Everything about Pueblo totally explained
Pueblos are traditional communities of
Native Americans in the southwestern
United States of America. The communities are recognized worldwide for
adobe buildings, which are sometimes called "pueblos," although some pueblos only have a few of these buildings still standing.
Etymology and usage
The Castilian word
pueblo, evolved from the Latin word
populus ("people"), means "village".
Of the federally recognized Native American communities in the Southwest, those designated by the
King of Spain as Pueblos at the time treaties ceded Spanish territory to the United States are now legally recognized by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs as Pueblos. Some of the Pueblos also came into the
United States by treaty with
Mexico, which briefly gained jurisdiction over territory in the Southwest ceded by
Spain. There are 21 federally recognized Pueblos that are home to
Pueblo people. As listed by their official federal names:
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Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico
Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico
Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico
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Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico
Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico
Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
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Historic places
Pre-Columbian towns and villages, which of course were not yet called pueblos, were located in defensive positions, for example, on high steep
mesas such as
Acoma. Anthropologists and official documents often refer to earlier residents of the area as pueblo cultures. For example, the National Park Service 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, still inhabit centuries old adobe pueblo buildings. Residents often maintain other homes outside the historic pueblos.
In addition to the contemporary pueblos there are numerous
ruins of
archeological interest throughout the Southwest, some of relatively recent origin, others of prehistoric origin such as the
cliff dwellings and other
habitations of the
Ancient Pueblo Peoples or Anasazi.
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