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Zuni Salt Lake
Zuni Salt Lake, also Zuñi Salt Lake (〔Wilson, Alan and Dennison, Gene (1995) ''Navajo Place Names: An observer's guide'' J. Norton Publishers, Guilford, CT, ISBN 0-88432-825-2〕), is a rare high desert lake, and a classic maar. It is located in Catron County, about 60 miles south of the Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, USA. Zuñi Salt Lake is extremely shallow, with the depth only to four feet in the wet season. During the dry season, much of the water evaporates leaving behind saltflats. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.〔(nd) (National Register of Historic Places – Catron County, New Mexico ). Retrieved 6/16/07.〕 It is part of the Red Hill volcanic field.
==History==
For centuries, the Pueblo people of the Southwest, including the Zuni, Acoma, Laguna, Hopi and Taos pueblos, have made annual pilgrimages to Zuñi Salt Lake to harvest salt, for both culinary and ceremonial purposes. Ancient roadways radiate out from the lake to the various pueblos and ancient pueblo sites, such as Chaco. The lake itself is considered sacred, home of the Salt Mother deity, known to the Zuñi as Ma'l Okyattsik'i. Also known as Las Salinas to early Hispanic settlers in the area.
Famous Indian chief Geronimo, in ''Geronimo's Story of His Life'' reported the following about the lake: "We obtained our salt from a little lake in the Gila Mountains.... When visiting this lake our people were not allowed to even kill game or attack an enemy. All creatures were free to go and come without molestation."
The Zuni Salt Lake was not part of the Zuñi reservation originally recognized by the U.S. government, but the U.S. returned the lake itself, and surrounding it, to Zuni control in 1985.
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