Monday, August 24, 2009

Laguna Pueblo holds dancing ceremonies to ask the spirits for rain. The Indians wear masks, chant, and beat drums during this ritual.
The 4th of July for the Indians is on August 10th when the Pueblo Indians got the Spanish out of New Mexico. This is a picture displaying a ceremonial dance done to celebrate this important date.
This is an example of what a Pueblo Indian might wear for a ceremony or a ritual. They paint their bodies and wear a headdress with a lot of color and usually feathers as well.
Laguna Pueblo is the largest Keresan speaking pueblo. A pueblo is a traditional community of the Native Americans in the southwest, and Keresan is a language spoken by only certain Native Americans. Most Pueblo Indians live in villages made primarily of stone and make a living by growing and selling crops. They also sell handmade artifacts such as pottery, dream catchers, quilts...etc. The Pueblos eat mostly corn, but occasionally they eat meat such as rabbit or squirrel.


Leslie Marmon Silko has written many novels, poems, and short works, much of it about her Pueblo heritage. This is a picture of her wearing the typical Indian dress.

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