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Acoma Pueblo (/ ˈ æ k ə m ə / AK-ə-mə, Western Keres: Áakʼu) is a Native American pueblo approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. Four communities make up the village of Acoma Pueblo: Sky City (Old Acoma), Acomita, Anzac, and McCartys .
The Pueblo of Acoma (Western Keres: Áakʼu) is an Indian reservation of the Acoma Pueblo peoples located in parts of Cibola, Socorro, and Catron counties, in New Mexico, the Southwestern United States. It covers 594.996 sq mi (1,541.033 km 2).
The Ácoma Massacre was a punitive expedition by Spanish conquistadors at the Acoma Pueblo in January, 1599 that resulted in the deaths of around 500 Acoma men and 300 women and children after a three-day battle. Of the Acoma who survived the attack, many were sentenced to 20-year terms of bondage, and 24 suffered amputations.
Acoma Pueblo or Aak'u (Áakʾuʾé or Haak'u) ("Place That Always Was", better known as "Sky City"); Acoma Pueblo people: Áakʾùumʾé (″Acoma People") Laguna Pueblo or Kawaika (Kawaik) ("Lake"); Laguna Pueblo people: Kʾáwáigamʾé ("People at/from the Small Lake") [2] The western pueblos, Acoma and Laguna, are the largest by area.
North Acomita Village is located in northeastern Cibola County. It occupies the northeastern corner of the Acoma Pueblo land and is situated on the north side of the Rio San Jose and south of Interstate 40. Two I-40 exits (100 and 102) serve the North Acomita area. South Acomita Village is directly to the south, across the Rio San Jose.
South Acomita Village is located in northern Cibola County near the northeastern corner of Acoma Pueblo. It occupies land on the south side of the valley of the Rio San Jose. North Acomita Village is directly to the north on Indian Service Route 30. Exit 102 on Interstate 40 at Sky City Casino is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north of South Acomita.
Acoma Pueblo in northern New Mexico, one of the oldest pueblo towns. Pueblo refers to the settlements and to the Native American tribes of the Pueblo peoples in the Southwestern United States, currently in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The permanent communities, including some of the oldest continually occupied settlements in the United ...
The Zuñi Mountains are located at , surrounded by the Zuni Indian Reservation, the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation, and El Morro National Monument to the southwest, El Malpais National Monument to the south, Acoma Pueblo to the east, and the Navajo Nation to the north. The towns of Grants, Gallup, and Ramah are located northeast, northwest ...