Day Seven

To day we headed out to the "Sky City" at Acoma Pueblo. What amazing view we were able to see. 

view from the top of "Sky City"

"Gary" our guide showed us all the different aspects of this community. There is no running water or electricity. That is the way they choose to live. 

Gary explaining how the Acoma people live.

These are how many people get into their homes. Every house is occupied by a family. 

There were things for sale around every corner. The Acama people are known for their skills in pottery. BTW this is the Christmas ornament I bought.

We worked our way around the settlement and ended up at an old Spanish Mission which was built in 1629.

Because there is no running water up here there are water basins, which are used to catch and hold the rain water. This water is not drank, but is used for cleaning.

One of three water basin

After our visit to Acoma we went to visit the Zuni. The Zuni people have their own language and culture that is different from the other Native American's in the area. They are very protective of their culture and religion. Our guide who was a female could not give us much information about the religious customs and traditions because in their culture women were not invited into the religion. Like many other Native American's in the region, the Zuni used Kiva's for their center of religion, their meeting place or church.

I do have pictures of my visit to this area, but I had to purchase a Photo Permit to take the pictures. I agreed with the terms of the permit which included not publishing any photographs without permission from the Zuni Tribe.  I will update this page when I acquire the permission.