Feliciana Tapia Viarrial (1904-1988)
Pojoaque Pueblo
Feliciana Tapia Viarrial helped estaablish today's
Pueblo of Pojoaque. Pojoaque, or Posuwageh, water
drinking place, is a Tewa village founded circa A.D.
900. By 1919, the Pojoaque homelands were severely
diminished. Most members left for neighboring Pueblos
and Colorado. The families, including Feliciania's
returned after 1932 when the federal government
restored their homelands. Mother of eleven, Feliciana
was a matriarch of the community as it revitalized its
culture.
Marker is on Cities of Gold Road - frontage (U.S. 84) 0.2 miles north of Viarrial Road (U.S. 285), on the right.
Courtesy hmdb.org
