Zuni Tribe

The Zuni are an Indian Tribe who resides on the Arizona/New Mexico border, along the Zuni River. Physical evidence of permanent dwellings dates their existence in the region back as far as 700 C.E. Their first encounter with the white man came in 1540 when the Spanish met up with these people. At the time Zuni – who refer to them as Ashiwi – were living in six separate villages. The life for these agricultural people revolves …

…of the men’s societies. He will learn how to take on religious, secular or political duties within that order. I think that the Author in Brave New World used the Zuni Tribe to show the difference between normal living and tradition, and the world that existed with soma involved. Aldous Huxley put the Zuni Tribe in the story so show a since of family and togetherness, which did not exist in a soma world.