How are Pueblo Indians and plains Indians different?

Answer 1

There are many different cultures and peoples and languages of the Plains and of the Pueblo people so there is not one simple answer. However, in general the Pueblo people live in settled villages made of stone and adobe and wood and practice dry land or irrigated agriculture. The Plains peoples underwent many changes in the historic period but the biggest was when horses arrived from the Spanish in the 1540s and started spreading. This meant, among many other things, that people on the Plains could live on the Plains full time and follow the buffalo. Some had practiced agriculture and gave it up, others had been gatherer and hunters but now could cover much greater distances. A number of people expanded their territory and pushed out or subjugated neighboring people. Some developed warrior society structures that laid great value in raiding. Some, like the Comanche, also became middlemen in the trade for horses and guns. In general most no longer lived in settled villages. There were exceptions however such as the Mandan and Pawnee lived in permanent villages.

The Pueblo people and Plains people interacted at agricultural trade fairs. They traded corn and woven goods for hides and meat. The Plains people also raided the Pueblo people for horses, food, goods and slaves to sell or use.