USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Iroquois and the Cherokee called corn, bean, and squash “the three sisters” because they nurture each other like family when planted together. These agriculturalists placed corn in small hills planting beans around them and interspersing squash throughout of the field.

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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The American Indians of the Southwest culture area traditionally lived in what are now the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Today more than one fifth of Native Americans in the United States continue to live in this region, mostly in the states of Arizona and New Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -Around 9000 BCE the Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherer culture, Clovis, migrated into the area and the Cochise culture arrived around 7000 BCE. We see evidence of baskets in the region at 8000 years ago.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thousands of years ago, ancient people first settled in the deep canyons of present-day New Mexico. The members of these ancient civilizations-the Pueblo (PWEB-loh), the Mogollon (moh-guh-YOHN), and the Hohokam (huh-HOH-kum)-built cities carved into the cliffs and created complex canals to water crops in the desert.