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The Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico (Western Keres: Kawaika [kʰɑwɑjkʰɑ]) is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, near the city of Albuquerque, in the United States.
As the first Native American Interior Secretary, Deb Haaland gave tribes a louder voice and helped heal a troubled past. ... Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, will depart the Interior ...
It chronicles the Laguna Pueblo tribe of New Mexico in their 2004 groundbreaking voter registration drive and the challenges they faced once Laguna voters arrived at the polls. The film also shows the Sacred Alliance for Grassroots Equality's (SAGE) fight to preserve parts of the sacred Petroglyph National Monument .
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.
San Ildefonso Pueblo: Tewa: Pʼohwhogeh Ówîngeh 1,752 28,179 Santa Fe: One of the Eight Northern Pueblos. Santa Ana Pueblo: Keres: Tamaya 621 — Sandoval: Santa Clara Pueblo: Tewa: Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh 11,021 53,437 Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe: Includes the Santa Clara Pueblo, one of the Eight Northern Pueblos. Taos Pueblo: Tiwa ...
American politician Deb Haaland is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna and a 35th-generation New Mexican. Currently, she's the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior and the first Native ...
The Pueblo Revolt that started in 1680 was the first led by a Native American group to successfully expel colonists from North America for a considerable number of years. It followed the successful Tiguex War led by Tiwas against the Coronado Expedition in 1540–41, which temporarily halted Spanish advances in present-day New Mexico.
Josephine Waconda (née Trujillo; February 5, 1935 – January 1, 2013) was an American nurse and an administrator of the Indian Health Service.She was a member of Pueblo of Laguna tribe and the first Native American to attain the rank of rear admiral of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), when she was promoted in 1987 to head the regional Albuquerque office of the Indian ...