APAH - Indigenous Americas Cultures

Given the clue, enter the name of the Indigenous American culture most-applicable. Some clues may apply to multiple tribes, but only include that which are referenced (via a featured artwork) on the 250 list.

Only culture which have designated artworks are considered

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Hint	Culture
Developed black-on-black ceramic vessels contrasting shiny black with matte finishes	Puebloan
Performed rituals using transformation masks, often accompanied by drumming in the "big house"	Kwakwaha'wakw
Builder of Machu Picchu	Inca
Housed pilgrimage site with a stone that is theorized to have acted as an oracle	Chavín
Builder of Mesa Verde cliff dwellings	Puebloan
Gained far-away materials, such as obsidian, due to trading networks	Aztec
Notable for building in a trapezoidal shape, stones taping upwards	Inca
Admirer of Olmec-style mask	Aztec
Believed in lunar goddess who, with her brothers, attempted to kill her mother and was dismembered by Huitzilopochtli who spawned from her mother's severed head	Aztec
Used kivas, a circular pit with a wood roof, fire pit, and ventilation; likely for ritual use	Puebloan
Artisan of circular relief sculpture of Coyolxauhqui	Aztec
Created object thrown into controversy over showcasing in Vienna instead of native country due to singularity and importance	Aztec
Major temple conquered by the Spanish and served as the base of the convent of Santo Domingo	Inca
Targeted hides towards European and American collectors and tourist	Eastern Shoshone
Capital city placed at the convergence of four main highways and unified four regions of the empire	Inca
Had wide-range of merchant networks that traded historical items, such as Olmec-style mask	Aztec
Had an unusual concept of beauty: favored arching brow and continuous bridge between forehead and nose	Mayan
Held ceremonies around "hitching post of the sun," which aligned with the sun at the spring and autumn equinoxes	Inca
Artisan of a gold nose ornament with serpent motifs	Chavín
Builder of Yaxchilán	Mayan
Extant in southwestern United States	Puebloan
Artisan of Intihuantana Stone	Inca
Possibly donated feather headdress to Cortez as tribute to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire	Aztec
Builder of Chavín de Huántar	Chavín
Collected (and obtained from trading) feathers from sacred quetzal birds	Aztec

Hint	Culture
Built step-like pyramid atop remains of six others	Aztec
Built twin temples, one of which dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, god of sun and war	Aztec
Artisan of Ruler's feather headdress	Aztec
Performed sun dances (later outlawed by the US) involving dancing, singing, feasting, etc. to honor the Creator for bounty of the land	Eastern Shoshone
Extant in Delaware	Lenape
Famous for creation of pueblos, using local materials	Puebloan
Extant in northwest coast of Canada	Kwakwaha'wakw
Most affected by market shift away from utilitarian towards decorative vessels	Puebloan
Extant in eastern United States	Mississippian
Extant before common era in Peru	Chavín
Centered in Mesoamerica, mostly south of Mexico	Mayan
Believed in the Vision Serpent, likely due to bloodletting-induced hallucinations	Mayan
Women wove fine textiles using backstrap weaving, a highly distinguished art form	Inca
Artisan of relief sculpture of jaguars	Chavín
Extant in Wyoming	Eastern Shoshone
Built remote royal retreat high in the mountains	Inca
Builder of City of Cusco	Inca
Built a lintel with inverted hieroglyphics, which is very unusual	Mayan
Used teepees as portable habitats	Eastern Shoshone
Had impressive city-state of Cahokia, Illinois	Mississippian
Featured artist signed works of fellow tribespeople she did not work on to increase their value	Puebloan
Artisan of Maize cobs made of metal alloys using repoussé	Inca
Centered in Mesoamerica, in Mexico	Aztec
Had no written language, so most knowledge from archeology and records from the Conquistadores	Inca
Capital city (theorized to be) in the shape of a puma, with the plaza in the belly, fortress in the head, and central square in the heart	Inca