Editing Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico (section)

==History==
The Picuris People once lived in [[Chaco Culture National Historical Park|Chaco Canyon]], now a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]].<ref name=PicurisChacoCanyonStudy>{{cite journal |last1=Pinotti|first1=Thomas|last2=Adler|first2=Michael|date=April 30, 2025|title=Picuris Pueblo oral history and genomics reveal continuity in US Southwest|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08791-9|journal=Nature|volume= |issue= |pages= |doi=10.1038/s41586-025-08791-9 |pmid=40307544 |access-date=May 4, 2025|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=PicurisChacoCanyonNews>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/science/dna-links-modern-picuris-pueblo-tribe-ancient-new-mexico-site-2025-04-30/|last=Dunham|first=Will|date=May 1, 2024|access-date=May 4, 2025|title=DNA links modern Picuris Pueblo tribe to ancient New Mexico site|website=[[Reuters]] }}</ref> The Picuris people later lived in a village of about 3,000 people now known as [[Pot Creek Cultural Site|Pot Creek]], near [[Taos, New Mexico|Taos]]. They migrated to the present location along the [[Embudo Creek|Rio Pueblo]] about 1250 [[Current era|CE]].<ref name="Laplaza" /> In the 15th century it was one of the largest [[Tiwa Puebloans|Tiwa]] pueblos, influenced by [[Apache]] and other [[Plains Indians|Plains Indian]] cultures, as was the [[Taos Pueblo]].<ref name="NM org" /><ref name="19 pueblos">[http://www.indianpueblo.org/19pueblos/picuris.html Picuris Pueblo.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224001137/http://www.indianpueblo.org/19pueblos/picuris.html |date=2007-12-24 }} Indian Pueblo - 19 Pueblos. Retrieved July 23, 2014.</ref>

In the late 17th century people from the [[Pueblo Revolt|pueblos of New Mexico revolted]] against the Spanish colonialists, particularly during a revolt between 1680 and 1696 when they fought for autonomy and their land. Following this period the people of the pueblo were dispersed and had abandoned their pueblo until 1706. At that time they joined with the Spanish to fight against attacks by Comanche and Apache tribes. Then, the Picuris pueblo people settled into a peaceful period.<ref name="19 pueblos" />

[[File:Picuris mission.jpg|thumb|left|San Lorenzo de Picurís, circa 1915]]
Spanish explorer Don [[Juan de Oñate]] named the pueblo "Pikuria" - which means "those who paint."<ref name="NM org">[http://www.newmexico.org/picuris-pueblo/ Picuris Pueblo.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204030753/http://www.newmexico.org/picuris-pueblo/ |date=2014-12-04 }} New Mexico.org Retrieved July 23, 2014.</ref><ref name="Laplaza">[http://www.laplaza.org/penasco/picuris/picuris.html Picuris Pueblo.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010201444/http://www.laplaza.org/penasco/picuris/picuris.html |date=2008-10-10 }} LaPlaza.org Retrieved July 23, 2014.</ref> The pueblo was influenced by the Spanish, particularly adoption of Christian religious practices and letting go of traditional rituals and ceremonies.<ref name="19 pueblos" /> The San Lorenzo de Picurís church was built of adobe by 1776 and was restored in the 21st century.<ref name="NM org" /><ref>[http://www.laplaza.org/penasco/picuris/sanlorenzo.html San Lorenzo de Picuris.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126014121/http://www.laplaza.org/penasco/picuris/sanlorenzo.html |date=2013-01-26 }} LaPlaza.org Penasco. Retrieved July 23, 2014.</ref> Having been influenced by the Spanish and then the Americans for centuries, the Picuris adopted telephone and electrical services, paved roads and television. They resumed their traditional customs, which are performed throughout the year, and became self-governing again in the mid-1920s.<ref name="19 pueblos" /> {{as of|2014}}, the pueblo maintained a growing herd of buffalo.<ref name="Laplaza" /> Pueblo is a member of the [[InterTribal Buffalo Council|Intertribal Buffalo Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plant |first=Geoffrey |date=2022-05-17 |title=Bringing the bison back to Picuris Pueblo |url=https://www.taosnews.com/news/environment/bringing-the-bison-back-to-picuris-pueblo/article_2b799034-2a95-5571-9269-c201cc8437a6.html |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=The Taos News |language=en}}</ref>