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Tewa

[ tey-wuh, tee- ]

noun

plural Tewas, (especially collectively) Tewa
  1. a member of a cluster of pueblo-dwelling North American Indian peoples of New Mexico and Arizona.
  2. the Tanoan language of the Tewa.


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Travelers heading north from Santa Fe pass under multiple bridges with references to Pojoaque Pueblo in the community’s native language of Tewa.

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The Native American–led organization Tewa Women United has even created a website, "Oppenheimer — and the Other Side of the Story," that focuses on "the Indigenous and land-based peoples who were displaced from our homelands, the poisoning and contamination of sacred lands and waters that continues to this day, and the ongoing devastating impact of nuclear colonization on our lives and livelihoods."

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The early Native American inhabitants of the area, a Puebloan people who spoke the Tewa language, also believed the dirt was medicinal.

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The zoo released a video saying Tewa was being introduced to the other alligators and will live out her life at the facility.

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Ali Kololo joined the appeal hearing at the Kenyan High Court in Malindi on Monday by video link from Mombasa's Shimo La Tewa maximum security prison, where he has been incarcerated for more than a decade.

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