Traditional Name: "Tue-I" I-25, 12 miles south of Albuquerque,
exit 213, south 2 miles on NM 314 to the junction with NM 147, 1
mile south on NM 147. | 505-869-3111 | www.isletaPueblo.com
Isleta means “Little Island” in Spanish, but Isleta Pueblo is
hardly “little” having and area of 211,002 acres and a
population greater than three thousand. Isleta has had a
troubled history. When the Pueblo Revolt began, many of the
members fled to Hopi settlements in Arizona, while a number of
Isleta people accompanied the Spanish in their retreat to El
Paso del Norte. After the rebellion was brought under control,
the Isleta people returned to their former home, some bringing
Hopi mates and half-Hopi Children. When some members of the
Laguna Pueblo and the Acoma Pueblo joined the Isleta community
in the eighteen hundreds, friction within this heterogeneous
society led to internal disagreement over religious and ritual
matters. The solution to this conflict resulted in the creation
of the satellite settlement of Oraibi. Th