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Jemez

Prounounced "Hay-mess," or traditionally as "He-mish", the Jemez are a federally recognized American Indian tribe with 3,400 tribal members, most of whom reside in the pueblo village known as Walatowa, a Towa word meaning "this is the place". Oral traditions say their ancestors originated from a place called "Hua-na-tota," which is apparently identical with the Shipapu and Cibobe of other pueblo tribes. They migrated to the "Canon de San Diego Region" from the four-corners area in the late 13th century. By the time of European contact in the year 1541, the Jemez Nation was one of the largest and most powerful of the Puebloan cultures, occupying numerous pueblo villages that were strategically located on the high mountain mesas and the canyons that surround the present Pueblo of Walatowa. Today, it is the last remaining Towa-speaking pueblo, having absorbed the Towa-speaking survivors of Pecos Pueblo when it was abandoned in the 1830's.

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo - Ruins - 5

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo - Ruins - 5

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo Church

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo Church

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo Church - 2

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo Church - 2

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo Ruins

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo Ruins

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo Ruins - 4

Jemez State Monument, NM - Gisewatowa Pueblo Ruins - 4

Jemez State Monument, NM - Kiva

Jemez State Monument, NM - Kiva

Jemez State Monument, NM - Pueblo Ruins

Jemez State Monument, NM - Pueblo Ruins

Jemez State Monument, NM - Pueblo Ruins - 2

Jemez State Monument, NM - Pueblo Ruins - 2

Jemez State Monument, NM - Pueblo Window

Jemez State Monument, NM - Pueblo Window

Pecos National Park, NM - Mission

Pecos National Park, NM - Mission

Pecos National Park, NM - Mission - 2

Pecos National Park, NM - Mission - 2

Pecos National Park, NM - Mission - 3

Pecos National Park, NM - Mission - 3

Pecos National Park, NM - Pueblo Ruins

Pecos National Park, NM - Pueblo Ruins

Pecos National Park, NM - Pueblo Ruins - 2

Pecos National Park, NM - Pueblo Ruins - 2

Pecos National Park, NM - Ruins

Pecos National Park, NM - Ruins

Jemez Pueblo, NM - Ceremonial Dance

Jemez Pueblo, NM - Ceremonial Dance