Define living of Indians of Western America?
Indians of Western America-In the desert Southwest , many Indians developed sizeable villages with permanent dwellings. Many Southwestern Indians practiced agriculture, and some even constructed ingenious irrigation systems to water their fields in this dry region. The Anasazi people of southern Colorado built large communities, some of which contained hundreds of permanent dwellings. They used irrigation to water their maize (corn) crop, and thrived beginning around the first century. When the Spanish arrived in the 16th century, they called these people Pueblos , Spanish for "villages." In the 13th century, the Southwest suffered a severe drought, and the Anasazi civilization declined. New arrivals in the area, the Athapascans, now became dominant. These Athapascans were the ancestors of the Navajo and Apache people, who still live in the Southwest. Other Southwestern Indians, including the Hopi and the Zuni, also thrived by utilizing irrigation to practice agriculture.
The Great Basin region of the Rocky Mountains was too mountainous and dry for successful agriculture. Indians here survived through the year by hunting, fishing, and gathering, and by moving frequently to follow seasonal plants and game animals.
Indians along the Pacific coast lived by mixing hunting, fishing, and gathering. Along the southern portion of the Pacific, Indians enjoyed a temperate climate and plentiful sources of food to gather. Indians farther to the north, where the climate was cooler, relied more heavily on fishing to supply their needs.