People group profile · PG043573
The Picuris Pueblo of the United States
The Picuris Pueblo of the United States, numbering about 2,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a federally recognized Native American tribe and one of the Eight Northern Pueblos located in northern New Mexico.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Native American religions, and they primarily speak Northern Tiwa.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 2,400
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Northern Tiwa (twf)
- Primary religion
- Native American religions
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Pe'ewi, Pʼįwweltha, Tewa
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains, about 24 miles southeast of Taos
Where they live
Gospel status
The Picuris Pueblo are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Picuris Pueblo
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Native American religions · Ethnoreligion
50% adherents
Primary language
Northern Tiwa · Kiowa-Tanoan family
58% speak Northern Tiwa
Gospel resources in Northern Tiwa
- Bible available, published 1992
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Tiwa, Northern)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Picuris Pueblo
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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