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Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
Not exclusive to pre-contact, this site has an extensive collection of resources that describe many facets of various Pueblo cultures.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Pueblos
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Pueblo people of the American Southwest. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Pueblo Revolt
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an essay about the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and find out why the Southwest Native Americans rebelled against the Spanish, and were successful in keeping the Spanish out of their pueblos for only...
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Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Official website of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. The tribe originally inhabited southwest Washington around the Cowlitz River. Check out an engaging article named "The Dispossed" in the site's history section.
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Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Our Story: Explore Pueblo Pots [Pdf]
Students learn about Pueblo Indians, Santa Clara and Zuni, in particular, who made useful and beautiful pottery whose designs reflected their mythology and life. After viewing many of the designs, the students can draw their own pottery...
University of Arizona
Books of the Southwest: The Pima
An informational article about the customs of the Pima Indians from the Bureau of Ethnology at the Smithsonian Institute. With popular Pima legends.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Enduring Mystery of the Anasazi
Time-worn pueblos and dramatic "cliff towns," set amid the stark, rugged mesas and canyons of Colorado and New Mexico, mark the settlements of some of the earliest inhabitants of North America, the Anasazi (a Navajo word meaning "ancient...
Curated OER
Perry Castaneda Map Collection: Map of Early Indian Tribes in the Western u.s.
Map showing the Native American culture areas and the tribes within those cultures in western North America. From the Perry Castaneda collection.
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Eastern Band of Cherokee: History and Culture
A brief history of the Cherokee tribe in the southwest United States, its culture, government, and religion. Find out about the Cherokee who were subject to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and see how the Cherokee in North Carolina have...
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Pre Contact Culture Areas (Map)
This excellent map shows where different tribes were before first contact, links to related information.
Curated OER
History Matters: "All Over the Land Nothing Else Was Spoken Of"
History Matters provides this fascinating account from Spanish conqquistador, Cabeza de Vaca, about his encounters with the varous Native Americans in the Southwest who came to him for medical attention.
Northern Arizona University
People and Land Use on the Colorado Plateau
Description of the people that have lived in the Colorado Plateau over the past 12,000 years. It started with the Paleoindians and has included such people as the Archaic culture, Anasazi, Hopi, Zuni, Pais cultures, and Navajos among...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Zuni
This reference introduced the Zuni tribe located in New Mexico. Read about their marriage customs, family life, economy, religion and socialization.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Pueblo Tribe
History for Kids gives an overview of the history of the Pueblo tribe which lived for thousands of years in the Southwest region of the U.S.
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Navajo Leaders: Manuelito (1818 1893), Navajo Chief
Written by a former United States Marine who was part of the Navajo Code Talkers this is an impressive outline of the life of Manuelito.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Walapai
Learn about the tribe of people who lived in Arizona known as the Walapai. Investigate their way of life and much more.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Western Apache
Learn about the lives of the Western Apache on this webpage. Explore their family structure, religion, way of life, and much more.
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University of New Mexico: Joy Harjo
Read a quick description of Harjo's work from the University of New Mexico and about other writers who have influenced her. Includes a quote from Harjo, a small photo, & an audio clip of the author!