A young Native American boy and his pet dog rest in the shade at the side of his hilltop home in Acoma Pueblo, an American Indian community on a reservation west of Albuquerque, the capital of New Mexico in southwestern USA. Founded in the 12th Century, Acoma is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in North America. The youngster is among the tribal members that live in rock and adobe dwellings atop a remote sandstone mesa. Tourists are welcome to join guided tours of his historic Sky City (Old Acoma) village.


A young Native American boy and his pet dog rest in the shade at the side of his hilltop home in Acoma Pueblo, an American Indian community on a reservation west of Albuquerque, the capital of New Mexico in southwestern USA. Founded in the 12th Century, Acoma is one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in North America. The youngster is among the tribal members that live in rock and adobe dwellings atop a remote sandstone mesa. Tourists are welcome to join guided tours of his historic Sky City (Old Acoma) village.


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Location: Acoma Pueblo, off Interstate 40, 60 miles west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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