Zuni people

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Zuni people canonical 25
Zuni 7
Zuni Mythology 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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
culture Puebloan culture
linked to: Pueblo peoples
governingBody Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation
linked to: 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
linked to: Hopi people

Laguna Pueblo
Navajo
linked to: Navajo people
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 Indian Reservation
linked to: Zuni 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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

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

Four Corners region ethnicGroup Zuni people
Ruth Benedict authorOf Zuni Mythology
linked to: Zuni people
Ruth Benedict studied Zuni people
Humphreys Peak isSacredTo Zuni people
Ancestral Puebloans descendedInto Zuni
linked to: Zuni people
Hopi people relatedEthnicGroup Zuni people
Leslie Spier studied Zuni people
Zuni Reservation hasInhabitant Zuni people
Zuni Reservation ethnicGroup Zuni people
Zuni Reservation tribalAffiliation Zuni Tribe
linked to: Zuni people
Zuni Reservation populationGroup Zuni Pueblo people
linked to: Zuni people
Patterns of Culture caseStudy Zuni
linked to: Zuni people
Indigenous peoples of the Southwest hasSubgroup Zuni
linked to: Zuni people
Pueblo peoples hasSubgroup Zuni
linked to: Zuni people
Navajo National Monument culturalAffiliation Zuni
linked to: Zuni people
Elsie Clews Parsons studied Zuni people
San Francisco Peaks sacredTo Zuni people
San Francisco Mountain sacredTo Zuni people
Zuni Pueblo isCulturalCenterOf Zuni people
Zuni Pueblo isReligiousCenterOf Zuni people
Zuni Pueblo isPoliticalCenterOf Zuni people
Zuni Pueblo ethnicGroup Zuni people
Zuni Pueblo hasPopulationMajority Zuni people
Zuni language name Zuni
linked to: Zuni people
Zuni language ethnicGroup Zuni people
Zuni kiva societies ethnicGroup Zuni people
Acoma Keres neighboringLanguage Zuni
linked to: Zuni people