ZUNI

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Origin

pilgrimages across the Pacific Ocean :

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Characteristics

known as excellent potters

This tribe, today still exists

has lived in the Gallup area (New Mexico)

Originally they were located in seven villages along the north side of the Zuni River

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The Zuni community

organized in 8 totemic clans

based on the cardinal points.

Each clan is assigned a color

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The Zuni language and the Japanese

does not seem to be related to the neighbouring languages of Mexico and the United States

the hypothesis that the Zuni had been converted to Buddhism by Japanese monks

the zuñi language is in no way related to the japanese language.

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Perla Denisse Pérez Villegas