They are the most northern group of Keresan speaking Native Americans. Taos Pueblo speak Tewa, San Domingo Pueblo Keresan, Laguna and Acoma the western group of Keresan speakers, have a different dialect though. This goes along with the theory that the ancestors of the Southwestern Indians were originally from Mesa Verde and then just dispersed down after they left the Four Corners region. Plaza was originally the central living area. The Pueblo has since spread out, and now some members even live out by Interstate 25 in a newly built housing development.
Clans are matriarchal, named after plants and animals.
The Cochiti Pueblo is split up into two clans the Turquoise and Pumpkin clan kivas. Kivas are places of worship found within the Pueblo complex. Turquoise is associated with winter and the East. Pumpkin with summer and the West. Everyone belongs to one of the clans, which is dependant on the male in the family, and that is how clans are determined.