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Sandia Pueblo (/ s æ n ˈ d iː ə /; Tiwa: Tuf Shur Tia) is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people inhabiting a 101-square-kilometre (40 sq mi) reservation of the same name in the eastern Rio Grande Rift of central New Mexico.
The Pueblo of Sandia is a federally recognized Indian Tribe located in central New Mexico and adjacent to Albuquerque, the largest metropolitan area in New Mexico. The reservation covers 22,877 acres on the east side of the Rio Grande Valley.
Sandia Pueblo. Spans 22,877 acres and stretches from the foothills of the Sandía Mountains west to the banks of the Río Grande, just north of Albuquerque. ADDRESS: Sandia Pueblo. P.O. Box 6008 Bernalillo, NM 87004. REGION: Central. PHONE: (505) 867-3317. Visit Website.
The Sandia Pueblo, located between Bernalillo and Albuquerque, is one of four Tiwa-speaking pueblos in New Mexico. Sitting on nearly 23,000 acres on the east side of the Rio Grande, the pueblo’s traditional name is Tuf Shur Tia, meaning “Green Reed Place,” referring to the green valley fed by the Rio Grande.
The Pueblo of Sandia is a federally recognized Indian tribe located in central New Mexico and adjacent to Albuquerque, the largest metropolitan area in New Mexico. The reservation covers 22,877 acres on the east side of the Rio Grande Valley.
By the time of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, there were perhaps 20 Spanish farms and ranches scattered along the Rio Grande from Sandia Pueblo in the north to Isleta Pueblo in the south. The earliest of these was the estancia of Diego de Trujillo in the vicinity of what is now Albuquerque’s Old Town (Albuquerque 1).
Sandia and Isleta are the only two pueblos in New Mexico that speak Southern Tiwa. For unknown reasons, Sandia Pueblo has been ignored by historians and anthropologists, and there is less documentation on its history.
