Hopi and the Zuni.
Detailed explanation-2: -The western Pueblo tribes included the Hopi (Uto-Aztecan; see also Hopi language), Hano (Tanoan), Zuni (Penutian), and Acoma and Laguna (Keresan). The Navajo and the closely related Apache spoke Athabaskan languages. The Navajo lived on the Colorado Plateau near the Hopi villages.
Detailed explanation-3: -The three main groups of the Pueblo people were the Mogollon, Hohokam, and Anasazi.
Detailed explanation-4: -We travel thousands of years back in time to explore the beginnings of Pueblo culture in a part of the Southwest called the Mesa Verde region. The Mesa Verde region is located in the Four Corners area of the Southwest.
Detailed explanation-5: -Historians believe the Pueblo tribe descended from three cultures, “including the Mogollon, Hohokam, and Ancient Puebloans (Anasazi).” Representative of the Southwest American Indian culture, the Pueblo tribe settled in the Mesa Verde region at the Four Corners of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona.