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Ohkay Owingeh (pronounced [ ok o wie ]) is a pueblo and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States of America.

Ohkay Owingeh was previously known as San Juan Pueblo until returning to its pre-Spanish name in November 2005. The Tewa name of the pueblo means "place of the strong citizens ". Postal Service prefers that name for addressing mail, but accepts the alternative name San Juan Pueblo. This ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) had a populace of 3,357 at the 2000 Census. The entire pueblo has a populace of 6,748. The pueblo was established around 1200 AD amid the Pueblo III Era.

By tradition, the Tewa citizens moved here from the north, perhaps from the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado, part of a great migration spanning into the Pueblo IV Era. In royal gesture, he baptized and retitled Caypa pueblo (present-day Ohkay Owingeh) San Juan de los Caballeros, after his patron saint John the Baptist.

He then established the first Spanish-Catholic capital of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico at Yuque Yunque pueblo. In small-town history, it is said the event united the two fragmented families of Caypa and Yuque Yunque.

When the improve offered Yuque Yunque pueblo on the west bank to Onate, the two fragmented pueblos were made whole again at Caypa. The Spanish capital would be moved in 1610 to La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asis.

Ohkay Owingeh is the command posts of the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, and the pueblo citizens are from the Tewa ethnic group of American Indians.

The annual Pueblo Feast Day is June 24. For all pueblos, the actual feast day includes a Catholic mass that is held in the morning.

Most Pueblo citizens practice aspects of both the Catholic religion and Pueblo belief systems. The tribe owns the Oh - Kay Casino and the Oke-Oweenge Crafts Cooperative, which showcases redware pottery, weaving, painting, and other artwork from the eight northern pueblos. National Register of Historic Places listings in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico a b "Ohkay Owingeh (formerly San Juan Pueblo)".

"Ohkay Owingeh, NM 87566".

"Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo".

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American Indian reservations in New Mexico - Federally recognized tribes in the United States - Geography of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico - Native American tribes in New Mexico - Pueblo great homes - Tewa - Unincorporated communities in New Mexico - Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area - Unincorporated communities in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico - Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico - National Register of Historic Places in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico - Pueblos on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico