The following is a list of current pueblos in the upper Rio Grande region of New Mexico, near Albuquerque and Santa Fe, with the tribal group in parentheses (Hopi and Zuni pueblos are discussed separately in this book): Acoma (Keres), Cochiti (Keres), Isleta (Tiwa), Jemez (Towa), Laguna (Keres), Nambe (Tewa), Picuris (Tiwa), Pojoaque (Tewa), Sandia (Tiwa), San Felipe (Keres), San Ildefonso (Tewa), San Juan (Tewa), Santa Ana (Keres), Santa Clara (Tewa), Santo Domingo (Keres), Taos (Tiwa), Tesuque (Tewa), and Zia (Keres).
Pueblo Indian black pottery from San Ildefonso (modern)
The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo within the city limits of El Paso, Texas, has peoples ofTigua (an alternate spelling of Tiwa) ancestry as well as descendants of Apache and other peoples.
The various pueblos are a good place to experience traditional Native America. Some pueblos have buildings
Pueblo Indian jewelry from Santo Domingo (modern)
Dating back centuries. Some tribes encourage tourism and welcome visitors to their seasonal festivals and masked dances. Traditional arts and crafts are practiced, and, from their own homes, tribal members sell pottery, jewelry, drums, kachina dolls, and other artifacts. The way of life varies from pueblo to pueblo of course. Most Pueblo Indians have accepted modern technology in their homes. Others have kept much of their traditional architecture in their ancestral villages—such as at Acoma and Taos, among the oldest continually inhabited villages in North America—building modern homes on surrounding reservation lands. Most pueblos also have centuries-old mission churches with active congregations; many Pueblo Indians leave room in their life for Catholicism as well as their traditional religions. Some pueblos have modern stores, restaurants, and casinos to generate income on reservation lands. The landscape surrounding many of the pueblos is spectacular, with the exposed multicolored rock of mountain, mesa, and canyon. Near some of the pueblos are Anasazi ruins, revealing a continuum of Pueblo culture through the ages. The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, which opened in Albuquerque in 1976, serves as a center of Pueblo cultural life. It includes a museum open to the general public as well as a research center with an archive, and it sponsors educational programs.
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