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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