Are Zia Indians (Zia Pueblo Tribe) american indians?
I am doing an assignment on american indians. I was just woundering if Zia indians (Zia Pueblo tribe) were american indians? Some of the information on the net is a bit confusing. –Submitted by Jaspa K. Answer: Hi Jaspa, Yes, the Zia Pueblo Indians are american indians. “Pueblo Indians” is a broad term that includes many separate tribes (villages) named after the pueblos (multi-story communal houses which form a village) they lived in, who were all related by common ancestors in ancient times. The Pueblo Indians are the descendants of the Hohokam, Mogollon, Keresan, and the Anasazi prehistoric cultures of the Southwestern United States and Mexico. While “Pueblo Indians” is often used interchangeably to mean any one of the tribes included under this umbrella, it is not by itself a tribe today. The word Pueblo is the Spanish name for “town or village” and also refers to the type of structure these people built for their homes. Pueblos are usually multi-story, multi-family structures tha
