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Title: Zuni Pottery Designs
Source(s): The Pueblo Potter: A Study of Creative Imagination in Primitive Art Author(s):
Ruth Bunzel (Author)
Zuni pottery designs.
The Deer’s House (nawe awan kyakwenne)
Use: On the body of water jars or the interior of bowls.
“We paint the deer so that our husbands can have good luck hunting. Deerskins are so expensive we cannot buy them anymore, and so we like to have ...
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Title: Acoma
Author(s):
Southwest Crossroads Spotlight
An introduction to the history and culture of the people of Acoma.
Tribal elders say that Acoma (sometimes spelled Akome, Acuo, Acuco, Ako and A’ku-me) means “a place that always was.” Archaeologists have found artifacts at digs on Acoma Mesa that speak of prehistoric times. Like its near neighbors Hopi and Zu...
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Title: Acoma Pottery
Author(s):
Southwest Crossroads Spotlight
Acoma pottery in the past and today.
From earliest times, Pueblo Indian potters have made ceramic pots for practical daily use. Pueblo people carried, cooked, and stored water and food in pottery. They also used it for ceremonial purposes. The exceptional quality of Acoma pottery made i...
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Title: The Pueblo Revolt Against the Spanish: A First Mesa Account
Source(s): Hopi Voices: Recollections, Traditions, and Narratives of the Hopi Indians Author(s):
Nuvayoiyava (Albert Yava); Harold Courlander (Editor)
The village leaders and the people were always thinking about how they might get rid of the Castillas—that’s what they called the Spanish. Then one time they got word from the Eastern Pueblos that some kind of uprising was being planned. They sen...
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Title: Navajo Weaving: A Study in Cultural Change and Adaptability
Author(s):
Southwest Crossroads Spotlight
The development of Navajo weaving for individual use and for trade.
Navajos say Spider Woman taught them to weave with directions from Spider Man. Spider Woman’s woven cross still appears in Navajo weaving today.
The early Navajos were a nomadic hunting and gathering people. Navajo weaving tells a story of their...
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