Yep, bragging rights. The Hopi on Second Mesa will tell you the same
thing. They are all distant relatives of the Clovis people from 40,000 years
ago. Taking the walking tour through Sky City (the Acoma pueblo) is even more
revealing.
>
>Chris, I'm just repeating what I was told. I'll let the various Pueblos
>work out who is oldest among themselves. Regardless, it was fascinating
>to see such a place. Electricity is not OK there, but propane lamps and
>pickup trucks are. The ancient Earth and nature-based religion and
>Catholicism co-exist. The young people have cell phones. It felt like
>standing on the cusp of ancient and modern, eight toes in the former and
>two toes in the latter. I'm told that many of the residents have
>residences on tribal land just outside the old pueblo, and spend their
>days in the old place and their nights with electricity and indoor plumbing.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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