sweet Indian corn, (tapery) beans, squash, lentils and melons. The Sells Rodeo and Parade is another big ceremony that is held every February for the last 74 years.
The Tohono O’odham also took advantage of wild game and native plants for food. Their diet largely consisted of crops they grew, fruits from the cacti, mesquite tree beans, acorns, cholla buds, and mesquite candy (sap from the tree.) Over the course of many centuries the Tohono O’odham metabolism had become well adapted to the foods the desert provided for them. These types of traditional foods helped regulate blood sugar and increase insulin production and sensitivity. A mass majority of the Tohono O’odham Nation have now adapted to a more “Western” diet which overwhelms the …show more content…
The males were the medicine men, warriors, and chiefs. The female’s role was to raise the children, harvest fruit and crops, cook, and participate in rain dances, basket weaving, and pottery. Both genders took part in storytelling, traditional medicine, music and artwork (Roth, 2006).
Both male and female helped to build houses called wickiups, which is a small round or cone-shaped house, made from a wooden frame covered with brush and dirt. The Tohono O’odham’s only used the houses to sleep in, most of their time was spent outside socializing. Now a days they live in traditional houses, however most of their time is still spent outside of the house socializing within the tribe. Times have also changed some of the gender roles. Females are now on the council, and males take part in basket weaving and …show more content…
According to the 2010 U.S. Census the Tohono O’odham Nations have decreased at a rate of 5.4 percent since 2000-2010. There is a small gap between the ratio of females and males. Females account for 51.7% and males account for 48.3% within the Tohono O’odham Nation, this is almost identical to the state ratio the County has slightly more females 50.9% with males at 49.1%. Gender ratios females: Arizona 3,216,194 Pima County 481,437 Tohono O’odham 5,277. Males: Arizona 3,175,823 Pima County 481,437 Tohono O’odham
The Tohono O’odham also took advantage of wild game and native plants for food. Their diet largely consisted of crops they grew, fruits from the cacti, mesquite tree beans, acorns, cholla buds, and mesquite candy (sap from the tree.) Over the course of many centuries the Tohono O’odham metabolism had become well adapted to the foods the desert provided for them. These types of traditional foods helped regulate blood sugar and increase insulin production and sensitivity. A mass majority of the Tohono O’odham Nation have now adapted to a more “Western” diet which overwhelms the …show more content…
The males were the medicine men, warriors, and chiefs. The female’s role was to raise the children, harvest fruit and crops, cook, and participate in rain dances, basket weaving, and pottery. Both genders took part in storytelling, traditional medicine, music and artwork (Roth, 2006).
Both male and female helped to build houses called wickiups, which is a small round or cone-shaped house, made from a wooden frame covered with brush and dirt. The Tohono O’odham’s only used the houses to sleep in, most of their time was spent outside socializing. Now a days they live in traditional houses, however most of their time is still spent outside of the house socializing within the tribe. Times have also changed some of the gender roles. Females are now on the council, and males take part in basket weaving and …show more content…
According to the 2010 U.S. Census the Tohono O’odham Nations have decreased at a rate of 5.4 percent since 2000-2010. There is a small gap between the ratio of females and males. Females account for 51.7% and males account for 48.3% within the Tohono O’odham Nation, this is almost identical to the state ratio the County has slightly more females 50.9% with males at 49.1%. Gender ratios females: Arizona 3,216,194 Pima County 481,437 Tohono O’odham 5,277. Males: Arizona 3,175,823 Pima County 481,437 Tohono O’odham