350px, Location of Eight Northern Pueblos and neighboring pueblos in New Mexico
The Eight Northern Pueblos of
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
are
Taos,
Picuris,
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 ...
(formerly San Juan),
Santa Clara,
San Ildefonso,
Nambé,
Pojoaque, and
Tesuque.
Taos and Picuris are
Tiwa-speaking
pueblo
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 ...
s; the rest speak
Tewa
The Tewa are a linguistic group of Pueblo people, Pueblo Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans who speak the Tewa language and share the Pueblo culture. Their homelands are on or near the Rio Grande in New Mexico north of San ...
. Tiwa and Tewa are closely related languages of the
Tanoan language family.
These pueblos make up the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, which sponsors events and advocates for the legal interests of associated pueblos. The capital of the Eight Northern Pueblos is located in
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. Ohkay Owingeh was formerly known as San Juan, but reverted to its original Tewa name in 2005.
See also
*
List of dwellings of Pueblo peoples
References
External links
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Website
Cultural lists
Native American tribes in New Mexico
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