The area was the site of Native American pueblos (villages) when Europeans first arrived in 1540.
As a boy, he was deeply interested in visits to Native American pueblos.
Enclosed by mountains, the Rio Grande, lava cliffs, military bases, and Native American pueblos, Albuquerque seemingly has reached its physical limits, barring expansion into adjacent valleys.
The single, steep road to the town winds through picturesque northern New Mexico: arid landscape punctuated with desert plants and native American pueblos, with the Jemez mountains in the background.
Yet with just under 2m residents, New Mexicans have to spend a lot of time on the road if they want to get anywhere.New Mexico is 43% Hispanic, the highest proportion of any state, and is home to 19 Native American pueblos and four major reservations.
The Native American pueblos surrounding Santa Fe, New Mexico, are popular tourist attractions.
Nevertheless, the Bullitt Center's director, Denis Hays, is bullish on the building's future, comparing its architectural features to the innovations of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, Native Americans' pueblo cliff dwellings, and gothic cathedral's flying buttresses.
Much of the northern swathe of the state belongs to Native peoples – Pueblo, Apache, Navajo.
Think of someone encountering the great pyramids of Giza, or a Native American pueblo for the first time.
The rich mix of Roman Catholic and native traditions the Pueblos observe means that some dances fall on fixed dates in the liturgical year.
