Pueblo of Santa Clara

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Santa Clara Pueblo is located in Rio Arriba, and Sandoval Counties, New Mexico

Established: 1858

Agency: Northern Pueblos Agency

Tribe: Tano Tewa

Population: 1969: Tribal enrollment 916

Tribal Headquarters
Pueblo of Santa Clara P.O. Box 580 Espanola, NM 87532 Phone: 1.505.753.7330 Fax: 1.505.753.8988


 * Santa Clara Pueblo

Brief Timeline
1598: Juan de Onate settles

1620:A monastery is built

1680: Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish

1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago, New Mexico becomes part of the United States

Census records
The 1900 federal census included population schedules for the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico. The Indians residing in this Pueblo in 1900 are listed on Indian Population Schedules as District 129, Santa Clara Pueblo, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

Important Websites

 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Pueblo of Santa Clara New Mexico, Approved December 20, 1935.
 * Santa Clara Pueblo
 * Santa Clara Pueblo Wikipedia page
 * Puebloan Peoples Wikipedia