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The main reservation is surrounded by the Painted Cliffs, the Zuni Mountains, and the Cibola National Forest. The reservation's total land area is 723.343 sq mi (1,873.45 km 2). As noted above, the Zuni Tribe also has land holdings in Apache County, Arizona, and Catron County, New Mexico, that do not border the main reservation.
The Zuni tribe lived in multi level adobe houses. In addition to the reservation, the tribe owns trust lands in Catron County, New Mexico, and Apache County, Arizona. [2] The Zuni call their homeland Halona Idiwan’a or Middle Place. [3] The word Zuni is believed to derive from the Western Keres language word sɨ̂‧ni, or a cognate thereof.
The Zuñi Mountains are located at , surrounded by the Zuni Indian Reservation, the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation, and El Morro National Monument to the southwest, El Malpais National Monument to the south, Acoma Pueblo to the east, and the Navajo Nation to the north. The towns of Grants, Gallup, and Ramah are located northeast, northwest ...
Zuni Heaven Reservation: Zuni: A:shiwi 1984 – 19.5 (50.5) Apache: Over 95% of Zuni land is located in New Mexico (McKinley, Cibola, Catron). Zuni Heaven is primarily a pilgrimage site and has no permanent residents.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Black Rock CDP has a total area of 1.80 square miles (4.7 km 2), of which 1.75 square miles (4.5 km 2) are land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km 2), or 3.00%, are water. [1] The Zuni River is a west-flowing tributary of the Little Colorado River, which it joins near Hunt, Arizona.
Hawikuh is located within the boundaries of the Zuni Indian Reservation near Zuni, New Mexico. [7] The ruins of Hawikuh were excavated during 1917-23 by the Heye Foundation under the leadership of Frederick Webb Hodge , who was assistant director of the Museum of the American Indian, New York .
Indigenous peoples of Arizona are the Native American people who currently live or have historically lived in what is now the state of Arizona. There are 22 federally recognized tribes in Arizona, including 17 with reservations that lie entirely within its borders. Reservations make up over a quarter of the state's land area.
The Lower Zuni River Archeological District is an area of approximately 29,500 acres, comprising 89 distinct archeological sites. It is located approximately 24 miles northeast of St. Johns, Arizona , at the Arizona–New Mexico border, along the Zuni River .