San Ildefonso Pueblo

Occupied since the 14th century, San Ildefonso Pueblo is one of the best known of the New Mexico "living" pueblos. The pueblo contains adobe buildings, ceremonial kivas, a central plaza and a 1905 church built on the remains of ...

San Ildefonso Pueblo

San Ildefonso Pueblo, on the eastern bank of the Rio Grande in northwestern New Mexico, has been home to the Tewa-speaking Pueblo Native Americans for centuries.

In 1617, Spanish conquerors established a mission at the pueblo and set about catholicizing ...

Pueblo of San Ildefonso

In the 1500’s, migrants from the Pajarito Plateau joined their Tewa-speaking relatives at San Ildefonso. The pueblo is famous as the home of the late María Martínez and other makers of polished black pottery. The modern church, a replica of ...