Livestock grazing was a traditional occupation, but because one of the worlds richest uranium fields is located on the reservation, many men became miners. View, near El Morro. Y't'h !!! Prior to Spanish arrival in and settlement of the Southwest beginning with Francisco V squez Coronado's expedition of 1540-1542 there were ninety or more Pueblo groups in . Credit: Jenni Monet A lot of people on the pueblo were offended and understandably so. to the present.[10]. There are seven Keres pueblos, each of which speak a different dialect of the language. We recommend you to try Safari. They were joined by residents of Zia, Zui, and other neighboring pueblos and were permanently established as a settlement about the time of the visit of Governor Cubero in July, 1699. Sumerian, Pueblo Indians "Pueblo Indians" is the generic label for American Indian groups of the Southwest who are descended from the Anasazi peoples who inhabited the American Southwest continuously from the eighth century a.d. Im your host, Ian Record. Lucero is a former governor of the Laguna Pueblo.