Zuni Tribe: Difference between revisions

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Population: 1990: 8,000
Population: 1990: 8,000  


== History  ==
== History  ==
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==== Brief Timeline  ====
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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 epiedmics  
*1950-60: learned silver jewery making from Navajo  
*1950-60: learned silver jewery making from Navajo  
*1978: United States returns ownership of the sacred Zuni Slat Lake
*1978: United States returns ownership of the sacred Zuni "Salt Lake"
*1984: U.S. restores ownership of "Zuni Heaven" - eastern Arizona
*1984: United States returns ownership of "Zuni Heaven" - eastern Arizona


==== Brief History  ====
==== Brief History  ====
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