By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint As the modern traveler approaches Zuni Pueblo from the west along State Highway 53, one sees a massive cream-colored mesa as a backdrop for the pueblo itself. This mesa is called Dowa Yalanne, meaning Corn (Dowa) Mountain (Yalanne). The mesa is indicated on maps by several other names, most of which make an attempt to translate Zuni words into something English speakers might possibly pronounce. As early as 1692 Governor don Diego de Vargas Zapata Luján called it the "peñol de Caquima." Kyaki:ma is an ancestral village located at the base of the … Continue reading Dowa Yalanne, or Corn Mountain