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People group profile · PG050657

The Taos Pueblo of the United States

The Taos Pueblo of the United States, numbering about 5,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tiwa-speaking Pueblo people of northern New Mexico descended from Ancestral Puebloan communities and centered on the ancient settlement of Taos Pueblo in the Rio Grande valley.

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.

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AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Taos Pueblo

Fast facts

Country
United States
Population
5,300
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
Təotho
Region
Northern America, Americas
Location
near the town of Taos

Where they live

Gospel status

The Taos 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 Taos 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

English

100% speak English

Gospel resources in English

Films

  • JESUS (English, North American Indigenous)

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Taos Pueblo

  1. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  2. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  3. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  4. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.

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