Indigenous Peoples of New Mexico

Tribes and Bands of New Mexico
Acoma, Anasazi, Apache, Mescalero Apache, Mim Breno Apache, Chiricahua Apache, Comanche, Grants, Hopi, Isleta, Jemez, Jicarilla, Jicarilla-Apache, Keresan, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, Lipan, Monso, Mescaleros Apache, Mimbreno, Mimbus Apache, Navajo, Pecos, Piro, Pueblos, Pueblo Indians,Shuman, Taos, Tewa, Tewa, Ute, Southern Ute, Mountain Ute, Wiminuche, Zuni

Acoma-Pueblo, Canoncito-Navajo, Jemez-Pueblo, Jicarill-Pueblo, Laguna-Pueblo, Taos-Pueblo

Reference


 * Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbood of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethonology, Bulletin #30 1907.


 * Swanaton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America (http://www.accessgenealogy.com ) Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ehtnology Bulletin #145.


 * Alamo Reservation: Federal, under jurisction of _______ Tribe: Navajo
 * Black Rock Reservation: - Zuni tribe
 * Bosque Redondo Reservation:
 * Cononcita Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of ______, Tribe: Navajo
 * Jicarilla Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Jicarilla Agency, Tribe: Jicarilla Apache
 * Mescalero Reservation: Federal, under jurisction of Mascalero Agency, Tribe: Apache
 * Navajo Reservation: Apache tribe
 * Ojo Caliente Reservation:
 * Puert Cito Reservation: Alamo Navajo tribe
 * Ramah Reservation (Community): Federal, under jurisdiction of Ramah-Navajo Agency, Tribe: Navajo
 * Zuni Reservation: Federal, under jurisdiction of Zuni Agency, Tribe: Zuni

Reference


 * Isaacs, Katherine M., editor. Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America, U.S. Data Sourcebook., Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs. List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E. Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics. Inc., 1991.

Pueblo

 * Acoma Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Keresan
 * Cochiti Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Kersan
 * Isleta Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Isleta
 * Jemez Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Jemez
 * Laguan Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Laguna Agency, Tribe Keresan
 * Nambe Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Northern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Tano-Tewa
 * Picuris (San Lorenzo) Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Northern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Tewa
 * Pajoaque Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Northern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Tano-Tewa
 * Sandia Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Tano-Tewa
 * San Felipe Pueblo - Federal, under juisdiction of Southern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Keresan
 * San Iidefanso Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Northern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Tewa
 * San Juan Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Northenr Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Tawo-Tewa
 * Santa Ana Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Keresan
 * Santa Clara Pueblo- Federal, under jurisdiction of Northern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Tano-Tewa
 * Santo Domingo Pueblo -Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Leresan
 * Taos Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Northern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Tano-Tigua
 * Tesuque Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Northern Pueblos Agency, Tribe: Tano-Tewa
 * Zia Pueblo - Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern pueblos Agency, Tribe: Keresan

Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

 * Abiquiu Agency
 * Cimarron Agency
 * Eastern Navajo Agency
 * Jicarilla Agency, P.O. Box 167, Dulce, NM 87528
 * Laguna Agency, P.O. Box 1448, Laguna, NM 87026
 * Mescalero Agency, P.O. Box 189, Mescalero, NM 88340
 * Navajo Agency
 * Northern Agency
 * Northern Pueblo Agency, 1570 Pachaco St., Building D6, Santa Fe, NM 87501
 * Pueblo Agency
 * Ramah-Navajo Agency, Ramah,NM 87321
 * Santa Fe Agency 1849-1851
 * Southern Apache (Apache, Gila Apache) Agency
 * Southern Pueblo Agency, P.O. Box 1667, Albuquerque,NM 87103
 * United Pueblo Agency
 * Zuni Agency, P.O. Box 369, Zuni,NM 87327

Reference


 * Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc., 1974.

Indian Schools

 * Albuquerque Indian School
 * Charles H. Burke School (Fort Wingate vocational High School)
 * Jicarilla School (Family History Library has some)
 * McCarty Day School
 * Mesita Day School
 * Navajo Indian School (Family History Library has some by jbp)
 * Nenannezed (Nenahnezad) Boarding School
 * Nothern Pueblo School (Pueblo Day School)
 * Paguate Day School
 * Pueblo Bonito School (name changed to Eastern Navajo 1927)
 * Pueblo Day Schools
 * San Juan Boarding School
 * Santa Fe Indian School (tranferred to United Pueblos 1935) (Family History Library has some)
 * Southern Pueblo Day School (Family History Library has some)
 * Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
 * U.S. Indian Industrial School

Family History Library
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs records of births, deaths, marriages, divorces, land allotments and homesteads, and school records and reports. The records were created between 1878 and 1944 at the Eastern Navajo, Jicarilla, Pueblos, Zuni, and other agencies. These original records for New Mexico are located at the National Archives—Rocky Mountain Region (Denver).

Records and information about the various tribes are also listed in the Subject Search of the Family History Library Catalog under the name of the tribe.


 * New Mexico Superintendency 1848-1880 T21 30 films 1st film 1617620

Other Repositories

 * Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1570 Pacheco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501

See Also:
New Mexico-Church for a list of missions. There were many Spanish Missions with Pueblos

New Mexico-History for a calendar of events

New Mexico-Military for a list of forts

Web Sites
The Rocky Mountain Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration -- http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/

Native American Indian Census Rolls for New Mexico -- http://www.us-census.org/native/m595/new_mexico.html

An 1869 study of "Native American Indians of New Mexico -- http://www.logoi.com/notes/newmexico/index.html