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 culture
surface form: Hohokam

Mogollon culture
Patayan culture
Sinagua culture
hasLanguageFamily Athabaskan
surface form: Athabaskan languages

Keresan languages
Tanoan languages
Uto‑Aztecan languages
Zuni language isolate
hasSubgroup Apache tribes
surface form: Apache peoples

Hopi people
surface form: Hopi

Navajo people
surface form: Navajo

Opata
Pima people
surface form: Pima (Akimel O’odham)

Pueblo peoples
Pueblo peoples
surface form: Puebloan peoples of Arizona

Pueblo peoples
surface form: Puebloan peoples of New Mexico

Southern Paiute people
surface form: Southern Paiute

Tarahumara
surface form: Tarahumara (Rarámuri)

Tepehuán
Tohono O'odham
surface form: Tohono O’odham

Ute people
surface form: Ute

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