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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Picuris Pueblo of United States

The Picuris Pueblo of United States, numbering approximately 2,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a federally recognized Native American tribe and one of the Eight Northern Pueblos located in northern New Mexico. They mostly adhere to Native American religions and Northern Tiwa is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Picuris Pueblo

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Northern Tiwa (twf)
Primary Religion(s): Native American religions
Population: 2,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043573

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Native American religions
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Native American religions Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northern Tiwa
Language Family: Kiowa-Tanoan

58%
%
Tiwa, Northern Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Tiwa:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Northern Tiwa:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Picuris Pueblo are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Picuris Pueblo:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Picuris Pueblo of United States

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

As mobile phones, radio, and satellite television, and other technologies become more available worldwide, pray for people who are developing digital gospel resources so that others can easily access the gospel.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Pueblo, Picuris Across Countries (ROP3 - 119633) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
Picuris PuebloPG043573Picuris PuebloUnited States2,400No Longer UnreachedNorthern TiwaNative American religions

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