Pueblo of Isleta is a federally recognized tribe and an unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. The Tanoan pueblo was originally established in the c. 14th century.
Ruins at Isleta Pueblo
Tribal Council Building at Isleta
Isleta Lakes Recreational Complex and tribal casino
Francisca Chiwiwi, Isleta Pueblo, circa 1925. Photo by Edward Curtis.
The Tiwa, less commonly Tigua, are a group of related Tanoan Pueblo peoples in New Mexico that traditionally speak a Tiwa language, and are divided into the two Northern Tiwa groups, in Taos and Picur
Pueblo of Isleta
…at Isleta Pueblo station. The casino has naming rights to the Isleta Amphitheater. The population of Pueblo of Isleta consists mostly of the Southern Tiwa ethnic group (Spanish: Tigua). The inhabitants of the Pueblo traditionally speak Isletan Tiwa, one of the two varieties of the Southern Tiwa language…
This Tiwa apartment in Taos Pueblo is the oldest continuously-inhabited building in the United States, pictured with the snow-capped peak of Maxwaluna in the background.