Keres people

The Keres people are one of the Pueblo peoples.[1] They speak English, Keresan languages, and in one pueblo Keresan Sign Language.

The seven Keres pueblos are:

  • Cochiti Pueblo or Kotyit ("Stone Kiva"); Cochiti Pueblo people: Kotyitiemeh ("People of the North Mountains, i.e. Cochiti people")
  • San Felipe Pueblo or Katishtya (People down by the river ”The place where the White Shells are”)
  • Kewa Pueblo (previously Santo Domingo) or Díiwʾi; Kewa Pueblo people: Dîiwʾamʾé
  • Zia Pueblo or Tsi'ya (Tsia) ("Sun Symbol"); Zia Pueblo people: Tsʾíiyʾamʾé
  • Santa Ana Pueblo or Tamaiya (Dámáyá); Santa Ana Pueblo people: Dámáyámʾé (sing.) or Dámáyàamʾèetrạ (pl.)
  • Acoma Pueblo or Aak'u (Áakʾuʾé or Haak'u) ("Place That Always Was", better known as "Sky City"); Acoma Pueblo people: Áakʾùumʾé (″Acoma People")
  • Laguna Pueblo or Kawaika (Kawaik) ("Lake"); Laguna Pueblo people: Kʾáwáigamʾé ("People at/from the Small Lake")[2]


The western pueblos, Acoma and Laguna, are the largest by area.

  1. ^ American Indians of the Southwest By Bertha P. Dutton, p.29
  2. ^ "Keres Online Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-04.