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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Santo Domingo Pueblo of the United States

The Santo Domingo Pueblo of the United States, numbering approximately 3,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of the largest and most culturally vibrant Native American communities in New Mexico and can also be known as Kewa, Díiwi. They are an Indigenous people, in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion - Native American religions. They primarily speak Keres, Eastern.

Santo Domingo Pueblo in the United States photo
Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Santo Domingo Pueblo

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: American Peoples
Country: the United States
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Keres, Eastern (kee)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion - Native American religions
Population: 3,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050647

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Native American religions
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion - Native Am… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Keres, Eastern
Language Family: Keresan

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Keres, Eastern Speakers

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Next steps for the Santo Domingo Pueblo

The Santo Domingo Pueblo are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Santo Domingo Pueblo

The Santo Domingo Pueblo are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Santo Domingo Pueblo

The Santo Domingo 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.

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Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

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And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,  who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
read2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will serve others in Jesus' name, and the lost will have an opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.

Pueblo, Santo Domingo (ROP3 - 119623) reported in the following countries:

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