Zuni

The Zuni were Pueblo farming communities in the Zuni River valley of western New Mexico. In the 14th century they lived in large villages including Hawikuh, later associated by Spanish explorers with the legendary cities of Cibola.

In 1540 Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expedition captured Hawikuh after fighting Zuni warriors. The Zuni destroyed a Spanish mission there in 1632, and abandoned the village after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.