Zia Indians

White historians are wrong about Pueblo Indians facts including Zia Pueblo Indian Tribe of New Mexico. Truth is, Pueblo Indians Civilization was most advanced known Indian civilization of America. Below are google earth photos of their communities and a map of Zia Pueblo Reservation which includes Cochiti, Jemez, San Filipe, Santa Ana and Santo Domingo Reservations. All are connected or same Reservation. Below that is more historical information pertaining to Zia and other Pueblo Indians History. They are related to Apache's and Navajo's who are an admixture of Anishinabe, other eastern tribes, and Pueblo Indians. These supposed Athabascan people live in southwestern United States and northern Mexico. According to 1832's Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Athabascan People are Algonquian or speak Ojibway. They wrote that they were Lenni Lenape. From a western location, Lenni Lenape or Ojibway's, forced their way east and took control of all land from Missouri River to Atlantic Ocean. They then sent detachments of their soldiers to Hudsons Bay. From there, they were sent to Beaufort Sea where they gave rise to Athabascan Tribes. Ojibway 19th century authors back up that information. They wrote that Ojibway's forced their way east from a western location. So Apache's and Navajo's are in fact Ojibway. They won't accept it because they believe what white historians wrote concerning their history. Below are demographics of this Reservation a few miles north of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Zia Reservation which includes Cochiti, Jemez, San Filipe, Santa Ana and Santo Domingo

Cochiti Pueblo: 80 sq. mi. - 2010 population 1,727 - Indian 811 - Mexican 519 - white 455 - black 11 - Asian 6 - Mixed 54
Jemez Pueblo: 138.0 sq. mi. - 2010 population 1,815 - Indian 1,789
San Felipe Pueblo: 79.0 sq. mi. - 2010 population 3,563 - Indian 2,819 - Mexican 547 - white 425 - black 3 - Asian 9- Mixed 43
Santa Ana Reservation: 101 sq. mi. - 2010 population 621 - Indian 590
Santo Domingo Pueblo: 107.0 sq. mi. - 2010 population 3,255 - Indian 3,192
Zia Pueblo 190.0: sq. mi. - 2010 population 737 - Indian 733

Total Area: 695 sq. mi. or 1,800 sq. km.

Total Population: 11,718

Languages: Keresan and Towa

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Map of Zia Reservation including Cochiti, Jemez, San Filipe, Santa Ana and Santo Domingo (all are same Reservation)

Pueblo Indians ancestors were discovered by either Italian or Spanish Soldier Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, in 1539. At that time, Spain was under Italian or Repulic of Genoa rule. On August 10, 1680 Ojibway Soldiers who had fled to mountainous terrain, attacked Italian and Spanish military forces throughout Arizona and New Mexico and drove them out. It may have been a part of King Philips war which was fought between 1675 and 1678. Ojibway People were united back in those times. Read Seven Fires Prophecy. Actually Ojibway Soldiers had been warring upon Italian and Spanish Soldiers years before they drove them out in 1680. In 1680, that war intensified and culminated with Ojibway Soldiers driving Italian and Spanish People out. They (Spanish Soldiers) returned in 1692 and brought those Pueblos they once ruled, back under their control except Cochiti, Cieneguilla, Santo Domingo and Jemez. Many Indians from those settlements relocated to where Laguna is and made a lake. In 1698, Ojibway leaders met with Italian and Spanish leaders and reached a compromise in which they allowed them to reestablish Christian churches and return to their old settlements. Whites or Italians and Spanish were not numerous. Not much higher than 2,000 people in all. Italian and Spanish leaders were forbidden to intefere with native religious beliefs. It remained that way with sporadic Ojibway assaults against both Indians and whites if they did not follow agreements.

In 1675, Popay who led a revolt against Spanish rule in 1680, was arrested for practicing witchcraft. He was really arrested for leading resistance against Spanish rule. As a result of intense Ojibway assaults, Popay was released soon after his arrest. He then moved to Taos and commenced plans for expanding assaults against Spanish military forces and their idiotic Indian allies. By 1680, Ojibway Soldiers had defeated and driven Italian and Spanish Soldiers out including their Indian allies. They retreated to El Paso with their Indian allies. In 1699, Laguna Pueblo was established by Ojibways who first created a rather large lake to defend themselves. They supposedly allowed a white Christian priest to supervise construction of Laguna. That is not true. Probably construction of a church but not Laguna Pueblo. Future research must be conducted about King Philips War or Pueblo Revolt of 1680, to determine what actually transpired. White historians are adamant that Italian and Spanish Soldiers returned to some specific pueblos asking that they return to Spanish rule or more realistically, if they could return to their old Italian and Spanish settlements, from El Paso. It don't happen that way. Everyone knows that. As mentioned, a compromise was reached in 1698. Ojibway Soldiers launched sporadic assaults against Italian and Spanish military forces until Americans forced their way to that region. Afterwards, fighting intensified. Fighting lasted until 1890s. A lake once existed within Laguna Territory. Thus, they named themselves Lake People. In their language it's pronounced as Kawaika which means lake. Similar to an Ojibway word for artificial lake or Reservoir which is Za-ga-i-gan. Spanish word for lake is Lago. In Italian it's also Lago. Ojibway word for a natural lake is ga-mi. So we know from Ka-wa-i-ka that that lake was human made. It should be pronounced as Ka-wa-i-kan and not Ka-wa-i-ka.