Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area

Taos Pueblo.
San Ildefonso Pueblo, by Ansel Adams.

Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the U.S. state of New Mexico.[1] The national heritage area includes a section of the upper Rio Grande Valley that has been inhabited by the Puebloan peoples since the early Pre-Columbian era.

Three counties, Santa Fe, Taos, and Rio Arriba are included in the designated National Heritage Area.[2] The Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area was authorized in 2006 by Public Law 109-338.[2][3]

Sites

Pueblos

Eight pueblos are included in the National Heritage Area:[4]

The Jicarilla Apache reservation is also within in the heritage area.[4]

Spanish colonial sites

The heritage area also commemorates the influence of Hispanic colonists from the Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial México), who arrived in the late 1590s and onwards.[5]

Spanish colonial sites in the National Heritage Area include:

Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Bandelier National Monument.

Natural areas

Natural areas protected at the federal level within the National Heritage Area include portions of:[3]

State parks

New Mexico state parks within the heritage area include:[3]

Scenic drives and byways

Scenic drives and byways with sections through parts of the heritage area include:

San Francisco de Asis Mission Church, Ranchos de Taos.

See also

References

  1. ↑ NPS: Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area
  2. 1 2 "Public Law 109-338: Title II - Establishment of National Heritage Areas" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Management Plan". Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Native Heritage". Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Hispano Culture". Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Cultural Heritage". Nprthern Rio Grande National Heritage Area. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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