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
Most affected by market shift away from utilitarian towards decorative vessels	Puebloan
Performed rituals using transformation masks, often accompanied by drumming in the "big house"	Kwakwaha'wakw
Artisan of painted elk hide featuring the sun dance	Eastern Shoshone
Infamous for aggressiveness (e.g. bloodletting, human sacrifices) as aspect of circle of life	Aztec
Home of Maria and Julian Martínez	Puebloan
Extant in Delaware	Lenape
Constructed mounds possibly to measure or praise astrological phenomena, like solstices or Haley's comet	Mississippian
Had structure dedicated to ruler Shield Jaguar II's wife, Lady Xook	Mayan
Collected (and obtained from trading) feathers from sacred quetzal birds	Aztec
Extant before common era in Peru	Chavín
Built twin temples, one of which dedicated to Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture	Aztec
Artisan of Bandolier bag	Lenape
Made bandolier bags with leather as well as beads and silk, both imported from Europe	Lenape
Possibly donated feather headdress to Cortez as tribute to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire	Aztec
Builder of Chavín de Huántar	Chavín
Artisan of black-on-black ceramic vessel	Puebloan
Thousand-year-old tradition of pottery-making; revitalized in the mid-20th century	Puebloan
Builder of Mesa Verde cliff dwellings	Puebloan
Used teepees as portable habitats	Eastern Shoshone
Prominently used corbelled vaulting and long roof combs	Mayan
Gained far-away materials, such as obsidian, due to trading networks	Aztec
Featured artist influenced by ancient mythic figures and popular Art Deco designs	Puebloan
Constructor of Qorikancha	Inca
One complex has multiple buildings with three doors housing above lintels	Mayan
Admirer of Olmec-style mask	Aztec

Hint	Culture
Housed pilgrimage site with a stone that is theorized to have acted as an oracle	Chavín
Has a series of maze-like hidden passageways below major temple	Chavín
Had impressive city-state of Cahokia, Illinois	Mississippian
Famed for ashlar masonry, fitting of perfectly-grooved stones to be long-standing and earthquake-resistant	Inca
Extant in Wyoming	Eastern Shoshone
Began using firearms and horses to hunt the dwindling bison population after contact with Europeans	Eastern Shoshone
Maize (including black maize) was a principle food source; ergo, they constructed metal versions of crop	Inca
Had an unusual concept of beauty: favored arching brow and continuous bridge between forehead and nose	Mayan
Major temple conquered by the Spanish and served as the base of the convent of Santo Domingo	Inca
Built step-like pyramid atop remains of six others	Aztec
Held ceremonies around "hitching post of the sun," which aligned with the sun at the spring and autumn equinoxes	Inca
Centered in Mesoamerica, mostly south of Mexico	Mayan
Home of Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody)	Eastern Shoshone
Artisan of Maize cobs made of metal alloys using repoussé	Inca
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
Created object thrown into controversy over showcasing in Vienna instead of native country due to singularity and importance	Aztec
Major temple contains a jaguar sculpture, a symbol of power	Chavín
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
Constructor of walls at Saqsa Wama	Inca
Extant in northwest coast of Canada	Kwakwaha'wakw
Women wove fine textiles using backstrap weaving, a highly distinguished art form	Inca
Had no written language, so most knowledge from archeology and records from the Conquistadores	Inca
Had wide-range of merchant networks that traded historical items, such as Olmec-style mask	Aztec
Had structure built by ruler Bird Jaguar IV for his son	Mayan
Elite men and women were occasionally buried with nose ornaments	Chavín