Acoma Indian Reservation Explained

Acoma Indian Reservation
Settlement Type:Indian Reservation
Image Alt:Houses at Acoma Pueblo, 1941
Map Alt:Location of Acoma Indian Reservation
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:New Mexico
Unit Pref:US
Population Density Sq Mi:auto

The Pueblo of Acoma (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 km2). The reservation borders the Laguna Indian Reservation to the east and is near El Malpais National Monument due west.

The total number of tribal members is about 6,000. 3,230 people were living on the reservation's lands, as reported in the 2020 census.

Acoma Pueblo

See main article: Acoma Pueblo.

The Acoma Pueblo (Sky City) is the heart of the reservation and is held as one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the United States.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Weatherford, J. McIver . J. McIver Weatherford . Indian givers: how the Indians of the Americas transformed the world . Fawcett Columbine . New York . 1988 . 0-449-90496-2 . 225 . registration .