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The Tiwa or Tigua are a group of related Tanoan Puebloans in New Mexico.They traditionally speak a Tiwa language (although some speakers have switched to Spanish and/or English), and are divided into the two Northern Tiwa groups, in Taos and Picuris, and the Southern Tiwa in Isleta and Sandia, around what is now Albuquerque, and in Ysleta del Sur near El Paso, Texas.
Coronado Historic Site is the Tiwa pueblo of Kuaua and a historic site that is part of the State-governed Museum of New Mexico system. It is located along U.S. Federal Route 550, 1 mile west of Bernalillo and 16 miles north of Albuquerque .
An active pueblo that is home of one of the 21 federally recognized Pueblos. Posege: Taos Ruins Poshuouinge: Tewa: Abiquiu: Ruins of 700-room pueblo Two large courtyards and a kiva can still be seen. Pot Creek Pueblo: Tiwa Talpa: Ruins of 400 ground floor room pueblo Pueblo room and kiva can be seen Puaray: Tiwa Bernalillo Great house
Southern Tiwa is spoken in by around 1,600 people in Isleta Pueblo, Sandia Pueblo, and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (Tigua Pueblo). The remaining two languages form a subgrouping known as Northern Tiwa. Northern Tiwa consists of Taos spoken by 800 people in Taos Pueblo and Picuris spoken by around 220 people in Picuris Pueblo.
The federally recognized tribe of Pueblo people inhabit the community. Picurís Pueblo is a member of the Eight Northern Pueblos. Their own name for their pueblo is P'įwweltha, meaning "mountain warrior place" or "mountain pass place." They speak the Picuris dialect of the Northern Tiwa language, part of the Kiowa-Tanoan language family. [5]
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo or Tigua Pueblo is a Native American Pueblo and federally recognized tribe in the Ysleta section of El Paso, Texas. Its members are Southern Tiwa people who had been displaced from Spanish New Mexico from 1680 to 1681 during the Pueblo Revolt against the Spaniards. The people and language are called Tigua (pronounced tiwa).
Based on the archaeology of the site, they are estimated to have settled here around 1300 AD. By the early 17th century the large pueblo compound had been built. Spanish missionaries were received by the Quarai in 1626, and granted permission to build a mission. Named Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Quarai, it was completed in 1632.
Taos Pueblo: Tiwa: Tə̂otho 4,384 96,106 Taos: One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. Tesuque Pueblo: Tewa: Tetsʼúgéh Ówîngeh 841 — Santa Fe: One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. Tortugas Pueblo: Piro/Manso/Tiwa — — — Doña Ana: Not a federally recognized reservation but is a pueblo built on land given to the Piro/Manso/Tiwa tribe in 1852.