The 'Acoma Indian Reservation' is located in parts of
Cibola,
Socorro, and
Catron counties,
New Mexico,
USA, and covers 1,541.033 km² (594.996 sq mi). 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
2000 census.
The
Acoma Pueblo is the heart of the reservation and is regarded as the oldest continuously inhabited place in the
United States.
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Communities
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Acomita Lake
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North Acomita Village
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Skyline-Ganipa
See also
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List of Indian reservations in the United States
External links
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Acoma History
References
1. Indian givers: how the Indians of the Americas transformed the world, Weatherford, J. McIver, , , Fawcett Columbine, 1988,
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Acoma Pueblo and Off-Reservation Trust Land, New Mexico United States Census Bureau