Zuni Tribe: Difference between revisions

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*1540: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - stays in Hawikah Zuni village  
*1540: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - stays in Hawikah Zuni village  
*1800's: Smallpox epiedmics
*1800's: Smallpox epidemics
*1898-99: Epiedmic kills 250  
* 1865: Approximate date of the last Navajo raid on the Zuni.
* 1872: Zuni began using silver in their jewelry. 
*1898-99: Epidemic kills 250  
*1950-60: Members of the tribe learned silver jewery making from Navajo  
*1950-60: Members of the tribe learned silver jewery making from Navajo  
*1978: United States returns ownership of the sacred Zuni "Salt Lake"  
*1978: United States returns ownership of the sacred Zuni "Salt Lake"  
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