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
linked to: New Mexico pueblos
demographicGroup Tewa-speaking population
ethnicGroup Tewa people
formerName San Juan Pueblo
governedBy tribal council
hasAlternativeName Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo
San Juan de los Caballeros (historic Spanish name)
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
languageFamily Tanoan languages
locatedIn New Mexico
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
locatedInCulturalRegion Puebloan Southwest
locatedInRegion northern New Mexico
locatedNear Espanola, New Mexico
locatedOnRiver Rio Grande
namedAfter John the Baptist
nativeLanguage Tewa
officialName Ohkay Owingeh
partOf Eight Northern Pueblos of New Mexico
linked to: Keres Pueblos
recognizedBy United States federal government
religion Puebloan traditional religion
Roman Catholicism
sovereigntyType federally recognized tribe land
timeZone Mountain Time Zone
tribalAffiliation Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo tribe

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Española, New Mexico hasNearbyPueblo San Juan Pueblo (former name of Ohkay Owingeh)
subject linked to: Espanola
linked to: San Juan Pueblo
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo formerName San Juan Pueblo
Tewa spokenIn San Juan Pueblo
Tanoan languages spokenAt San Juan Pueblo
Ohkay Owingeh formerName San Juan Pueblo
New Mexico pueblos hasMember San Juan Pueblo
San Juan Pueblo formerName San Juan Pueblo