Ashiwi Country

This article revolves around the geographical and cultural region of the shiwi-na-kwin, the land of the Zuni, aka the Ashiwi people.
== Introduction ==
On the high plateaus of New Mexico, near its western border with Arizona, there is a region long occupied and utilized by the Ashiwi people. The terrain is rolling plains, punctuated by steep-sided mesas. The summers are hot, with winters that reach freezing but seldom see snow. It is a near-desert, raining almost exclusively during the monsoon season in summer.
The ground is cut by the Zuni Rivera tributary of Little Colorado, forming countless arroyossteep-sided riversides, found in arid regions and creek beds. Wherever the ground isn't being cultivated, it's sparsely covered with hardy grasses and low shrubs, with bushy pinyon pines taking root on riversides and the cliffs of mesas.
Ashiwi gardens are described as waffle-like, with low, earthen walls that regulate temperature and ensure a good crop in the sweltering heat. As anywhere else in the world, gardens and farms are typically less than a day's walk from any town.
== Architecture ==
* Multi-story adobe structures, accessed from above, using ladders and trapdoors. Large communal buildings, fireplaces for cold nights, furs and blankets for sleeping. 
* Furnishings do simple jobs, like holding butts. The pretty things of the world belong on pots, woven into cloth, or chipped into jewelry. 
== Food ==
PCs wandering through the harsh desert will be delighted to know that there's Ashiwi folks who grow everything from beans to melons in the desert heat.
== References ==
*Pyramid 3/74: Wild West
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