Zuni Pueblo Will Not Compromise on Protecting Vital Salt Lake

August, 2001

As they have for many centuries, the people from the Pueblo Nations of

Zuni, Hopi, Acoma, and Laguna, and the people from the Mescalero Apache
Nation and the Ramah Navajo Nation, still walk the ancient foot trails to
gather salt at Zuni Salt Lake for religious purposes. The Salt Lake and
the surrounding area is of central religious importance in the lives of
the Zuni and other tribal people of the area. According to the Zunis, the
salt is the flesh of Salt Mother, a deity who resides at Zuni Salt Lake.
"It is one of our most significant sacred sites, the Zuni Salt Lake, "
explained Governor Bowekaty.
 The Salt Lake is fed mostly from underground.

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Riding in on the Waves at Midnight

August, 2001

San Diego, California

The annual Grunion Festival was held on a typical warm sunny day in July at Pacific Beach. Organizers and performers from the Juaneno Band of Mission Indians Acjachemem Nation and the Kumeyaay Nation organized a wonderful afternoon. People from near and far, gathered for the annual Grunion Festival, which is a revival of a tradition of the Southern California Indians. "Today is the event that brings the ocean, the desert and the mountain people together," said Joyce Perry, "a social event for the indigenous people and an educational event for the non-indigenous people. This is Abel's vision. He has been doing this for a long time.
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