The Zuni Indians were and are a group of Indians from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They appear to have lived in this area for nearly 4,000 years, and perhaps longer if their ancestors can be traced back, as they seem to believe, to the Mogollon group of Native Americans who developed from the first prehistoric inhabitants of that area of ​​America. The name Mogollon comes from the Mogollon mountain range named by early Spanish explorers in the early 1500s as Coronado. There is also a good chance that they can trace their existence to the Anasazi culture around the same time as the Mogollon peoples. Coronado was greatly impressed by the progress of Zuni culture and villages, so much so that he called them the "Seven Cities of Cibola" and firmly believed that their streets were paved with gold and jewels. Onate visited their villages in 1598 and discovered that these people were quite industrious and had built a culture based on the cultivation of the land. Spanish priests eventually arrived at the Pueblo and began establishing churches and trying to convert the Zuni to Catholicism. The Zuni practiced the Catholic faith to a small extent to please their Spanish superiors, but this did not prevent them from carrying out practices and rituals of their faith as usual within their own environments in their pueblos. The Zuni did not like the Spanish pushing their practices and religion on them and over time they would build up such resentment that other actions would be necessary. The Zuni even today practice their own unique religion with its unique dance program. Religious worship and holidays are what life revolves around in Zuni culture and could be said to be quite inseparable. The Zuni New Year begins on the winter solstice like many other pagan holidays and is celebrated over four days