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The Pueblo of Acoma (Western Keres: Áakʼu) is an Indian reservation of the Acoma Pueblo peoples located in parts of Cibola, Socorro, and Catron counties, in New Mexico, the Southwestern United States. It covers 594.996 sq mi (1,541.033 km 2).
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 ...
Acoma Pueblo (/ ˈ æ k ə m ə / AK-ə-mə, Western Keres: Áakʼu) is a Native American pueblo approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. Four communities make up the village of Acoma Pueblo: Sky City (Old Acoma), Acomita, Anzac, and McCartys .
Acomita Lake is located in northeastern Cibola County along the northern edge of the Acoma Indian Reservation. Interstate 40 runs past the northern side of the community, with access from exits 96 and 100.
There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [1] Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.
It occupies the northeastern corner of the Acoma Pueblo land and is situated on the north side of the Rio San Jose and south of Interstate 40. Two I-40 exits (100 and 102) serve the North Acomita area.
Skyline-Ganipa is located in northern Cibola County within the lands of Acoma Pueblo.It occupies elevated land south of the valley of the Rio San Jose. By road, it is approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Interstate 40; Grants, the county seat, is 17 miles (27 km) to the northwest.
North Acomita Village is directly to the north on Indian Service Route 30. Exit 102 on Interstate 40 at Sky City Casino is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north of South Acomita. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.4 km 2 ), all land.