sentences:  The name is most properly applied only the small village, Tijeras, at the junction, as the original name of the canyon was "Cañon de Carnué".However the name "Tijeras" is now almost universally applied to the canyon.The original inhabitants of the canyon were Pueblo people, occupying "Tijeras Pueblo" near the site of the present-day town of Tijeras, but the site has long been deserted.