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Spanish Franciscan mission
- The Tigua had left Isleta Pueblo, which was founded as a Spanish Franciscan mission after the Spanish colonization of New Mexico in 1598.
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Why did the Isleta settle in Oraibi?
In the 1800s, friction with members of Laguna Pueblo and Acoma Pueblo, who had joined the Isleta community, led to the founding of the satellite settlement of Oraibi. [citation needed] In the 21st century, Isleta includes the main pueblo, as well as the small communities of Oraibi and Chicale.
Although the pueblo was probably established around AD 1300, the name Isleta, Spanish for small island, does not appear in historical records until after Father Juan de Salas founded the Mission of San Antonio de la Isleta in 1612.
The San Agustin de la Isleta Mission was founded on the older pueblo, on the west bank of the Rio Grande about 13 miles (21 km) south of Albuquerque. The original Isleta (i.e. islet) was so named by the Spaniards from its position on a tongue of land projecting into the stream; the native name, Shiewhibak, seems to refer to a knife used in ...
[ 1] Today Isleta is the largest of the pueblos on the river, and probably the best known. Its church, despite a rich history of alterations, has an excellent claim on the title "oldest in New Mexico," embodying as it does portions of foundation and walls built in or about 1613.
1300s; 1612–1629 Isleta Pueblo Mission of San Antonio de Padua, Fray Juan de Salas; 1710 Isleta Pueblo Mission of San Agustín founded, Father Juan de la Peña. Isleta Pueblo. Located historically at the intersection of different cultures, Isleta Pueblo challenges conventional notions of what a typical pueblo is supposed to look like.
Welcome to the Pueblo of Isleta. The Pueblo of Isleta is nestled in the scenic Rio Grande Valley, 15 miles south of Albuquerque on Interstate 25 Exit 215. It is one of the larger 19 Pueblos within New Mexico and was established in the 1300s.
The Spanish Mission of San Agustín de la Isleta was built in the pueblo in 1612 by Spanish Catholic Franciscans. It is one of the oldest mission churches in the United States. When the Spanish returned to New Mexico after the Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1680, they found the church destroyed, except for the nave.
