Zuni people

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Native American people Puebloan people ethnic group

The Zuni people are a Native American tribe of the Puebloan culture known for their distinct language, intricate artistry, and long-standing agricultural and religious traditions in the American Southwest.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Zuni 2
Zuni Mythology 1
Zuni Pueblo people 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
Puebloan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
archaeologicalTradition Zuni archaeological area ⓘ
artStyle channel inlay jewelry ⓘ
cluster work jewelry ⓘ
cosmologyFeature emergence mythology ⓘ
sacred directional system ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culture Pueblo peoples ⓘ
surface form: Puebloan culture
governingBody Zuni Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation
historicalContactWith Spanish colonizers ⓘ
historicalEvent Coronado expedition contact in 1540s ⓘ
knownFor fine needlepoint jewelry ⓘ
intricate artistry ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
silver jewelry ⓘ
stone fetish carvings ⓘ
turquoise inlay ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
nativeLanguage Zuni language ⓘ
neighboringTribe Acoma Pueblo ⓘ
Hopi people ⓘ
surface form: Hopi

Laguna Pueblo ⓘ
Navajo people ⓘ
surface form: Navajo
populationEstimate approximately 10,000–12,000 ⓘ
primaryRegion American Southwest ⓘ
western New Mexico ⓘ
primarySettlement Zuni Pueblo ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe ⓘ
relatedCulturalGroup other Pueblo peoples ⓘ
religion traditional Zuni religion ⓘ
religiousPractice kachina ceremonies ⓘ
rainmaking rituals ⓘ
reservation Zuni Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Zuni Indian Reservation
reservationLocation Cibola County, New Mexico ⓘ
McKinley County, New Mexico ⓘ
sacredRiver Zuni River ⓘ
traditionalCrop beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing multi-story adobe dwellings ⓘ
pueblo structures ⓘ
traditionalIrrigation check dams ⓘ
floodwater farming ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization matrilineal clans ⓘ
religious societies ⓘ
U.S. state New Mexico ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ruth Benedict → authorOf → Zuni people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zuni Mythology
Patterns of Culture → caseStudy → Zuni people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zuni
Ancestral Puebloans → descendedInto → Zuni people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zuni
Four Corners region → ethnicGroup → Zuni people ⓘ
Zuni Reservation → ethnicGroup → Zuni people ⓘ
Zuni Reservation → hasInhabitant → Zuni people ⓘ
Humphreys Peak → isSacredTo → Zuni people ⓘ
Zuni Reservation → populationGroup → Zuni people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zuni Pueblo people
Hopi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Zuni people ⓘ
Leslie Spier → studied → Zuni people ⓘ
Ruth Benedict → studied → Zuni people ⓘ
Zuni Reservation → tribalAffiliation → Zuni people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zuni Tribe