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Acoma

American  
[ak-uh-maw-, -muh, ah-kuh] / ˈæk əˌmɔ-, -mə, ˈɑ kə /

noun

  1. a Pueblo Indian village near Albuquerque, New Mexico, built on a sandstone mesa: oldest continuously inhabited location in the U.S.


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To Kim Charlie, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma, the debate over the footprints’ age doesn’t change the connection she feels with the people who made them.

From Science Magazine Oct. 4, 2023

Claudia Mitchell, a potter from Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, gathers clay on a mesa between two sandstone rock formations, hammer and pick at the ready.

From New York Times Aug. 13, 2023

So Cejudo called it a day and decided to train fighters at Jackson’s MMA Acoma gym in Arizona.

From Washington Times May 5, 2023

Trujillo is a tribal member of Sandia Pueblo on the outskirts of Albuquerque and has ties to Acoma and Taos pueblos.

From Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2023

In the distance he saw the windmill where he and Josiah had chased the spotted cattle after they had wandered through the Acoma fence.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

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