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{{short description|Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley}} {{use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox ethnic group |group=Zuni |native_name=A:shiwi |native_name_lang=zun |image=Zuni-girl-with-jar2.png |image_upright=0.7 |caption = Zuni girl with jar, 1903 |total=19,228 enrolled members {{citation needed|date=September 2018}} |total_year=2015 |total_ref= |popplace=[[United States]] ([[New Mexico]]) |langs=[[Zuni language|Zuni]], [[English language|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] |related=[[Pueblo people]] }} [[File:Zuni map.svg|thumb|Map of historical distribution of Zuni (light green) and current Zuni land (dark green)]] The '''Zuni''' ({{langx|zun|'''A<nowiki>:</nowiki>shiwi'''}}; formerly spelled ''Zuñi'') are [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Pueblo people]]s native to the [[Zuni River]] valley. The Zuni people today are [[Federally recognized tribe|federally recognized]] as the '''Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico''', and most live in the [[Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico|Pueblo of Zuni]] on the Zuni River, a tributary of the [[Little Colorado River]], in western [[New Mexico]], [[United States]]. The Pueblo of Zuni is {{convert|55|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Gallup, New Mexico]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/zuni-tribe.htm|title=Zuni Tribe: Facts, Clothes, Food and History ***|website=www.warpaths2peacepipes.com|access-date=2018-11-20}}</ref> 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]].<ref>[http://www.ashiwi.org/ "Welcome"], ''Pueblo of Zuni,'' (retrieved 13 Feb 2011)</ref> The Zuni call their homeland ''Halona Idiwan’a ''or Middle Place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zunitourism.com/|title=Experience Zuni|website=www.zunitourism.com|access-date=2017-11-08}}</ref> The word ''Zuni'' is believed to derive from the [[Keres language|Western Keres language]] ([[Acoma Pueblo|Acoma]]) word ''sɨ̂‧ni'', or a cognate thereof.
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