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[47] [54] Attitudes towards Native American-type burning have shifted in recent times, and Tribal agencies and organizations, now with fewer restrictions placed on them, have resumed their traditional use of fire practices in a modern context by reintroducing fire to fire-adapted ecosystems, on and adjacent to, tribal lands.
Placing the clan poles, c. 1910. Several features are common to the ceremonies held by Sun Dance cultures. These include dances and songs passed down through many generations, the use of a traditional drum, a sacred fire, praying with a ceremonial pipe, fasting from food and water before participating in the dance, and, in some cases, the ceremonial piercing of skin and trials of physical ...
Fire behavior associated with persistent drought, high winds and column-driven spread are associated with higher burn severity in western North American forests. However, strong scientific evidence across dry and moist mixed conifer forests demonstrates effectiveness at mitigating burn severity, often even under extreme fire weather conditions
Fire started by lightning has always been a part of the natural life cycle in the Western U.S., and for centuries Native Americans also carried out controlled burns, referred to as cultural burns ...
Mogollon culture (/ ˌ m oʊ ɡ ə ˈ j oʊ n /) [1] is a pre-historic archaeological culture of Native American peoples from Southern New Mexico and Arizona, Northern Sonora and Chihuahua, and Western Texas. The northern part of this region is Oasisamerica, [2] [3] [4] while the southern span of the Mogollon culture is known as Aridoamerica. [5]
The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona is headquartered in Tuba City, Arizona. Their primary communities are two clusters, the southern area including Willow Springs, Hidden Springs, Rough Rock Point, Tuba City and Cow Springs. The northern area includes Paiute Canyon, Arizona and Navajo Mountain in Utah.
Smudging, or other rites involving the burning of sacred herbs (e.g., white sage) or resins, is a ceremony practiced by some Indigenous peoples of the Americas.While it bears some resemblance to other ceremonies and rituals involving smoke (e.g., Australian smoking ceremony, some types of saining) from other world cultures, notably those that use smoke for spiritual cleansing or blessing, the ...
The Hohokam archaeological culture developed some of the largest and most advanced canal systems in all of pre-Columbian North America. They were the first people to practice irrigated agriculture in the region. The remnants of their irrigation canals are part of the archaeological site at Pueblo Grande.