Cohit Songwi, a Tewa girl from Nambé Pueblo in New Mexico in 1905

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Nambé Pueblo, or Nanbé Owingeh (The Place of the Rounded Earth) lies nestled in the southern foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico. It is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people. The Pueblo of Nambé has existed since the 14th century and is a member of the Eight Northern Pueblos.

Nambé was a primary cultural, economic, and religious center at the time of the arrival of Spanish colonists in the very early 17th century. The mistreatment at the hands of the Spanish colonizers eventually proved to be too much, and the people of Nanbé Owingeh joined forces with neighboring Pueblos to expel the Spanish out of the area during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

Pueblo nations have maintained much of their traditional cultures, which center around agricultural practices, a tight-knit community revolving around family clans and respect for tradition. Puebloans have been remarkably adept at preserving their culture and core religious beliefs, including developing a syncretic approach to Catholicism/Christianity. Exact numbers of Pueblo peoples are unknown but, in the 21st century, some 35,000 Pueblo are estimated to live in New Mexico and Arizona.