The Significance of Clay Within Indigenous land

Our experience Working with Clay

How is clay keeping our culture alive?

Clay is keeping our culture alive when we make pottery and Adobes

What are the useful ways of clay?

There are many different ways to use traditional clay such as making pots, tiles, and many more that have helped our people/tradition.

How long does clay last for?

Clay can last a long time if taken care of.

How is clay important to our culture?

Clay is important to our culture because they use clay to make pottery, adobes, and other necessities that keep it alive.

How can clay help our people?

Clay has kept our culture alive with all the pottery and adobes.

How are adobes still being used today?

Adobes are still being used for bricks to make houses and adobe ovens.

Fun Facts on Traditional Clay

  1. Traditional clay is one of the oldest known material - Zadie Duran
  2. Clay was discovered in 14,000 BC. -Xiera-Krys Rivas
  3. Clay on the other hand maintains its shape -Memphis Hernandez


Timeline of Pueblo Homes

8,000 BC - A.D. 1

This is one of the very first home pueblo

14,000 + years ago

Later on they got more advance in their home building

Now

Today we have modernized housing

The Ysleta Mission

Example of a adobe from our tribe

The Ysleta Mission is made from clay also know as an adobe. The top of the mission is a Tigua women with an Olla on her head. It was Establish in 1681 after the force relocation.

Ysleta Mission

Pueblo Viejo

This video shows where we can find arrowheads and shattered pottery

Pueblo Viejo is where you can find shattered pottery as well as arrowheads.

These are some pictures we took at Pueblo Viejo

Homes today

Museum of Archaeology

Drone flying


A map of where we went


Interview with the War captain and Capitan

Questions we asked about clay

Places we went

We went Hueco Tanks, Pueblo Viejo, El Paso Museum of Archaeology, and the Centennial Museum

Top looks of where we went using Google Earth Studio

A video of places we went


Our Experience Working with Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

Zadie Duran

Memphis Hernandez

Xiera-Krys Rivas

Recommendations

For the future I would recommend to have better security so no one can take our traditional items

For the future I would recommend to have more Native Americans to work at Hueco Tanks

Ysleta Mission

Homes today

Museum of Archaeology

Drone flying