The Zuni or Ashiwi are a Native American tribe, one of the Pueblo peoples, who live in the Pueblo of Zuni on the Zuni River , a tributary of the Little Colorado River, in western New Mexico. Zuni is 55 km (35 miles) south of Gallup, New Mexico and has a population of about 6,000, nearly all Native Americans, with 43.0% of the population below the poverty line.1 Culture
Zuni speak the Zuni language , a unique language which is unrelated to the languages of the other Pueblo peoples. The Zuni continue to practice their traditional shamanistic religion with its regular ceremonies and dances and an independent mythology.
The Zuni Tribal Fair and Rodeo is held the third weekend in August. The Zuni participate in the Gallup Inter-Tribal Ceremonial [1].
2 History
The Zuni like other Pueblo peoples are believed to be the descendants of the Ancient Pueblo Peoples who lived in the Desert Southwest of New Mexico, Arizona, Southern Colorado and Utah for a thousand years.
Archeological evidence shows they have lived in their present location for about 1300 years.
Previous to the Pueblo RevoltThe Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as "Pope's Rebellion," was an uprising of the Native American Pueblos against the Spanish who were expelled from the territory. Twelve years later, in 1692, the Spanish reconquered New Mexico, and the Pueblos did not of 1680Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. July 8 The first confirmed tornado in America killed a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts. August 21 Pueblo Indians the Zuni lived in six different villages. After the revolt, until 1692Events February 13 Massacre of Glencoe March 1 The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. June 10 Salem Witch Trials: three women hanged for witchcraft. August 19 Salem Witch T, they took refuge in a defensible position atop Dowa Yalanne , a steep mesa 5 km (2 miles) south east of the present Pueblo of Zuni. After the establishment of peace and the return of the SpanishSpanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in 1492. He had been searching for a new route to the Asian Indies and was convinced he had found it. Columbus was made governor of the new territories and the Zuni relocated in their present location, only briefly returning to the mesa top in 1703Events February 2 Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 In Japan the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 Earthquake in Norcia, Italy May 27 Founding of St Petersburg May 26 Portugal joins Great Alliance July 29- 31 Daniel Defoe is plac.
Frank Hamilton CushingFrank Hamilton Cushing July 22, 1857- April 10, 1900 was born in Northeastern Pennsylvania, later moving with his family to western New York. As a boy he took an interest in the Native American artifacts in the surrounding countryside and taught himself h a pioneering anthropologistAnthropology (from the Greek word ANTHROPOLOGIA consists of the study of humankind (see genus Homo . It is holistic in two senses: it is concerned with all humans at all times, and with all dimensions of humanity. Central to anthropology is the concept of associated with the Smithsonian Institute lived with the Zuni from 1879 to 1884. He was one of the first participant observor s and an ethnologist.
A recent controversy involving Zuni is the proposed development of a coal mine near the Zuni Salt Lake a site considered sacred by the Zuni although off their reservation. The mine will involve extraction of water from the aquifer feeding the lake as well as construction between the lake and Zuni [2], [3].
