For this project I decided to document the social investigation of the natural resources the Tohono O’odham people make use of. The Hohokam Indians are said to be the Tohono O’odham’s ancestors and as a result, many of their traditions are similar. For basket weaving, the Tohono O’odham use all of the yucca plant(Image 2) including the green sprouts, the white sprouts, and the root and they use the Beargrass plant(Image 3) for the bottom of the baskets. One of the uses of the Saguaro plant(Image 4) is to harvest its fruit to make wine for their rain dance ceremony. The mesquite tree(Image 5) is used for a number of things including houses, ceremonial buildings, as fire wood, eating the bean pods, and eating the sap from the tree as a sweet treat. The round house(Image 6), made from mesquite and saguaro ribs is the center ceremonial building for the Tohono O’odham where they also gather for meetings. The Hohokam lived on lands where there was not year round access to water, so they made canals that led into their gardens of beans, squash and corn. They practiced flood water farming as can be seen in Image 7. To cook their food, the Tohono O’odham use a horno or an earthen pit with rocks along the inside(Image 9). Hornos minimized wood consumption by the rocks retaining the heat and slow cooking the food.
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| Image 2 Yucca Plant |
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| Image 3 Bear Grass |
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| Image 4 Saghuaro harvester tool |
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| Image 5 Mesquite Tree |
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| Image 6 Round House |
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| Image 7 Crop Planting |
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| Image 9 Horno |
