Hopi Tribe

The Hopi Tribe

By Mady Regallie and Greenleigh Harden

This paper is about the  Hopi tribe. They lived in the south west

desert.

I will tell you how the adobe house was made. First it was made with mud, sticks and stone. The mud was formed into bricks.Bricks were put on top of each other to build the house. Secondly it was built like an apartment. There was a hole on a kind of balconie with a ladder to get in. There was many levels like an apartment. In conclusion the Hopi had an interesting home.

I will tell you what the Hopi ate. First the Hopi ate corn and made it into cornmeal. Corn was the most important food for the Hopi. The Hopi ate foods such as squash, bread and meat. Secondly they ate fruit like prickly pear fruit. The Hopi had prickly pear fruit but they had to be careful because it was prickly. Prickly pear fruit tastes similar to watermelon and raspberries. In conclusion the Hopi had interesting food.

I will tell you about the clothes the Hopi had. One of the clothes the Hopi girls and women wore was the manta. It was made of a black cotton blanket. There was a short sleeve on their right shoulder. Next I will tell you what they wore in winter. To keep warm long sleeved shirts and pants were worn. The shirts and the pants were made out of cotton picked by the women.  They had a blanket made of deerskin. In conclusion the Hopi had interesting clothes.

          By reading this paper you have learned what the Hopi lived in ate and wore.