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1	Title: Zuni Encounters with Anthropologists Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight Frank Cushing at Zuni Pueblo Zuni Pueblo has been a crossroads in the American Southwest for hundreds of years. The Zuni world included encounters with neighboring and more distant tribes. The Zuni world expanded with the Spanish entradas beginning in the 1500s. It expanded stil... Show Keywords:
2	Title: Turquoise Mining in the Southwest Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight Turquoise mining among the Pueblos, Spanish, and Americans Archaeologists have also found turquoise mines throughout Mesoamerica. One of the largest mines is in a mountain south of Santa Fe called Cuwimi Kai or Chalchihuitel—“a house inside which turquoise is found.” The Zuni often obtained... Show Keywords:
3	Title: Zuni Silver Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight Introduction of silversmithing to the Southwest and Zunis. The introduction of silver and silversmithing among the Indians in the Southwest dates from the middle of the 1800s. Mexican traders first introduced the Navajo to silver. Like pottery, migrations and trade among peoples spread jewelry-making designs... Show Keywords:
4	Title: Lanyade Source(s): The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths Author(s): John Adair (Author) The first Zuni silversmith was a man named Lanyade. He tells this story at the age of 95. When I was a young man about thirty years old [1872], a Navajo came to Zuni who knew how to make silver. This mans Navajo name was Atsidi Chon. I had traveled through the Navajo country a good many times, on my way to the Hopi villages, and I knew ... Show Keywords:
5	Title: Expedition into New Mexico Made by Antonio de Espejo 1582-1583 as Revealed in the Journal of Diego Pérez de Luxan, a Member of the Party Author(s): Diego Pérez de Luxan (Author); George Hammond (Editor); Agapito Rey (Editor) A merchant from New Spain journeys north as head of a relief party to find two Franciscan monks. Here he describes what his party found at Zuni. We set out from this place on the fourteenth of the month and marched a league. We halted at the first pueblo of the province of Zuni which they called Malaque, in which we had a row of houses (for our use), and they gave us to eat of what they had u... Show Keywords:
6	Title: Katsinam Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight The meaning and origin of katsina rituals. Katsinam are Hopi spirit messengers who send prayers for rain, bountiful harvests, and a prosperous, healthy life for humankind. They are our friends and visitors who bring gifts and food, as well as messages to teach appropriate behavior and the con... Show Keywords:
7	Title: Hopi Weaving Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight A brief history of weaving among the Hopi. The origins of Hopi weaving extend deep in time. For many centuries, Hopi men grew short-staple cotton that they spun into thread and then wove into fabric. They used an upright loom to weave blankets and cloth. The fabric was made into everyday clot... Show Keywords:
8	Title: Corn Source(s): The Zuni Indians and Their Uses of Plants Author(s): Matilda Coxe Stevenson (Author) Anthropologist Matilda Stevenson describes the many ways in which Zuni people use corn. Though not indigenous to the United States, corn was the staple food of the inhabitants of the Southwest long before the coming of the Spaniards in the middle of the sixteenth century, having been brought to this section either by peoples migrating f... Show Keywords:
9	Title: Acoma Pottery Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight Acoma pottery in the past and today. From earliest times, Pueblo Indian potters have made ceramic pots for practical daily use. Pueblo people carried, cooked, and stored water and food in pottery. They also used it for ceremonial purposes. The exceptional quality of Acoma pottery made i... Show Keywords:
10	Title: Carl Meets His Cousin-Brother Source(s): Katzimo, Mysterious Mesa Author(s): Bobette Bibo Gugliotta (Author) The son of an Acoma mother and a German-Jewish father visits his mother's village for the first time and meets his cousin. With a quick motion of his hand Horace indicated the path that the group was ascending. “Do you want to walk up the foot trail or do you want to climb the split trail?” He threw the choice at Carl like a challenge. Without hesitating Carl repl... Show Keywords:

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