FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Kivas
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Iroquois League
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Teepees
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Pueblos
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Totems
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Detailed explanation-1: -’Kiva’ is a Hopi word used to refer to specialized round and rectangular rooms in modern Pueblos. Modern kivas are used by men’s ceremonial associations. Archeologists assume that ancient kivas served similar functions. Chacoan kivas are round, usually semi-subterranean, and built into great houses.
Detailed explanation-2: -The fact that a kiva is subterranean is not a coincidence: kivas are associated with origin myths and the fact that they’re built subterranean may have to do with an ancestral memory of when everyone lived underground.
Detailed explanation-3: -Each cliff dwelling also had two or more kivas-underground circular chambers used mainly for ceremonial purposes. Kivas became important community features for the Ancestral Puebloans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although a kiva’s most important purpose is as a venue for rituals, kivas can also be used for political meetings and casual gatherings of the men of the village. Women perform their rituals in other venues and rarely enter kivas. Kiva murals depict sacred figures or scenes from the daily life of the tribe.