The dress historically was similar to that of the Plains, mostly deerskin items. The similarities are in the use of ceremonial clans or fraternities, the differences are in the variety of ceremonial rites and how they are performed.
Most clans are exogamous and matrilineal.
Keres Indians, a distinct linguistic stock, are found in seven pueblos, five of which are on the Rio Grande and its affluent Rio Jemez, and two nearly a hundred miles southwestward. The eastern group are Cochiti, Santo Domingo, an dsan Felipe on the Rio Grande, and Santa Ana and Sia on Rio Jemez. The western pueblos are Acoma and Laguna. The officers of native origin are the cacique and two war chiefs. The cacique is constantly concerned with prayer and thought for the general welfare, living a frugal life and fasting at frequent intervals.