New Mexico Tribal OrganizationsAcoma PuebloThe Pueblo of Acoma is located about 60 miles west of Albuquerque and approximately 13 miles South of I - 40, on a road that travels along buttes and mesas. Route 66 still remains through this area as a two-lane black top, criss crossing Interstate 40. It is also known as Sky City because the Ancient Pueblo of Acoma sits atop a Mesa. Acoma claims to be the longest continuously inhabited Pueblo in New Mexico at the same location, dating its earliest inhabitants to over 900 years ago. The name Acoma comes from the language of the people, Keresan, and translates
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