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A New Mexico lake is the home of Salt Mother

By The Salt AlmanacPublished November 8, 2026

Black-and-white photograph of a shallow lake in a desert crater, with salt flats along the shore
Zuni Salt Lake in an undated U.S. government photograph. Its original caption notes that one to two million pounds of salt were removed each year.U.S. National Archives. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Image source

Zuni Salt Lake is sacred to the Zuni and other Pueblo peoples, who have gathered salt there for centuries. Its salt is described as the flesh of Salt Mother. In 2003 the Zuni defeated a coal mine that threatened the lake.

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Original sources

  1. Wikipedia. Zuni Salt Lake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuni_Salt_Lake
  2. Sierra Club. Zuni Salt Lake victory (2003). https://vault.sierraclub.org/planet/200307/zuni.asp