Both forms of artwork are made of natural materials and can be viewed at the Community's Hoo-hoogam Ki Museum. The Maricopa, known for their red clay pottery work, created various forms of jars and bowls. Give students the Hohokam Canal System Worksheet and read the directions. Distribute the Hohokam Canals of the Gila River map and discuss the map legend and scale. Discuss irrigation as a method used to modify or change the desert environment. An ancestor is a family member who lived long ago. Many archeologists believe that the Hohokam are ancestors of the modern Pima and Tohono O'odham tribes. The Pima are well known for their basket weaving techniques, intricately woven, they are made watertight. Have them color in the area of Hohokam occupation and trace the Gila and Salt Rivers. The Hohokam probably stayed somewhere in the desert region. Cavalry and continue to serve their country today in various forms of the armed forces. They served as trusted scouts for the U.S. The Pima were strong runners, basket weavers and farmers who could make the desert bloom. Other prehistoric Southwestern cultures also constructed pithouses. The Hohokam farmed the Salt River Valley and created elaborate canal irrigation systems throughout the valley area that system, now modernized is still used today. The Hohokam built their houses in a shallow pit - about one and one-half feet (one-half meter) deep. The Pima believe they are the descendants of the 'Hohokam,' (those who have gone) an ancient civilization who lived in Arizona nearly two thousand years, dating as far back as 300BC. Both tribes provided protection against the Yuman and Apache tribes. The Pima, known as a friendly tribe, established a relationship with the Maricopa. In the early 1800s they migrated toward Pima villages. The Maricopa tribes were small bands that lived along the lower Gila and Colorado rivers. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is comprised of two Native American tribes: the Pima, or 'Akimel Au-Authm,' (River People), and the Maricopa, or 'Xalychidom Piipaash,' (People who live toward the water).

Where did the hohokam tribe live