Zuni Tribe

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Ancestral Homeland: Northern New Mexico

Population: 1990: 8,000

Tribal Headquarters
Pueblo of Zuni PO Box 339 1203B State HWY. 53 Zuni, NM 87327

Phone: 1-505-782-7000 Fax: 1-505-782-7002


 * Pueblo of Zuni Offical Website

History
Zuni pueblos: Nutria, Ojo Caliente,Pescado and Zuni

Extinct Zuni pueblos:Halona, Hampasawan, Hawikuh, Heshokta, Heshota Ayathltona, Heshota Hluptsina, Heshota Imkoskwin, Heshotapathltaie, Heshota Uhla, Kechipauan, Kiakima, Kwakina, Kwakinawan, Matski, Pinawan, Shopakia, Wimian

Brief Timeline

 * 1540: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - stays in Hawikah Zuni village
 * 1800's: Smallpox epiedmics
 * 1898-99: epiedmic kills 250
 * 1950-60: learned silver jewery making from Navajo
 * 1978: United States returns ownership of the sacred Zuni "Salt Lake"
 * 1984: United States returns ownership of "Zuni Heaven" - eastern Arizona

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Zuni tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Reservations
The main part of the Zuni Reservation is located in New Mexico, but the tribe also has land in Arizona.

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution of the Zuni Tribe
 * Pueblo of Zuni Offical Website
 * Wikipedia article on Zuni Pueblo