Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

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Ysleta del Sur Pueblo or Tigua Pueblo is a Native American Pueblo and federally recognized tribe in the Ysleta section of El Paso, Texas. Its citizens are Southern Tiwa people who had been displaced from Spanish New Mexico from 1680 to 1681 during the Pueblo Revolt against the Spaniards. The people and language are called Tigua (pronounced tiwa). They have maintained a tribal identity and lands in Texas. Spanish mostly replaced the indigenous language of Southern Tiwa in the early 1900s, and today, English is increasingly gaining ground in the community. Today there are efforts to revive the indigenous language. They are one of three federally recognized tribes in Texas.

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