Stephanie Wrote:
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> My husband is on travel again but when he gets
> back, I can see if he knows the original name of
> the Zuni.

I have got it buried somewhere in my notes ... but it's been a long time since I looked at it ...


You weren't that far away at St. Johns.
> Maybe an hours more driving to get to Window
> Rock...longer for Shiprock.

There was a little folk-museum at St. John's, run by a very nice lady who was fighting a bit of an uphill battle trying to get people interested in it. Because my friend and I were obviously interested in matters Native American, she rang a friend of hers, a Navajo lady, who rushed round with various books, from some of which I took copies.

> My husband and I do not like the pawn shops.
> They're just like any pawn shop you'd find
> elsewhere. They're giving you a loan on something
> that you'll probably never see again. People will
> pawn their jewelry for some extra cash for
> groceries or for a weekend of drinking. In a
> sense, it is merely a way to profit off of the
> poverty and alcohol issues of the tribes. Some of
> the non-pawn shops are so badly done. We've seen
> some pretty curious things in these kind of
> stores, lol.
>

Well, IIRC, we never actually got inside any pawn shops ... although I know what you mean about some of the non-pawn shops being, as you say, exceedingly strange!

We paid a (mercifully) brief visit to the Sky City casino, which was full of Native Americans immersed in gambling, etc. etc. It struck me as appalling and sad that this once great people had been reduced to frittering their lives away in such depressing surroundings.


> Acoma pottery is beautiful. It has a very modern
> feel to it, I think, with its bold polychrome
> motifs. I have seen alot of Acoma pottery being
> sold at the Window Rock and Gallup flea markets,
> especially in early September when there is alot
> of celebrations. There is a third flea market that
> I haven't stopped at yet though I've passed it
> many a time. It's right in between Gallup and
> Window Rock at Yah'tah'hey, NM and always looks
> fairly busy.

Well, if I'm ever fortunate enough to return, I shall certainly try and visit Yah'tah'hey ... I think I vaguely remember Gallup, actually ... Gallup and Grants ... I think it may have been Grants where my friend and I stumbled across a mediaeval re-enactment society, of all things ... the young men were very charming, and carried our luggage ...

>
> What's really delicate to transport are kachinas.
> I sent some cottonwood traditional kachinas to my
> mom and sad to say, there was some bent feathers
> and a popped off arm from the transport when they
> arrived, lol. I think the more contemporary
> version of kachinas were not just artistic license
> but probably better at being transported, too!

Normally, my husband insists on doing all the packing whenever we go away, because he thinks I'm no good at it. But, when we returned to Houston, I found myself faced with the problem of somehow packing one suitcase with all the stuff that I'd brought back from New Mexico ... how I did it, I don't know: it took me most of the afternoon. Fortunately, everything survived the onward journey ...

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