Chihhua Characteristics

Yaqui tribe are from the south west part of Sonora, Mexico. They all moved around the same part of mexico but most of them came to settle is Arizona. The yaqui people like to call themselves Yoreme they also liked to call the mayo indians yoreme because they had some similarities between both languages

In Mesoamerica, many civilizations appeared up to the 1500’s. Two of these civilizations included the Aztecs and the Incas. Although these two cultures were close geographically, they were not completely similar. The Aztecs and Incas had different religion, politics, and culture.

Many people remember the Aztecs for their incredible farming skills, architecture, and fierce fighting skills, but they didn't do just that. The Aztecs believed in human sacrifice to keep their gods happy. They would sacrifice their people to keep the universe in balance. Human sacrifice was important to the Aztec culture and civilization in many ways.

It is said that they migrated from Aztlan to central Mexico and referred to themselves as “Mexica”. The Aztecs are quite well known to archaeologists as they left numerous written records of their existence. They were an extremely sophisticated culture. Renowned for their warfare tactics, they were skilled warriors. Gaining a lot of their power through strong political marriage alliances, they ruled with a strong military presence.

Student Name Addie Aubley The aztecs lived in Mesoamerica which is where modern mexico is located. They came to mexico in 1200s. They lived in a great lake and made chinampas, islands that the farmed on. They harvested many foods for example corn, beans, amaranth, and squash. They also fished in the canals.

Cortes arrived in Mexico in 1519 which coincidentally was same time a prophecy said that the god Quetzalcoatl, who made human kind would come back to Tenochtitlan and the Aztecs thinking that the prophecy was true believed that Cortes was Quetzalcoatl and worshipped

In the story Tenochtitlan they had some things that were different from Popocatepetl and Ixtlacchuatl. First, the story talks about the location of Tenochtitlan, which in Popocatepetl and Ixtlacchuatl, they don’t really talk about it that much. Secondly, it talks about farming and agriculture and how they did it in Tenochtitlan. Lastly, they talk about the houses, the families, and more.

The Aztecs lived from the 14th to the 16th centuries in Tenochtitlan now known as Mexico City. The legend states that in the 1323 the Aztecs saw a vision of an eagle perched atop a cactus eating a snake. That was a sign to make that land their land and so they did and named it Tenochtitlan. The children had to attend school even slave children. The education taught them warfare,history,religion,citizenship and work skills.

Chigurh can be interpreted as being death itself based on the many morbid things that he did throughout the novel. In the novel Chigurh liked to play with other characters fates by flipping a coin to decide on whether or not he was going to kill them. At one point in the novel Chigurh pulled a quarter out of his pocket and asked a man behind the counter of a gas station if he knew what date was on the quarter and the man said no so Chigurh told him “It’s nineteen fifty-eight. It’s been traveling twenty two years to get here. And now it’s here.

Religion was tremendously significant in Aztec life. They worshipped many gods and goddesses, each ruled one or more human actions or features of wildlife. The people had many farming gods because their philosophy was built on agricultural. They were also comprised of natural basics and ancestor-heroes. Aztec religion, the Mesoamerican religion experienced by the Aztec empire.

Today, Mexico’s culture is a mélange of Spanish and Aztec

They believed that the god Quetzalcoatl created humans by mixing his blood with the bones of dead humans of the past. The Aztecs sacrificed a lot of things to the gods. Human sacrifice was the most powerful gift they could off the gods. They would sacrifice people by cutting out their hearts, by beheading them, drowning them, and burning

New Mexico is home to as many as 19 Pueblo tribes in total. They are split throughout the various regions of the state; in the upper region there are the Eight Northern Pueblo tribes which include the Taos, Picuris, Santa Clara, Ohkay abd many other tribes. Then there are many Pueblos in the south region of New Mexico which is where you will find the Acoma, Cochiti, San Felipe, Santa Clara and the tribe I chose to focus on, the Santa Ana Pueblo. The list of Pueblo tribes in New Mexico goes on and on they span all over the entire state.

The Mexican American society is rich with culture, traditions, folklore, and religion. These major influences are especially seen in the Los Angeles area. This area is rich in music, food, and customs of the Mexican culture. Here is where the majority of the Spanish language is spoken.

In Mexico by 1503, the Aztec Indian tribe had amassed many smaller tribes into a brittle collection of people and ruled the region under emperor Moctezuma II; Moctezuma II held the Indian communities together through strict subordination. The gathering of smaller tribes into a larger community with one ruling tribe, establishes the mindset in the smaller tribes that the Aztecs are the regional Hegemon. Messages from subordinate Gulf coast tribes reached the Aztec Emperor in 1519 of the Spaniards landing and described the likeness of Cortez to an Aztec’s mythological feathered serpent. The Aztec superstitions were known to the smaller Indian tribes, which foretold the feathered serpent’s return to Tenochtitlan to take back its land.