Hopi Indians

By: Braydon, Parker, Hannah, Devon

Kivas:Today, modern kivas are circular or rectangular in shape they have a

fire pit in the center and a timber wood roof. There is an opening in the floor- a hole- that represents the lower entrance to the world.

Food

They grew corn, beans, squash, and melons

Adobe apartments

Hopi lived in apartments made of adobe (clay and straw baked into hard bricks) many tribes lived in one building. They stacked there homes and used ladders to reach different levels

clothing

~Men didn’t wear much just man skirts. ~Women wore dresses down to the knee made of cotton.

pottery

The Hopi made beautiful pots, carved and painted with designs that told a story. Some pots were used for cooking other were used storage

jewelry

The Hopi tribe used turquoise to make jewelry. Because They believed turquoise was the stone of happiness, health, and good fortune.

Baskets The Hopi method of making baskets has not changed for hundreds of years. They are woven with long grasses, and designed with natural dyes.

Infants

When a child was born, it was the hopi tradition that the mother would receive a gift of birth a blanket and a perfect ear of corn.

Nature worship

The Hopi got every thing they needed from nature. It is not surprising that they would wish to say thank you

The end questions: ~what did the Hopi make baskets out

of? ~why did the Hopi make jewelry out of

turquoise ~what did the Hopi make there houses

out of?

Answer key:

~long grass woven togetherBecause they believed that turquoise was the

stone of happiness, health, and good fortune Adobe.