Santa Ana Pueblo

Due to its secluded and protected location, the Pueblo of Santa Ana was historically one of the least visited of the New Mexico pueblos. The Spanish arrived in the area in the 1540's and the Tamaya submitted to their rule in 1598.
It is then that they were assigned Saint Anne as the tribe's patron saint.

During the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the Tamaiya joined their neighbors in driving the Spanish out, but were soon forced to flee into the Jemez Mountains upon the Spaniard's return in force. They were able to return to their ancestral lands in 1893, and have remained in the area since.

Though various epidemics reduced tribal numbers considerably in the 18th and 19th centuries, the tribe has managed to hold onto many customs. Though much of their income is derived from the Casino and resort facilities there, agriculture is still very important to the tribe, who raise cattle and grapes as well as producing traditional blue corn products, which they process in their own milling facility.