Tewa
Americannoun
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a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.
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the Tanoan language of the Tewa.
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The early Native American inhabitants of the area, a Puebloan people who spoke the Tewa language, also believed the dirt was medicinal.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2023
This was later commuted to life imprisonment, and he remains in Mombasa's high-security Shimo La Tewa GK Prison.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2022
And she painted the exterior with a black-on-black, gloss-and-matte geometric design and named the car Maria in homage to the celebrated Tewa potter Maria Martinez of the San Ildefonso Pueblo, who died in 1980.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022
Chavez Lamar is member of the San Felipe Pueblo in New Mexico, and her ancestry includes Hopi, Tewa and Navajo.
From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2022
So the man made a compact with the Tewa fish, that if he carried him safely to the shore he would give out an order to the fishermen making it unlawful to kill Tewa fish.
From Black Tales for White Children by Stigand, C. H.
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