They mainly valued the horse as food and as an item to trade with the Plains tribes for jerked buffalo meat and robes. Horses and horsemanship gradually spread from tribe to tribe until the Native Americans of the Plains became the great mounted buffalo hunters of the American West. The alliance of Native Americans and the Spanish horse gave them great mobility and changed their way of life.
Tribes with horses were dominant over other tribes who relied on moving their camps on foot. The Plains people were great mounted buffalo hunters. This horse advantage allowed them to trade bison meat and hides for glass beads, metal tools, cloth, and guns. Among the Pueblo tribes, bears are considered one of the six directional guardians, associated with the west and the color blue.
The Zunis ascribe healing powers to bears and carve stone bear fetishes to protect them and bring them luck. A bear's claw was one of the talismans frequently included in medicine bundles, and warriors in some tribes wore necklaces of bear claws to bring them power and strength.
There were also many taboos regarding bears in different Native American tribes-- the use of hunting seasons (to avoid killing mother bears with their cubs) was the most common, but in some tribes, it was considered disrespectful and dangerous to insult bears, step on their scat, or even utter their names outside of certain ritual contexts. The item "Native American Pojoaque Pueblo Sgraffito Seed Pot Redware by Puuya Pin 8 1/2 D" is in sale since Friday, February 21, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American\ US\1935-Now\Pottery". The seller is "aurummeum" and is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This item can be shipped worldwide.