Acoma Pueblo

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Acoma Pueblo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited Native American settlements in the United States, renowned for its mesa-top village "Sky City" and rich Puebloan cultural heritage in western New Mexico.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American community
Puebloan settlement
Spanish colonial mission church
census-designated place
historic district
mesa-top village
continuity continuously inhabited for many centuries
country United States
culturalPractice feast day celebrations
pottery making
traditional dances
weaving
distanceFromAlbuquerque approximately 60 miles west
elevation approximately 2,134 meters
approximately 7,000 feet
ethnicGroup Acoma people
geography situated on a sandstone mesa
surrounded by high desert landscape
governedBy Acoma Pueblo tribal government
hasBuilding San Esteban del Rey Mission Church
hasMuseum Sky City Cultural Center and Haak’u Museum
hasPart Sky City
heritage Puebloan
historicPeriod pre-Columbian settlement
knownFor Puebloan cultural heritage
adobe and sandstone architecture
being one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States
traditional ceremonies
traditional pottery
language Acoma Keres
languageFamily Keresan languages
locatedIn Acoma Pueblo
Acoma Pueblo
Acoma Pueblo
Cibola County NERFINISHED
New Mexico
locatedInRegion western New Mexico
nativeName Haak’u
near Albuquerque NERFINISHED
NRHPStatus listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
offers guided tours of Sky City
partOf Acoma Indian Reservation
populationCharacteristic small rural population
recognizedAs National Historic Landmark
religion Puebloan traditional religion
Roman Catholicism
tourism major cultural tourism destination in New Mexico
transportAccess accessible via Interstate 40
tribalAffiliation Acoma Pueblo tribe
UNESCOTentativeListStatus on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List


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