USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Rare among the North American Indians, the Pueblo wove most of their clothing from cotton they grew themselves.

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: -They would use cotton, yucca, human hair, wool, and feathers to create a fabric that could be sewn into different garments. Animals were also utilized to create traditional Native American clothing. Their hides and fur would be used for warmth, footwear, capes, and more.

Detailed explanation-4: -Traditionally, cotton has been used by Native Americans in the desert Southwest for food and fiber for thousands of years. Archaeological digs at Snaketown along the Gila River in Central Arizona have revealed roasted cottonseed fragments dating back 1, 400 years.

Detailed explanation-5: -Southwest Native Americans lived in Adobe homes. These houses had many levels in them and were made from clay and straw bricks. They were cemented together with adobe. Adobe homes housed one family, but the homes were connected together so many families lived next door to each other.