People group profile · PG050655
The Isleta Pueblo of the United States
The Isleta Pueblo of the United States, numbering about 4,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Pueblo people of New Mexico whose Southern Tiwa-speaking community has maintained its homeland in the Middle Rio Grande Valley since the fourteenth century and preserves a distinct Pueblo cultural identity.
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 English.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 4,600
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- English (eng)
- 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
- Shiewhibak, Tsugwevaga
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- about 13 miles south of Albuquerque in the Middle Rio Grande Valley
Where they live
Gospel status
The Isleta 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 Isleta 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
100% speak English
Gospel resources in English
Films
- JESUS (English, North American Indigenous)
Bibles
- American Standard Bible · text
- English Standard Version® - Hear the Word Audio Bible · video, text
- English Version for the Deaf · text
- Holy Bible, New International Version ® · video
- Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Christmas Film · video
- Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Easter Film · video
- King James Version · video, audio, text
- New American Standard Bible (NASB) · text
- New Life Version (Easy to Read) · text
- New Living Translation®, Holy Sanctuary version · audio
- Revised Version 1885 · text
- World English Bible - Winfred Henson · audio, text
- World Messianic Version · text
- Wycliffe Modern · text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Isleta Pueblo
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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