Shiewhibak

Shiewhibak, or Isleta Pueblo, is a Tiwa community on the Rio Grande south of the central New Mexican pueblos. Its fields draw on the river in a dry valley, and its position placed it along the route later known as El Camino Real. The pueblo’s history reflects both enduring Tiwa traditions and the movement of families among communities of the Southwest. During the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Spanish colonists and Indigenous allies fled south along the river. Many Isleta people also went south, and descendants of Tiwa refugees returned to the pueblo in 1709 and 1718. Their return helped shape a community with varied cultural traditions.