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Zuni people. The Zuni (Zuni: A:shiwi; formerly spelled Zuñi) are Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley. The Zuni people today are federally recognized as the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and most live in the Pueblo of Zuni on the Zuni River, a tributary of the Little Colorado River, in western New ...
Zuñi Salt Lake. / 34.4500°N 108.7683°W / 34.4500; -108.7683. Zuñi Salt Lake, also Zuni Salt Lake is a rare high desert lake, and a classic maar, located in Catron County, New Mexico, United States, [ 3] about 60 miles (97 km) south of the Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico .
The ancient Zuni pueblo of Hawikuh was the largest of the Seven Cities of Cibola. It was established in the 13th century and abandoned in 1680. It was also the first pueblo seen by the Spanish explorers. The African scout Estevanico was the first non-Native to reach this area. The largest town on the reservation is Zuni Pueblo, which is seat of ...
The Zuñi Mountains (Navajo: Naasht'ézhí Dził or Ńdíshchííʼ Ląʼí[1]) are a mountain range located mainly in Cibola County of northwestern New Mexico, United States, [2] with a small portion extending into McKinley County. [3] The range is located largely in the Cibola National Forest, [3] lying south of Interstate 40 from southeast ...
December 2, 1974 [2] Designated NMSRCP. February 28, 1975. The Zuni-Cibola Complex is a collection of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites on the Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico. It comprises Hawikuh, Yellow House, Kechipbowa, and Great Kivas, all sites of long residence and important in the early Spanish colonial contact period.
Map of the original monument boundaries (March 2017) Bears Ears National Monument and the Dark Canyon Wilderness from ISS, 2023. The monument is co-managed by the BLM and the USFS (the Monticello Unit of the Manti-La Sal National Forest), [12] along with a coalition of five local Native American tribes [13] —Navajo, Hopi, Ute Mountain Ute, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ...
The A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center is located in Zuni, New Mexico, United States. Jim Enote is the museum 's executive director. [2] The Zuni tribe began planning the museum in the 1960s and 1970s. After struggling with funding, the museum became a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization in 1992 and started out with one room of exhibits of ...
Area. 29,500 acres (11,900 ha) NRHP reference No. 94000398 [1] Added to NRHP. April 29, 1994. The Lower Zuni River Archeological District is an area of approximately 29,500 acres, comprising 89 distinct archeological sites. It is located approximately 24 miles northeast of St. Johns, Arizona, at the Arizona–New Mexico border, along the Zuni ...