![]() ![]() This Department of Justice program studied the enforcement of law and effectiveness of social programs on Native American lands. The Pueblo of Laguna has participated as a "Weed and Seed" tribe. The Pueblo of Laguna has a well-established Tribal Law system. ![]() The Acoma Pueblo and Pueblo of Laguna have many ties, including location, language and a shared high school. However, research of 1,449 archaeological sites and an anthropological analysis of the Laguna oral history have firmly proven that people have inhabited the area ranging from 6500 B.C. It is a common misconception that the Pueblo of Laguna began in 1699, at the time of the construction of the Mission. Laguna history begins long before the advent of written records in the Southwest. The people of Laguna have a long history of residing in and farming along the Rio San José in west-central New Mexico. After the Pueblo Revolt of 1680–1696, the Mission San José de la Laguna was erected by the Spanish at the old pueblo (now Old Laguna) and finished around July 4, 1699. ![]() This body of water was formed by an ancient dam that was constructed by the Laguna people. The name, Laguna, is Spanish (meaning "small lake") and derives from the lake on their reservation. Part of the Laguna territory is included in the Albuquerque metropolitan area, chiefly around Laguna's Route 66 Resort and Casino. The Laguna Pueblo ( Western Keres: Kawaika ) is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, near the city of Albuquerque, in the United States. ![]()
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