San Juan Pueblo

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San Juan Pueblo, now known as Ohkay Owingeh, is a Tewa-speaking Native American pueblo in northern New Mexico that serves as a historic cultural and political center for its people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American settlement
Pueblo
census-designated place
historic place
borderedBy Rio Grande floodplain
country United States of America
culturalRegion Northern Rio Grande Pueblos NERFINISHED
demographicGroup Tewa-speaking population
ethnicGroup Tewa people NERFINISHED
formerName San Juan Pueblo NERFINISHED
governedBy tribal council
hasAlternativeName Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo NERFINISHED
San Juan de los Caballeros (historic Spanish name) NERFINISHED
hasClimate semi-arid climate
hasCulturalPractice Pueblo dances
traditional farming
traditional pottery
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
arts and crafts
tourism
hasFunction cultural center for Tewa people
political center for Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
hasHeritageStatus historic Native American community
hasHistoricRole center of Tewa resistance and survival
early Spanish colonial mission site
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly Native American
hasTraditionalGovernment Pueblo council and religious leadership
hasTransportationAccess U.S. Route 84/285 nearby
isSeatOf Ohkay Owingeh tribal government NERFINISHED
languageFamily Tanoan languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn New Mexico
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
locatedInCulturalRegion Puebloan Southwest
locatedInRegion northern New Mexico
locatedNear Espanola, New Mexico NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Rio Grande NERFINISHED
namedAfter John the Baptist NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Tewa NERFINISHED
officialName Ohkay Owingeh NERFINISHED
partOf Eight Northern Pueblos of New Mexico NERFINISHED
recognizedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
religion Puebloan traditional religion
Roman Catholicism
sovereigntyType federally recognized tribe land
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
tribalAffiliation Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo tribe NERFINISHED

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Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo formerName San Juan Pueblo
Espanola hasNearbyPueblo San Juan Pueblo
subject surface form: Española, New Mexico
this entity surface form: San Juan Pueblo (former name of Ohkay Owingeh)
Tewa spokenIn San Juan Pueblo