NAVAJO PEOPLE CLOTHING Clothing · Navajo clothing for both men and women initially was deerskin for shirts and skirts. · The men later wore cotton or velvet shirts with no collars, breeches below the knee, and moccasins. · Women gradually wore the "squaw dress," made of plain dark blankets Men · After the 1800's the Navajo men borrowed the style of the Mexicans and wore blankets draped over one shoulder. Their pants ended halfway between their knees and ankles. They decorated the seams of their pants with silver buttons. Men · Primitively the men dressed in deerskin shirts, hip-leggings, moccasins, and native blankets. These were superseded by what has been the more universal costume
and ride horses.. Navajo mother carried a young child in a cradleboard on her back. Navajo mens were hunters, warriors and political leaders. Navajo womens were farmers, they tended livestock, cooked and did most of the child care. Clothing and looks Men wore Breechcloths. Women wore skirts made of woven yucca fiber. Shirts were not necessary in Navajo culture Navajos did not traditinally wear feather warbonnets Women and men wore both moccasins on their feet Both wore their hair gathered into a figure-eight shaped bun called tsiyeel. In the past Before cars- they walked, there were no horses and used dogs to carry their belongings Before supermarkets- they raised crops of corn, beans and squash. Weapons and tools- bows and arrows, bows or spears. Tools were wooden hoes and rakes, spindles, looms, pump drills . Navajo Hogan Men clothes Feather Warbonnets Jewelry
Wichita. By the time of the census of 1937, there were only 100 Wichita officially left. Today, there are 2,526 enrolled Wichitas, 1,854 of whom live in the state of Oklahoma. Tribal flag Clothing Wichita Indian men wore breechcloths, sometimes with leather leggings to protect their legs. Wichita women wore wraparound skirts and poncho tops made of woven fiber and deerskin. Both genders wore earrings and moccasins. Wichita men did not usually wear shirts, but in cold weather, both men and women wore buffalo robes. Food The Wichitas were farming people. Wichita women worked together to raise crops of corn, beans, squash and pumpkins. Men hunted deer and small game and took part in seasonal buffalo hunts. The Wichitas also collected fruits and nuts to eat. Houses
the settlement required . The minority who were fit enough erected shelters near the beach at Cape Cod for a start, and then set about reconnoitring the hinterland for sustenance. Had it not been for friendlier native Americans who taught them their skills, the Pilgrims might never have survived. The natives acted as guides through the forests and taught the colonists woodcraft, trapping, hunting, how to make maple sugar, moccasins and birch-bark canoes and how to raise crops of maize and tobacco. They also introduced the colonists to the turkey, which was native to North America. This aid, however, came too late for half the colonists, who died during their first punishing winter in Massachusetts, but the following year, the survivors showed they had learned their lessons well. In the autumn of 1621, they produced their first successful harvest and in gratitude, celebrated their first Thanksgiving
The smoke from the fire escaped through a hole in the top of the tipi. Many Crow families still own and use the tipi, especially when traveling. The annual Crow Fair has been described as the largest gathering of tipis in the world. The Crow wore traditional clothing distinguished by gender. Women wore simple clothes - dresses made of deer and buffalo skins, decorated with elk teeth. Male clothing usually consisted of a shirt, trimmed leggings with a belt, a robe, and moccasins. Their hair was long, in some cases reaching or dragging the ground, and often part was styled into a pompadour. The Crows' main source of food was bison, but they also hunted mountain sheep, deer, and other game. The rump, tongue, liver, heart, and kidneys all were considered delicacies. The Crow had more horses than any other Plains tribe; in 1914 they numbered approximately thirty to forty thousand head. They also had many dogs; one source counted five to six hundred
territory in three states, namely Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The park is not only famous for its geysers and other volcanic attractions but also for its richness of wildlife including bears and herds of buffalos. Once inhabited the present United States from Coast to Coast original Native (Indian) Americans. Indians, the name commonly applied to the people found by Columbus in America. They introduced colonists to clothing such as moccasins and ponchos, as well as to cotton, which is used to make many clothes today. Much of early Indians' clothing was made from deer skins. Many common English words have American Indian origins. These include: bayou, chipmunk, hickory, hominy, pecan, squash, toboggan, and tomahawk. Some interesting facts about The United States of America: · CocaCola was first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg, Mississipi.
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