Many Indians of the West were known for being big game hunters. So many of these Indians were hunters because it was hard to grow fruits and vegetables in the poor sandy soil of the West. The Indians did grow tobacco, which was smoked for their native ceremonies. The ceremony of rain was very important because rain was such a rare phenomenon in the hot dry desert of the West. The ceremony involved many forms of dances and chants that were said to ask the Gods for rain.

The Plains Indians were known to be the most frequent buffalo hunters. These Indians lived in a cone shaped house wrapped in buffalo hide called a Tepee. This "house" was important to the Plains Indians because it allowed for them to pack up their "house" and move with their source of food… the Buffalo. For this reason the Plains Indians never had a particular area where they stayed for life.   

Another group of Indians were the Pueblo Indians. These Indians lived in Northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. This particular group of Indians unlike the  Plains Indians had permanent housing called Pueblos. These Pueblos are made of stone with individual square rooms and have thick flat roofs. Also unlike the Plains Indians, the Pueblo Indians grew most of their food in the bottom of dried up river beds. This form of irrigation allowed for the Pueblos to grow corn and cotton. Along with the growing of foods, the Pueblos did a lot of hunting. The kinds of animals that they hunted were deer, antelope, rabbit and on occasion a bison.

The Spanish had a very large influence on the Pueblo Indians. The number of Pueblo Indians fell from eighty to only twenty-five once the Spanish were introduced. Once the sheep were introduced (from the Spanish) the pueblos change their main form of textile from wool to cotton. (which was much cooler.)

With all this interaction between cultures, conflict was bound to happen. Then in 1680 the Pueblos rebelled  and drove the Spanish from their territory. The Pueblos then became part of the United States in 1848 and live peacefully to this day.       

Information came from
http://mo.essortment.com/pueblowherecan_riij.htm
http://www3.memlane.com/gromboug/P8Cwbys.htm#Billy