Simon J. Ortiz is a Native American writer, poet, and enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma. Ortiz is one of the key figures in the second wave of what has been called the Native American Renaissance.
Professor Ortiz at his retirement social
Acoma Pueblo is a Native American pueblo approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States.
Dwellings on the mesa at Acoma Pueblo
Acoma Pueblo Sky City aerial view
A view of the Acoma Pueblo mesa from the northwest
Mission San Esteban Rey was built c.1641, photograph by Ansel Adams, c.1941