The Philatelist & Fountain Pen Enthusiast.: New Mexico's Unique Native American Communities

Monday, January 8, 2024

New Mexico's Unique Native American Communities

There are 23 Indian tribes located in New Mexico- Nineteen Pueblos, three Apache Tribes (the Fort Sill Apache Tribe, the Jicarilla Apache Nation and the Mescalero Apache Tribe), and the Navajo Nation.

The nineteen pueblos are comprised of the Pueblos of: Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, Nambe, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris, Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San Ildefonso, Santa Ana, Santa Clara, Santo Domingo, Taos, Tesuque, Zuni and Zia.

Each Tribe is a sovereign nation with its own government, life-ways, traditions, and culture. All Welcome visitors, but you should check ahead of a visit, as some communities close unexpectedly for religious or other cultural observations.

I thought it was interesting that the Pueblo of Jémez is the only remaining Towa-speaking pueblo. It has no common written form, as tribal rules do not allow the language to be transcribed; linguists describing the language use the Americanist phonetic notation. The Jemez people are internationally known for arts and crafts. Pottery such as bowls, seed pots sgraffito vessels (elaborately polished and engraved), wedding vases, figurines, holiday ornaments, and famous storytellers are now in collections throughout the world.

Im working on a pueblos of New Mexico collection. This shows 4 of 19 covers that I have obtained. I plan to carry on with pueblo covers to complete my collection this year. A request for Jicarilla Apache Nation, Laguna Pueblo and the Mescalero Apache Tribe was sent at the end of Dec.

The Mescalero Tribe's mountainous lands present exciting opportunities for outdoor adventurers. Hunting, fishing, hiking, clay shooting and biking opportunities are found throughout the area. During the winter, plan to slide down the slopes of Ski Apache, (the best New Mexico Ski resort) which we visited when we were stationed in New Mexico. Received 1.8.2024

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Hi and thanks for stopping by to check out my blog. I am Ria, a lady from England now living in Texas, USA with my family and we are retired US. Airforce. I have been interested in studying and collecting postage stamps since I was a child and it has been a passionate hobby, that has followed me in to adulthood. I enjoy all areas of stamp collecting and postal history, but i particularly enjoy to collect Envelopes(covers) showing nice stamps and postmarks.(USA/Worldwide), along with the occasional postcard that has been sent to me or from a place i've visited on my travels.

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