Acoma, New Mexico

Known as Sky City, the ancient Pueblo of Acoma is located 60 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The 70-acre village, together with its famed San Esteban del Rey Mission, is located on top of a high sandstone mesa and inhabited year-round by fewer than 50 of the approximately 3000 people who occupy Acoma tribal lands. However, most Acoma families maintain houses in the village. The site is a National Historic Monument and is owned by the Acoma people. The mission, unoccupied and used only on feast days for traditional dances and masses, is also owned by the tribe. As many as 500,000 people per year visit the village site and provide a portion of the revenue needed to maintain the endangered structures. A new Acoma Pueblo Cultural Center currently being constructed at the base of the mesa will archive significant Acoma artifacts and documents, provide space for cultural programs and information to visitors.

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