Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Isleta
Isletaĭslĕt'ə, pueblo (1990 pop. 1,703), Bernalillo co., central N.Mex., on the east bank of the Rio Grande, just S of Albuquerque. It is a tourist attraction, having historical and cultural interest and a gambling casino. According to many experts, the pueblo stands on the site it occupied when discovered in 1540. It was the seat of the Franciscan mission of San Antonio de Isleta from c.1621 until the Pueblo revolt of 1680. The Spanish captured the pueblo in 1681, and most of the captives were ultimately settled at Ysleta, Tex. In the early 18th cent., when N Isleta was either rebuilt or repopulated, it became the mission of San Agustín de Isleta. Tiwa, a Tanoan language, is the native tongue of the Isleta Pueblo.
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Isleta Pueblo (redirected from Isleta) is an unincorporated Tanoan pueblo in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, originally established around the 14th century.
The population of Isleta Pueblo consists of mostly the Southern Tiwa ethnic group who speak Isletan Tiwa, a variety of the Southern Tiwa language. The other variety of Southern Tiwa is spoken at Sandia Pueblo.
Isleta Pueblo is located in the Rio Grande Valley, 13 miles south of Albuquerque. It is east of and adjacent to the main section of Laguna Pueblo.
Among the Southern Tiwa groups, Isleta is known for being more resistant to acculturation when compared to Sandia and the greatly acculturated Ysleta del...more »
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