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Location of Santa Clara Pueblo Indians of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, making pottery, 1916. The Santa Clara Pueblo (Tewa: Kha'p'oe Ówîngeh) is an Indian reservation in north-central New Mexico, United States.
Jemez Springs is a small town with a population of 198 according to the 2020 census. [23] In the Jemez Pueblo, more than 90% of around 3400 members speak the Towa language. [24] Within this community, all decisions are made by the tribal government, which are heavily influenced by traditional connections to the Jemez land. [24]
The Jemez Historic Site (formerly Jemez State Monument) is a state-operated historic site on New Mexico State Road 4 in Jemez Springs, New Mexico.The site preserves the archaeological remains of the 16th-century Native American Gíusewa Pueblo and the 17th-century Spanish colonial mission called San José de los Jémez.
Chama Valley Independent School District 19 (CVISD), also known as Chama Valley Independent Schools, is a school district headquartered on the property of Escalante Middle/High School in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo in 1896. Ohkay Owingeh (Tewa: Ohkwee Ówîngeh, pronounced [ʔòhkèː ʔówĩ̂ŋgè]), [2] known by its Spanish name as San Juan Pueblo from 1598 to 2005, is a pueblo in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
Like the rest of the Jemez, it is of volcanic origin; it lies on the northeast rim of the Valles Caldera, one of the best examples of a caldera in the United States. The mountain is sacred to many of the Puebloan peoples of New Mexico, who traditionally regarded it as the "center of all." Much of it lies within the territory of the Santa Clara ...
The Valles Caldera (or Jemez Caldera) is a 13.7-mile (22.0 km) wide volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. [1] Hot springs , streams, fumaroles , natural gas seeps, and volcanic domes dot the caldera landscape. [ 4 ]
The county seat was initially sited at San Pedro de Chamita, and shortly afterwards at Los Luceros. In 1860 the seat was moved to Plaza del Alcalde. Since 1880 Tierra Amarilla has been the county seat. [4] The Battle of Embudo Pass took place in the southern part of the county during the Mexican–American War in January 1847.