Northern Mexico and the US Southwest
Ohkay Owingeh
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Lands
Where the Rio Grande and Rio Chama meet, northern New Mexico, US
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Governance
Ohkay Owingeh is the headquarters of the Eight Northern Pueblo Tribal Council.
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History
The people have long called their home Ohkay Owingeh, place of the strong people in Tewa, and officially restored that name in place of San Juan, given in 1598.
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History
People have lived at Ohkay Owingeh since about AD 1200, farming with irrigation along the Rio Grande.
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