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The Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico (Western Keres: Kawaika [kʰɑwɑjkʰɑ]) is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, near the city of Albuquerque, in the United States.
At Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, voting has provided Native Americans with a path to power amid the political rise of pueblo member Deb Haaland. She became one of the first two Native American ...
It chronicles the Laguna Pueblo tribe of New Mexico in their 2004 groundbreaking voter registration drive and the challenges they faced once Laguna voters arrived at the polls. The film also shows the Sacred Alliance for Grassroots Equality's (SAGE) fight to preserve parts of the sacred Petroglyph National Monument .
San Ildefonso Pueblo: Tewa: Pʼohwhogeh Ówîngeh 1,752 28,179 Santa Fe: One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. Santa Ana Pueblo: Keres: Tamaya 621 — Sandoval: Santa Clara Pueblo: Tewa: Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh 11,021 53,437 Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe: Includes the Santa Clara Pueblo, one of the Eight Northern Pueblos. Taos Pueblo: Tiwa ...
American politician Deb Haaland is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna and a 35th-generation New Mexican. Currently, she's the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior and the first Native ...
The Pueblo Revolt that started in 1680 was the first led by a Native American group to successfully expel colonists from North America for a considerable number of years. It followed the successful Tiguex War led by Tiwas against the Coronado Expedition in 1540–41, which temporarily halted Spanish advances in present-day New Mexico.
It was dated Oct. 10, 1945, nearly a year after her son, Frank, a member of Laguna Pueblo, lost his life when a Japanese ship carrying 1,781 American prisoners was torpedoed on Oct. 24, 1944, by a ...
Paula Gunn Allen (October 24, 1939 – May 29, 2008) was an American poet, literary critic, activist, [1] professor, and novelist.Of mixed-race European-American, Arab-American, and Native American descent, she identified with her mother's people, the Laguna Pueblo. [2]