Indigenous peoples of the Southwest

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The Indigenous peoples of the Southwest are Native American and First Nations groups from the arid and semi-arid regions of what is now the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for their complex agricultural practices, distinctive adobe and cliff dwellings, and rich artistic and ceremonial traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples of North America
Native American cultural group
cultural region population
affectedBy Spanish colonization
United States expansion
environmentType arid region
semi‑arid region
hasEconomicActivity dry‑farming
hunting and gathering
pastoralism (sheep and goats, post‑contact)
hasHistoricalCulture Ancestral Puebloans
Hohokam
linked to: Hohokam culture

Mogollon culture
Patayan culture
Sinagua culture
hasLanguageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan

Keresan languages
Tanoan languages
Uto‑Aztecan languages
Zuni language isolate
hasSubgroup Apache peoples
linked to: Apache tribes

Hopi
linked to: Hopi people

Navajo
linked to: Navajo people

Opata
Pima (Akimel O’odham)
linked to: Pima people

Pueblo peoples
Puebloan peoples of Arizona
linked to: Pueblo peoples

Puebloan peoples of New Mexico
linked to: Pueblo peoples

Southern Paiute
Tarahumara (Rarámuri)
linked to: Tarahumara

Tepehuán
Tohono O’odham
linked to: Tohono O'odham

Ute
linked to: Ute people

Yaqui
Zuni
linked to: Zuni people
influencedBy Mesoamerican cultures
linked to: Mesoamerica
knownFor adobe dwellings
beans and squash cultivation
cliff dwellings
complex agricultural practices
complex ceremonial cycles
irrigation agriculture
katsina (kachina) traditions
kivas and ceremonial structures
maize cultivation
multi‑story pueblo architecture
pottery traditions
ritual dances
sandpainting
silver and turquoise jewelry
weaving and textiles
locatedIn North America
Northern Mexico
Southwestern United States
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Americas
traditionalRegion Chihuahuan Desert
Colorado Plateau
Four Corners region
Rio Grande valley
Sonoran Desert

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Indigenous peoples of North America hasSubgroup Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Arkansas River region historicallyUsedBy Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Mogollon culture partOf Ancient Puebloan and related cultures of the U.S. Southwest
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Hopi people culturalRegion Puebloan cultures
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Heard Museum hasExhibition HOME: Native People in the Southwest
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Hwalʼbay hasCulturalArea Southwest culture area
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Walapai demographicCategory Indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Zuni Reservation hasCulturalRegion Puebloan culture area
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Kewevkapaya (Southeastern Yavapai) broaderCategory Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Numic peoples culturalRegion Southwest culture area
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Oasisamerica hasSubregion Ancestral Pueblo region
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Spanish conquest of northern New Spain belligerent Indigenous peoples of northern Mexico
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Spanish conquest of northern New Spain belligerent Indigenous peoples of the U.S. Southwest
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo hasCulturalRegion Puebloan Southwest
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Santa Clara Pueblo culturalArea Puebloan Southwest
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Coconino people partOf Indigenous peoples of Arizona
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Woodland Indians culturalRegion distinct from Southwest Indians
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
Quitobaquito Springs hasCulturalSignificanceFor Indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest