350 New Mexico Native Land Acknowledgement

350 New Mexico would like to respectfully acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Tiwa and Tewa peoples*. This acknowledgement is a small but important step toward correcting the colonial legacy of stories and practices that erase Indigenous people’s history and culture in New Mexico. By honoring these truths to both past and present Tiwa and Tewa peoples, we hope to increase the public consciousness of Native sovereignty and cultural rights. We take this step (this evening) toward an equitable relationship and the possibility of reconciliation.  

We are grateful to our many siblings from the Pueblos and the Diné People including Pueblo Action Alliance, Red Nation, Diné CARE, the Greater Chaco Coalition, NMLAWS and others for the profound and important work they are doing to protect our water, land and communities. 

Several of these organizations participate in the Honor Native Land Tax project that you can support with a donation. 

By honoring this cultural legacy and the unique insights it brings to the present, we make all our communities stronger.

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Zia symbol by permission from the Pueblo of Zia

(*per Tewa Pueblos – Summary – eHRAF World Cultures: The Tewa-speaking Pueblo peoples live, as they have since aboriginal times, in the southwestern United States. Six Tewa pueblos are located adjacent to the Rio Grande in central/north-central New Mexico and one is located on a mesa in northeastern Arizona. The New Mexico Tewa pueblos are San Juan Pueblo, Santa Clara Pueblo, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Tesuque Pueblo, Pojoaque Pueblo, and Nambe Pueblo. )