The Land Of The Zuni

The Zuni Indian Reservation lies on the western edge of New Mexico. The western boundary of the reservation is at the Arizona border. There are also two, small, non-contiguous segments in Arizona, in Apache County, northwest of St. Johns. These two, small areas are about 30 miles southwest of the main reservation in New Mexico. The smaller of these two, disjunct parcels, is bisected by U.S. Highway 180 and is only about 200 acres in size. The other, unattached portion of the Zuni Reservation is about one mile north of the small section I just mentioned. This area is not on a highway and is only accessible by a primitive, dirt track. This area is bisected by the Zuni River and the Little Colorado River. I have heard that this area is extremely sacred to the Zuni Tribe. North Mountain and South Mountain lie at opposite ends of this piece of the Zuni Reservation. The Zuni River flows between the two mountains and the Little Colorado flows south of South Mountain. About three miles west of this scetion are is the point where the two rivers converge. This section of the reservation is roughly six miles long and three miles wide.
  The main reservation, in New Mexico, is also bisected by the Zuni River. The Zuni River begins in the eastern part of the reservation at the confluence of the Rio Pescado (Fish River in English) and Rio Nutria
(Beaver River). I believe that the Rio Pescado is the principal stream here and is actually the upper reaches of the Zuni River, but known by a different name. The Rio Pescado is longer than the Rio Nutria, so that is why I believe it to the the main stream. The Zuni River is extremely sacred to the Zuni Tribe and flows through the heart of Zuni Pueblo, the reservation's biggest town and the reservation capital. The river also flows along the southern edge of Black Rock, the second biggest town on the reservation and just one mile east of Zuni Pueblo.  These two towns contain the majority of the Zuni Indian Reservation's population.  The other towns on the Zuni Reservation are Pescado, Upper Nutria, Lower Nutria and Ojo Caliente, but they are merely villages with only a handful of people.