Transcript The Hopi - Swan School

The Hopi
Religion
Clothes
Food
Artifacts
Shelter
Region
Hopi Foods
The Hopi ate a variety of foods.
The variety of foods
• One food that was common in the Hopi was
corn. There was 24 different kinds of corn
like blue and white. They used the corn for
their main kind of food.
• Another food that they had was Piki bread.
• The Hopi also grew different kinds of
beans. The kind of beans that they had and
ate were black beans, yellow beans, and
purple string beans.
• Some foods that the Hopi grew and ate were
squash, melons, and peaches.
• The last food that the Hopi ate was apricots.
Religion
Kachina dolls, Ceremonies, Rituals,
and Religion
The Religion of The Hopi
• At the heart of the Hopi religious life are the
Kachina dolls.
• The Kachina dolls were made out of wood
and were spirits, sometimes used at
ceremonies.
• The Hopi held Kachina ceremonies, in July.
• The Hopi did rain dances to bring liquid to
the region.
• The Hopi believed the Kachina bring rain and
help crops to grow.
• Many ceremonies involve special prayers and
rituals to assure rain.
• Marriage was a major event in the lives of
most of the Southwest Indians Tribes.
• Hopi men in the dry Southwest collected
snakes for an elaborate ritual. When the
Indians returned the snakes to the desert, they
were supposed to bring pre-harvest rain to the
Hopi land.
Amazing artifacts of the Hopi.
Hopi artifacts.
Artifacts
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The Hopi made Kachina dolls.
Beautiful pottery is a part of Hopi life.
They made and sold jewelry.
They used a dry farming technique.
Dry farming is a way to grow crops without
much water.
• They did not have much water so they used
dams and irrigation canals to water their
• A game called patol was played for 2 or 4
people.
• Underground structures called Kivas were
made by the Hopi.
The Lands of the Hopi
The Hopi had a lot of land.
Their land was in the southwest.
The Hopis Land.
• The Hopis were successful farmers.
• They have been growing crops for hundreds
of years.
• The Hopi’s grew a plant called the parrot
thetas roots reached the water underground.
• Pueblos are one of the oldest settlements.
Hopi Homes
Pueblo and Reed Homes
The Homes of the Hopi
• The Hopi built homes out of adobe.
• Adobe is a type of clay to protect blistering
heat.
• They also built pueblos,pueblos were made
of stones and mud.
• Some used Reed houses, the reed houses
were made of reed mats covering a wooden
pole frame.
Hopi Clothing
Everyday and Ceremony
The Fascinating Clothes of the
Hopi
• There clothes were made of animal skins
and cotton.
• They were sandals or moccasins on their
feet.
• The Hopi clothes fit very loose.
• On an average day the men wore shirts and
tunics,and the women wore skirts or
dresses.
• In the winter they added shawls,blankets and extra
clothing to there outfits.
• The chief Kachina wore all white besides his red
moccasins and a trace of blue on one shoulder
• The Hopi men dressed as Kachinas at ceremonies.