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7 unusual facts about Zuni people


Calliandra humilis

The Zuni people use the powdered root of this plant three times a day for rashes.

Dalea lasiathera

Among the Zuni people, the root of is chewed as candy, especially by children.

Euphorbia polycarpa

Among the Zuni people, a warm gruel made with the plant and white cornmeal and taken to promote milk flow.

Phaseolus angustissimus

The Zuni people rub the crushed leaves, blossoms and powdered root on a child's body as a strengthener.

Rorippa sinuata

The Zuni people use an infusion of plant used as a wash and smoke from the blossoms is used for inflamed eyes.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona

On March 7, 1943, the Navajo-Zuni Mission was organized, and specialized with teaching Native Americans in their language.

Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Friar Marcos de Niza, a member of the sect, had led Coronado's expedition to find Cíbola only to find the villages of the Zuni.


Jan Mostaert

Although the narrative in the painting was thought to depict a number of different events, including Columbus on the island of Guanaja, Hernán Cortés in Mexico, and the Portuguese invasion of Brazil, it is actually the story of Coronado's search for the seven cities of gold in the Zuni village of Cibola in New Mexico and Arizona in 1540-42.

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian

Cases are devoted to Pueblo pottery, ranging from thousand year-old Anasazi bowls to contemporary works, including several pieces by the famed San Ildefonso potter Maria Martinez, and the silver and turquoise jewelry of Zuni, Navajo, Hopi and Santo Domingo artists.

Paleontology in Nebraska

According to folklorist Adrienne Mayor, these supposed arrowheads were likely fossil belemnites, which were compared to missiles by other indigenous American cultures, like the Zuni people.


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