About Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico
Historical Places, Historic, Interesting Places, Historic Settlements
Picuris Pueblo (; Tiwa: P'įwweltha [p’ī̃wːēltʰà]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Taos County, New Mexico, United States and a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people. The 2010 census estimated that 68 people lived in the CDP, while 267 people in the U.S. reported being of the tribal group Picuris alone and 439 reported being of the tribal group Picuris alone or in combination with other groups. Picurís Pueblo is a member of the Eight Northern Pueblos. Their own name for their pueblo is P'įwweltha, meaning "mountain warrior place" or "mountain pass place." They speak the Picuris dialect of the NorthernTiwa language, part of the Kiowa-Tanoan language family.