Pueblo refers to the settlements of the

Pueblo peoples The Pueblo peoples are Native Americans in the Southwestern United States who share common agricultural, material, and religious practices. Among the currently inhabited Pueblos, Taos, San Ildefonso, Acoma, Zuni, and Hopi are some of the ...

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in the

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, currently in

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, and

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. The permanent communities, including some of the oldest continually occupied settlements in the United States, are called pueblos (lowercased). Spanish explorers of northern

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used the term ''pueblo'' to refer to permanent Indigenous towns they found in the region, mainly in

and parts of

, in the former province of Nuevo México. This term continued to be used to describe the communities housed in apartment structures built of stone,

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, and other local material. The structures were usually multistoried buildings surrounding an open plaza. Many rooms were accessible only through ladders raised and lowered by the inhabitants, thus protecting them from break-ins and unwanted guests. Larger pueblos are occupied by hundreds to thousands of

Puebloan The Pueblo peoples are Native Americans in the Southwestern United States who share common agricultural, material, and religious practices. Among the currently inhabited Pueblos, Taos, San Ildefonso, Acoma, Zuni, and Hopi are some of the ...

people. Several

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have historically resided in pueblos of such design. Later

Pueblo Deco Pueblo refers to the settlements of the Pueblo peoples, Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, currently in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The permanent communities, including some of the oldest continually occupied settlemen ...

and modern

Pueblo Revival architecture The Pueblo Revival style or Santa Fe style is a regional architectural style of the Southwestern United States, which draws its inspiration from Santa Fe de Nuevo México's traditional Pueblo architecture, the Spanish missions in New Mexico, S ...

, which mixes elements of traditional Pueblo and

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design, has continued to be a popular architectural style in

, expanding to surrounding states over time. The term is part of the official name of some historical sites, such as

Pueblo of Acoma Acoma Pueblo ( , ) is a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American pueblo approximately west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. Four communities make up the village of Acoma Pueblo: Sky City (Old Acoma), Acomita, Anzac, ...

Etymology and usage

The word is the Spanish word both for "town" or "village" and for "people". It comes from the Latin root word meaning "people". Spanish colonials applied the term to their own civic settlements, but to only those Native American settlements having fixed locations and permanent buildings. In the

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of New Mexico, specifically in the region between Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, the word "pueblo" defines a "distinct cultural group in the Southwestern United States" and their villages. The Holmes Museum of Anthropology defines this specific group as a "common culture with individual variances

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connects them. Less-permanent Native settlements (such as those found in California) were often referred to as ''rancherías'', however, the oldest area of

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was known as ''El Pueblo de Nuestra Señorala Reina de los Ángeles del Rio de Porciúncula'' or El Pueblo de Los Angeles for short.

Pueblo tribes

Of the federally recognized Native American communities in the Southwest, those designated by the

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as pueblo at the time Spain ceded territory to the United States, after the American Revolutionary War, are legally recognized as Pueblo by the

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. Some of the pueblos also came under the jurisdiction of the United States, in its view, by its treaty with

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, which had briefly gained rule over territory in the Southwest ceded by Spain after Mexican independence. There are 21 federally recognized Pueblos that are home to

Pueblo people The Pueblo peoples are Native Americans in the Southwestern United States who share common agricultural, material, and religious practices. Among the currently inhabited Pueblos, Taos, San Ildefonso, Acoma, Zuni, and Hopi are some of the ...

s. Their official federal names are as follows: *

Hopi Tribe of Arizona The Hopi are Native Americans who primarily live in northeastern Arizona. The majority are enrolled in the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona; however, some Hopi people are enrolled in the Colorado ...

(

Uto-Aztecan The Uto-Aztecan languages are a family of native American languages, consisting of over thirty languages. Uto-Aztecan languages are found almost entirely in the Western United States and Mexico. The name of the language family reflects the common ...

) *

Ohkay Owingeh Ohkay Owingeh (, ), known by its Spanish name as San Juan Pueblo from 1598 to 2005, is a pueblo in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined that community as a census-designated p ...

, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) *

(

Keresan Keres (), also Keresan (), is a Native American language, spoken by the Keres Pueblo people in New Mexico. Depending on the analysis, Keres is considered a small language family or a language isolate with several dialects. If it is considered a ...

) * Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico (Keresan) *

Pueblo of Isleta Pueblo of Isleta ( , ; ) is an unincorporated community and Tanoan pueblo in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, originally established in the . The Southern Tiwa name of the pueblo is (Shee-eh-whíb-bak) meaning "a knife laid o ...

, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) * Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico (

Kiowa-Tanoan Tanoan ( ), also Kiowa–Tanoan or Tanoan–Kiowa, is a family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples in present-day New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Most of the languages – Tiwa languages, Tiwa (Taos, Picuris, Southern Tiwa), Te ...

) * Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico (Keresan) *

Pueblo of Nambe Pueblo refers to the settlements of the Pueblo peoples, Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, currently in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The permanent communities, including some of the oldest continually occupied settlement ...

, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) * Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) * Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) * Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico (Keresan) * Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) *

Pueblo of Sandia Sandia Pueblo (; Tiwa: Tuf Shur Tia) is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people inhabiting a reservation of the same name in the eastern Rio Grande Rift of central New Mexico. It is one of 19 of New Mexico's Native Americ ...

, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) * Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico (Keresan) * Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) *

Pueblo of Taos Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos-speaking (Tiwa) Native American tribe of Puebloan people. It lies about north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico. The pueblos are one of the oldest continuously inh ...

, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) * Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico (Kiowa-Tanoan) * Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico (Keresan) *

Santo Domingo Pueblo Santo Domingo Pueblo, also known Kewa Pueblo (also spelled Kiua, Eastern Keres , Keres: ''Díiwʾi'', Navajo: ''Tó Hájiiloh'') is a federally recognized tribe of Pueblo people in northern New Mexico. A population of 2,456 (as of 2010) live i ...

(also

Kewa Pueblo Santo Domingo Pueblo, also known Kewa Pueblo (also spelled Kiua, Eastern Keres , Keres: ''Díiwʾi'', Navajo: ''Tó Hájiiloh'') is a federally recognized tribe of Pueblo people in northern New Mexico. A population of 2,456 (as of 2010) live i ...

), New Mexico (Keresan) *

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Ysleta del Sur Pueblo or Tigua Pueblo is a Native American Pueblo and federally recognized tribe in the Ysleta section of El Paso, Texas. Its members are Southern Tiwa people who had been displaced from Spanish New Mexico from 1680 to 1681 duri ...

, Texas (Kiowa-Tanoan) *

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation The Zuni (; formerly spelled ''Zuñi'') are Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley. The Zuni people today are federally recognized as the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and most live in the Pueblo of Z ...

, New Mexico ( Zuni) One

unrecognized tribe These organizations, located within the United States, self-identify as Native American tribes, heritage groups, or descendant communities, but they are not federally recognized or state-recognized as Native American tribes. The U.S. Governmental ...

, the Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe of the Pueblo of San Juan Guadalupe is currently petitioning the US Department of the Interior for federal recognition.

Civic institutions

Each Pueblo is autonomous with its own governmental structure. Several organizations serve to unite the interests of difference Pueblos including the Albuquerque-based

All Pueblo Council of Governors The All Pueblo Council of Governors (formerly the All Indian Pueblo Council) is a non-profit Puebloan leadership organization and political entity. It comprises the 20 Pueblos – 19 across New Mexico and one in Texas and works on legislative, ...

who collectively negotiates for land and water rights and advocates for Pueblo interests with the state and federal government. The interests of

Eight Northern Pueblos 350px, Location of Eight Northern Pueblos and neighboring pueblos in New Mexico The Eight Northern Pueblos of New Mexico are Taos, Picuris, Ohkay Owingeh (formerly San Juan), Santa Clara, San Ildefonso, Nambé, Pojoaque, and Tesuque. T ...

are served by the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council based in Ohkay Owingeh (formerly San Juan Pueblo). Cochiti, Jemez, Sandia, Santa Ana, and Zia are served by the Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, a nonprofit organization based in Rio Rancho. The

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, located in Albuquerque, is owned and operated by the 19 Indian Pueblos of New Mexico and dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of Pueblo Indian culture, history, and art. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Ce ...

, founded in 1976 in Albuquerque, educates the public about all Pueblos through art, dance, and educational experiences. The center has a museum that presents Pueblo history and artifacts, and an interactive Pueblo House museum. An archive holds a collection of photographs, books, and tape recordings of oral histories. It also has a café and a restaurant, Indian Pueblo Kitchen, serving

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Historical places

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towns and villages in the Southwest, such as

Acoma Acoma may refer to: * ''Acoma'' (beetle), a scarab beetle genus of subfamily Melolonthinae * Acoma Pueblo, a Native American pueblo * Acoma, Nevada, a ghost town * Acoma Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, US * , more than one ship of the US Navy ...

, were located in defensible positions, for example, on high steep

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s and official documents often refer to ancient residents of the area as pueblo cultures. For example, the

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states, "The Late Puebloan cultures built the large, integrated villages found by the Spaniards when they began to move into the area." The people of some pueblos, such as

Taos Pueblo Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos language, Taos-speaking (Tiwa languages, Tiwa) Native American tribe of Puebloan peoples, Puebloan people. It lies about north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico. T ...

, still inhabit centuries-old adobe pueblo buildings.Gibson, Daniel (2001) ''Pueblos of the Rio Grande: A Visitor's Guide'', Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, Arizona, p. 78, Contemporary residents often maintain other homes outside the historic pueblos. Adobe and light construction methods resembling adobe now dominate architecture at the many pueblos of the area, in nearby towns or cities, and in much of the

American Southwest The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural list of regions of the United States, region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacen ...

.Paradis, Thomas W. (2003) ''Pueblo Revival Architecture''
, Northern Arizona University In addition to contemporary pueblos, numerous

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archeological Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology ...

interest are located throughout the Southwest. Some are of relatively recent origin. Others are of prehistoric origin, such as the

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s and other habitations of the

Ancestral Puebloans The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as Ancestral Pueblo peoples or the Basketmaker-Pueblo culture, were an ancient Native American culture of Pueblo peoples spanning the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southe ...

, who emerged as a people around the 12th century BCE and began to construct their pueblos about 750–900 CE.Hewit "Puebloan History"
, University of Northern ColoradoGibson, Daniel (2001) "Pueblo History", in ''Pueblos of the Rio Grande: A Visitor's Guide'', Tucson, Arizona: Rio Nuevo Publishers, pp. 3–4,

Feast days

Many pueblos participate in

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between Indigenous Pueblo religion and Roman Catholicism. The pueblos welcome outsiders to participate in feast days, in which the Pueblo communities hold seasonal ceremonial dances, and certain households volunteer to feed visitors meals. Photography is forbidden. Visitors are advised to confirm events in advance with the Pueblos. Dances include the antelope, bow-and-arrow, Comanche, corn, basket, buffalo, deer, harvest,

Matachines Matachines ( Spanish singular ''matachín''; sword dancers dressed in ritual attire called bouffon) are a carnivalesque dance troupe that emerged in Spain in the early 17th century inspired by similar European traditions such as the moresca. T ...

, and turtle dances. ;January * 1: Transer of Canes: dances at most pueblos * 6: King's Day Celebration: Nambé, Picuris, Sandia, Santa Ana, Santo Domingo, Taos * 22–23: St: Ildephonsus feast: San Ildefonso * 25: Picuris, San Ildefonso ;February * 1st or 2nd weekend: Governor's Feast: Old Acoma, Ohkay Owingeh * 2nd weekend: Caldelaria Day: Picuris, San Felipe ;March * 19:

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feast: Laguna ;April * Easter weekend: most pueblos * Easter Sunday: Jemez, Nambé, Santo Domingo, San Ildefonso, Zia ; May * May 1: St. Philip Feast: San Felipe * May 3:

Feast of the Cross The Feast of the Holy Cross, or Feast of the Cross, commemorates True Cross, the cross used in the crucifixion of Jesus. In the Christianity, Christian liturgical calendar, there are several different celebrations which honor and celebrate the ...

: Taos * First Sunday: Santa Maria Feast: Acoma ; June * First Sunday of the month: Blessing of the fields: Tesuque * 13:

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feast: Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris, Sandia, Santa Clara, Taos * 13: Ysleta del Sur * 24:

St John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

feast: Ohkay Owingeh, Taos * 29: San Pedro/

St. Paul Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally ...

feast: Santa Ana, Santo Domingo ; July * 14:

St. Bonaventure Bonaventure ( ; ; ; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher. The seventh Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, he also serv ...

feast: Cochiti * 25:

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

feast: Taos * 26:

St. Anne According to apocrypha, as well as Christian and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary, the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the Bible's canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's na ...

feast: Laguna, Santa Ana, Taos * 28: Peoples' Day: Pojoaque, Santa Ana ;August * 2: San Persingula feast: Jemez * 4:

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feast: Santo Domingo * 9:

San Lorenzo San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to: Places Argentina * San Lorenzo, Santa Fe * San Lorenzo Department, Chaco * Villa San Lorenzo, town and municipality in Salta P ...

feast: Picuris * 10:

Pueblo Revolt The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé, Popé's Rebellion or Po'pay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the Indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish Empire, Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger t ...

anniversary and

feast: Acoma, Picuris * 12: Santa Clara feast: Santa Clara * 15:

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feast: Laguna, Zia * 28: San Augustine feast: Isleta ;September * 2: San Estevan feast: Acoma * 4: San Augustine feast: Isleta * 8:

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feast: Laguna, San Ildefonso * 14: Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo * 19:

feast: Laguna * 25: St. Elizabeth feast: Laguna * 29: San Geronimo Eve feast: Taos * 30:

San Geronimo San Geronimo or San Gerónimo may refer to: Places Argentina * San Gerónimo, San Luis, a village in central Argentina Bolivia * San Geronimo River Chile * San Gerónimo Aerodrome, an airport near Algarrobo, Valparaiso Dominican Republic * ...

feast: Taos ; October * 4: St. Francis of Assisi feast: Nambé * 17: St. Margaret Mary feast: Laguna * 24–27: Laguna ; November * 12:

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feast: Jemez, Tesuque * Thanksgiving Weekend: Acoma * Thanksgiving Day: Christmas light parade: Zuni ; December * 11:

Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe (), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with four Marian apparitions to Juan Diego and one to his uncle, Juan Bernardino reported in December 1531, when the ...

feast: Pojoaque * 12:

Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe (), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with four Marian apparitions to Juan Diego and one to his uncle, Juan Bernardino reported in December 1531, when t ...

feast: Jemez, Pojoaque, Santa Clara, Tesuque * 24: Christmas Eve celebration: Acoma, Laguna Nambé, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Taos, Tesuque * 25: Christmas Day: Cochiti, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris, Santo Domingo, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, Zia * 25–27: Cochiti, Laguna * 26: Ohkay Owingeh * 26–28: Christmas dances at most pueblos * 28:

Holy Innocents Day The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a story recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew ( 2:16– 18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and u ...

: Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris

References

External links

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