Pueblo of Acoma

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Tribal Headquarters
Pueblo of Acoma P.O. Box 309 Acoma, NM 87034 Phone: 1.505.552.6604 Fax: 1.505.552.7204


 * Pueblo Acoma Tribal Website

History
Established:Original Spanish land grant: September 20, 1689. United States grant: December 22, 1858

Agency:

Tribe: Keresan

Population: 1969: Tribal enrollment 2,514

Brief Timeline
1150: Acoma Pueblo is established; one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in the United States

1540: Francisco de Cornonado's expedition

1598: Governor Juan de Onate nephew Juan de Zaldivar caused a conflict

1629-1640: Catholic Missionaries build a church

1680: Pueblo Revolt against the Catholic church

1699: Spanish rule the area

Records
Census records: The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. The Indians residing in this Pueblo in 1900 are listed on Indian Population Schedules as District 176, Acoma Indian Reservation, in Valencia County, New Mexico.

Land records: Tribal land: 245,346 acres. Allotted land: 320 acres.

Important Websites

 * Pueblo Acoma Tribal Website
 * Acoma Pueblo Wikipedia