Native Americans

Santa Clara Pueblo (Native Americans of the Southwest)

The Tewa name for Santa Clara Pueblo is Capo, variously translated. The word "pueblo" comes from the Spanish for "village." It refers both to a certain style of Southwest Indian architecture, characterized by multistory, apartmentlike buildings made of adobe, and to the people themselves. Rio Grande pueblos are known as eastern Pueblos; Zuni, Hopi, and […]

Santo Domingo Pueblo (Native Americans of the Southwest)

The Santo Domingo people call their pueblo Kiuw. The word "pueblo" comes from the Spanish for "village." It refers both to a certain style of Southwest Indian architecture, characterized by multistory, apartment like buildings made of adobe, and to the people themselves. Rio Grande pueblos are known as eastern Pueblos; Zuni, Hopi, and sometimes Acoma […]

Taos Pueblo (Native Americans of the Southwest)

Also known as San Geronimo deTaos. Taos OTa 6s) is from a Tiwa word meaning "in the village." The word "pueblo" comes from the Spanish for "village." It refers both to a certain style of Southwest Indian architecture, characterized by multistory, apartmentlike buildings made of adobe, and to the people themselves. Rio Grande pueblos are […]

Tesuque Pueblo (Native Americans of the Southwest)

Tesuque is a Hispanicization of the Tewa word tecuge, which means "structure at a narrow place" or "dry, spotted place." The word "pueblo" comes from the Spanish for "village." It refers both to a certain style of Southwest Indian architecture, characterized by multistory, apartmentlike buildings made of adobe, and to the people themselves. Rio Grande […]

Tigua (Native Americans of the Southwest)

This tribe lives on Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, "Isleta of the South," a reference to the ancestral Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico. The Pueblo was formerly known as Reservation. The word "pueblo" comes from the Spanish for "village." It refers both to a certain style of Southwest Indian architecture, characterized by multistory, apartmentlike buildings made […]

Tohono O’odham (Native Americans of the Southwest)

Tohono O’odham are also known as Papago or Desert People. The name Papago is derived from the Pima word Papahvio-Otam, meaning "bean people." They are also known as Two Villagers, owing to their traditional migration patterns (see "History" under "Historical Information"). They, along with the Pima (Akimel O’odham, or River People, also known as One […]

Yaqui (Native Americans of the Southwest)

Yaqui is a name established by Jesuit missionaries in the early seventeenth century. It was taken from the name of a nearby river. The traditional Yaqui name for themselves is Yoeme. Location The Yaqui originated in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. They have lived in southern and southwest Arizona from the late nineteenth century. […]

Yavapai (Native Americans of the Southwest)

Yavapai from the Mojave Enyaeva Pai, "People of the Sun." They are sometimes confused with the Apaches, as a result of their long association together, and are occasionally (and erroneously) referred to as Mojave Apaches or Yuma Apaches. Location Traditionally, the Yavapai controlled roughly 10 million acres in present-day west-central Arizona. This transitional area between […]

Zia Pueblo (Native Americans of the Southwest)

Zia from the Spanish spelling of its Keresan name. The word "pueblo" comes from the Spanish for "village." It refers both to a certain style of Southwest Indian architecture, characterized by multistory, apartment like buildings made of adobe, and to the people themselves. Rio Grande pueblos are known as eastern Pueblos; Zuni, Hopi, and sometimes […]

Zuni (Native Americans of the Southwest)

Zuni from the Spanish, is the name of both a people and a pueblo. This Pueblo’s original name was Ashiwi, which might have meant "the flesh." Location Zuni consisted of six pueblos along the north bank of the upper Zuni River, in western New Mexico, at least 800 years ago. It is presently in the […]

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