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The '''Acoma Indian Reservation''' is located in parts of [[Cibola County, New Mexico|Cibola]], [[Socorro County, New Mexico|Socorro]], and [[Catron County, New Mexico|Catron]] counties, [[New Mexico]], [[USA]], and covers 594.996 sq mi (1,541.033 km²). The number of tribal members is about 6000. The reservation borders the [[Laguna Indian Reservation]] to the east and is near [[El Malpais National Monument]] due west. A total of 2,802 people were living on the reservation's lands, as reported in the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]].
The '''Acoma Indian Reservation''' of the [[Acoma Pueblo|Acoma Pueblo peoples]] is located in parts of [[Cibola County, New Mexico|Cibola]], [[Socorro County, New Mexico|Socorro]], and [[Catron County, New Mexico|Catron]] counties, in [[New Mexico]], the [[Southwestern United States]]. It covers 594.996 sq mi (1,541.033 km²). The reservation borders the [[Laguna Pueblo|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. 2,802 people were living on the reservation's lands, as reported in the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]].

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The [[Acoma Pueblo]] is the heart of the reservation and is held as one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the [[United States]].<ref name="isbn0-449-90496-2">{{cite book |author=Weatherford, J. McIver |title=Indian givers: how the Indians of the Americas transformed the world |publisher=Fawcett Columbine |location=New York |year=1988 |isbn=0-449-90496-2 |oclc= |doi= |page=225}}</ref>
The [[Acoma Pueblo]] is the heart of the reservation and is held as one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the [[United States]].<ref name="isbn0-449-90496-2">{{cite book |author=Weatherford, J. McIver |title=Indian givers: how the Indians of the Americas transformed the world |publisher=Fawcett Columbine |location=New York |year=1988 |isbn=0-449-90496-2 |oclc= |doi= |page=225}}</ref>


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==See also==
==See also==
* [[:Category:American Indian reservations in New Mexico|American Indian reservations in New Mexico]]
* [[List of Indian reservations in the United States]]
* [[List of Indian reservations in the United States]]


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Revision as of 02:20, 14 April 2014

Houses at Acoma Pueblo, 1941. Photo by Ansel Adams

The Acoma Indian Reservation of the Acoma Pueblo peoples is 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. 2,802 people were living on the reservation's lands, as reported in the 2000 census.

Acoma Pueblo

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

Communities

See also

References

  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.