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Taos Pueblo · taos pueblo · taos · Pueblo of Taos, New MexicoTaos Pueblo
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- Official name
- Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- New Mexico
In the record
C. C. Royce’s 1899 schedule records 1 cession of land from Taos Pueblo. It came through acts of Congress.
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise involving Taos Pueblo: Taos Pueblo and Blue Lake: taken in 1906, returned in 1970.
Land has come back: Return of Blue Lake to Taos Pueblo.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Official names
Other names in English
Land recorded as ceded
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
Who is doing the work
Working with these nations
- Taos Pueblo Nation government Blue Lake return, 48,000 acres, Dec 15, 1970 (Pub. L. 91-550) Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
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Named in 2
Land recorded in this nation’s name 1, as named in the 1899 record
Governed by 1
Sources
- taospueblo.com/about/unclassified
Taos Pueblo is one of the oldest living and continuously inhabited communities in the the United States.
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico
Research notes
From org-taos-pueblo. Seeds also use "Taos Pueblo (Tiwa)" and "Red Willow People".
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