page_title: Tewa
hierarchical_section_title: Tewa
caption_attribution_description: Petroglyph at Comanche Gap, depicting anthropomorphic figures; the top on with a rattle. These two figures are on a large volcanic dike on a private ranch in the Galisteo Basin. I went on one of the rare tours there in 2004. As you can see from this photo they occur close together, but they are high on the cliff and hard to get in one photo. Polly Schaafsma suggests they represent war among the peoples of the area.
context_page_description: The Tewa are a linguistic group of Pueblo Native Americans who speak the Tewa language and share the Pueblo culture. Their homelands are on or near the Rio Grande in New Mexico north of Santa Fe. They comprise the following communities:
  Nambé Pueblo
  Pojoaque Pueblo
  San Ildefonso Pueblo
  Ohkay Owingeh
  Santa Clara Pueblo
  Tesuque Pueblo
  The Hopi Tewa, descendants of those who fled the Second Pueblo Revolt of 1680-1692, live on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, mostly in Tewa Village and Polacca on the First Mesa. Other Hopi clans are known to be descendants of Tewa people.
  Tewa is one of five Tanoan languages spoken by the Pueblo people of New Mexico. Though these five languages are closely related, speakers of one cannot fully understand speakers of another. The six Tewa-speaking pueblos are Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara, and Tesuque.
context_section_description: The Tewa are a linguistic group of Pueblo Native Americans who speak the Tewa language and share the Pueblo culture.  Their homelands are on or near the Rio Grande in New Mexico north of Santa Fe.  They comprise the following communities:
  Nambé Pueblo
  Pojoaque Pueblo
  San Ildefonso Pueblo
  Ohkay Owingeh (formerly known as San Juan Pueblo)
  Santa Clara Pueblo
  Tesuque Pueblo
  The Hopi Tewa, descendants of those who fled the Second Pueblo Revolt of 1680-1692, live on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, mostly in Tewa Village and Polacca on the First Mesa. Other Hopi clans are known to be descendants of Tewa people.
  Tewa is one of five Tanoan languages spoken by the Pueblo people of New Mexico. Though these five languages are closely related, speakers of one cannot fully understand speakers of another (similar to German and Dutch speakers). The six Tewa-speaking pueblos are Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara, and Tesuque.
caption: A Southern Tewa (Tano) anthropomorphic figure with rattle, petroglyph in the Galisteo Basin, a major Tano homeland prior to the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
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