Reservations and Pueblos
This is a list of Indian reservations and Pueblos in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
This is a list of Indian reservations and Pueblos in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
| Official Name | Ethnicity | Endonym | Pop. (2010) [1] | Area (Acres) [2] | County(s) | Notes |
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| Acoma Pueblo | Keres | Áakʼu | 3,011 | 378,262 | Cibola, Socorro, Catron | Includes the Acoma Pueblo. |
| Cochiti Pueblo | Keres | Kotyit | 1,727 | 50,681 | Sandoval | |
| Fort Sill Apache Reservation | Apache | — | 650 | 30 | Luna | Tribal jurisdiction area in Oklahoma but won rights to reservation in New Mexico in 2011. Members are from the Chiricahua. |
| Pueblo of Isleta | Tiwa | Shiewhibak | 3,400 | 301,102 | Bernalillo | |
| Jemez Pueblo | Jemez | Walatowa | 1,815 | 89,619 | Sandoval | |
| Jicarilla Apache Nation | Apache | Jicarilla Dindéi | 3,254 | 879,917 | Rio Arriba | |
| Santo Domingo (Kewa) Pueblo | Keres | Kewa / Díiwʾi | 3,255 | — | Sandoval | |
| Laguna Pueblo | Keres | Kawaika | 4,043 | 495,442 | Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Valencia | |
| Mescalero Apache Reservation | Apache | Naa'dahéõdé | 3,613 | 460,769 | Lincoln, Otero | |
| Nambe Pueblo | Tewa | Nambé Oweengé | 1,611 | 19,093 | Santa Fe | One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. |
| Navajo Nation | Navajo (Diné) | Naabeehó Bináhásdzo | 65,764 | — | Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley San Juan, Socorro | Includes Alamo, Ramah and Tohajiilee Reservations. Main reservation extends into Arizona (Apache, Coconino, Navajo) and Utah (San Juan) |
| Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo | Tewa | Ohkwee Ówîngeh | 6,309 | 12,236 | Rio Arriba | One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. |
| Picuris Pueblo | Tiwa | P'įwweltha | 1,886 | 15,034 | Taos | One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. |
| Pojoaque Pueblo | Tewa | Pʼohsųwæ̨geh Ówîngeh | 3,316 | 12,004 | Santa Fe | One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. |
| Sandia Pueblo | Tiwa | Tuf Shur Tia | 4,965 | 22,890 | Bernalillo, Sandoval | |
| San Felipe Pueblo | Keres | Katishtya | 3,536 | 48,929 | Sandoval | |
| San Ildefonso Pueblo | Tewa | Pʼohwhogeh Ówîngeh | 1,752 | 28,179 | Santa Fe | One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. |
| Santa Ana Pueblo | Keres | Tamaya | 621 | — | Sandoval | |
| Santa Clara Pueblo | Tewa | Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh | 11,021 | 53,437 | Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | Includes the Santa Clara Pueblo, one of the Eight Northern Pueblos. |
| Taos Pueblo | Tiwa | Tə̂otho | 4,384 | 96,106 | Taos | One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. |
| Tesuque Pueblo | Tewa | Tetsʼúgéh Ówîngeh | 841 | — | Santa Fe | One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. |
| Tortugas Pueblo | Piro/Manso/Tiwa | — | — | — | Doña Ana | Not a federally recognized reservation but is a pueblo built on land given to the Piro/Manso/Tiwa tribe in 1852. |
| Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation around 2,000 population | Ute | Wʉgama Núuchi | — | — | San Juan | Reservation is primarily located in Colorado (La Plata, Montezuma). |
| Zia Pueblo | Zia | Tsi'ya | 737 | 121,613 | Sandoval | |
| Zuni Indian Reservation | Zuni | A:shiwi | 7,891 | 588,093 | Catron, Cibola, McKinley | Includes the Zuni Pueblo. with portions extending into eastern Arizona. |
The Puebloans or Pueblo peoples, are Native Americans in the Southwestern United States who share common agricultural, material, and religious practices. Pueblo, which means "village" in Spanish, was a term originating with the Colonial Spanish, who used it to refer to the people's particular style of dwelling.
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Jicarilla Apache, one of several loosely organized autonomous bands of the Eastern Apache, refers to the members of the Jicarilla Apache Nation currently living in New Mexico and speaking a Southern Athabaskan language. The term jicarilla comes from Mexican Spanish meaning "little basket", referring to the small sealed baskets they used as drinking vessels. To neighboring Apache bands, such as the Mescalero and Lipan, they were known as Kinya-Inde.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service. Located in northeastern Arizona, it is within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lies in the Four Corners region. Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, it preserves ruins of the indigenous tribes that lived in the area, from the Ancestral Puebloans to the Navajo. The monument covers 83,840 acres and encompasses the floors and rims of the three major canyons: de Chelly, del Muerto, and Monument. These canyons were cut by streams with headwaters in the Chuska Mountains just to the east of the monument. None of the land is federally owned. Canyon de Chelly is one of the most visited national monuments in the United States.
Navajo National Monument is a National Monument located within the northwest portion of the Navajo Nation territory in northern Arizona, which was established to preserve three well-preserved cliff dwellings of the Ancestral Puebloan people: Keet Seel, Betatakin, and Inscription House. The monument is high on the Shonto plateau, overlooking the Tsegi Canyon system, west of Kayenta, Arizona. It features a visitor center with a museum, three short self-guided trails, two small campgrounds, and a picnic area.
The Puye Cliff Dwellings are the ruins of an abandoned pueblo, located in Santa Clara Canyon on Santa Clara Pueblo land near Española, New Mexico. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
The Manitou Cliff Dwellings are a privately-owned tourist attraction consisting of replica Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and interpretive exhibits located just west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on U.S. Highway 24 in Manitou Springs.
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The Zia or Tsʾíiyʾamʾé are an indigenous nation centered at Zia Pueblo (Tsi'ya), an Native American reservation in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The Zia are known for their pottery and use of the sun symbol. They are one of the Keres Pueblo peoples and speak the Eastern Keres language.
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The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado. They are believed to have developed, at least in part, from the Oshara Tradition, which developed from the Picosa culture. The people and their archaeological culture are often referred to as Anasazi, meaning "ancient enemies", as they were called by Navajo. Contemporary Puebloans object to the use of this term, with some viewing it as derogatory.
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