Comparing Navajo And Pueblo

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The Navajo (Dine) and Pueblo are very alike and very different. The Navajo home’s are called hogans which from what i have learned are dome shaped homes made of mud,branches, and leaves when the Pueblo’s homes are adobe homes called Pueblo’s. The owner’s of the home enter thru a whole that has a ladder which helps them keep out unwanted guests. Cool right? Well you will never believe how they farm. They both do it the same way… Dry farming! Dry Farming is since the southwest never got much rainfall they built canals and tiny dams to direct water to the crops. Cool? Yea it's very cool. Now to differences. Here we go! The Navajo have a different Religion, very different. While the Pueblo believe in something called Kachinas which were dancers

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