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Acoma Indian Reservation

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Acoma Indian Reservation
Áakʼu (Western Keres)
Indian Reservation
Houses at Acoma Pueblo, 1941
Houses at Acoma Pueblo, 1941. Photo by Ansel Adams
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Location of Acoma Indian Reservation
Location of Acoma Indian Reservation
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico

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 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

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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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References

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  1. ^ Weatherford, J. McIver (1988). Indian givers: how the Indians of the Americas transformed the world. New York: Fawcett Columbine. p. 225. ISBN 0-449-90496-2.
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