Áak'u

Áak'u, or Acoma, was a Western Keres pueblo on a steep sandstone mesa in present-day New Mexico. Archaeology dates its emergence to no later than the thirteenth century.

In 1540 Hernando de Alvarado saw the mesa with Coronado's expedition. After Acoma people killed Juan de Zaldívar in 1598, Vicente de Zaldívar stormed it in 1599, killing hundreds and enslaving or mutilating survivors. Rebuilt under mission rule, Áak'u joined the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, then returned to Spanish control after Diego de Vargas's campaigns in the 1690s.