Editing Tewa (section)

== Demographics (Population) ==
In 1630, [[Alonso de Molina|Fray Alonso de Benavides]] reported eight Tewa pueblos with a total population as high as six thousand. But, in other reports, about 2,200 Tewa were living in the six New Mexico pueblos, which might not include the other two pueblos mentioned by Fray Alonso.

In 1988, the U.S. took a demographic census concerning Native American populations in New Mexico, and the number of Native Americans on New Mexico's Tewa reservations was 4,546. In sections of pueblos:

* [[San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico|San Juan Pueblo]] - 1,936
* Santa Clara Pueblo - 1,253
* San Ildefonso Pueblo - 556
* Nambé Pueblo - 396
* Tesuque Pueblo - 329
* Pojoaque Pueblo - 76

Compared to the 1975 population of 625 [[Hopi-Tewa]] at Hano, Native American development over time had increased. In retrospect, most Tewa lives on or near their home pueblo, but they slowly moved towards more urban communities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-15 |title=Indian Census Rolls |url=https://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/census/research-indian-census.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=National Archives |language=en}}</ref>

In a 1991 census, a new record of the population of Tewa and even the number of speakers of the Tewa language was documented. In terms of the Pueblo population:

* Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo - 1,438
* Santa Clara Pueblo - 1,057
* Nambé Pueblo - 558
* San Ildefonso Pueblo - 539
* Tesuque Pueblo - 511
* Pojoaque Pueblo - 209

The demographic of how many people speak the Tewa language raises shocking results.

* Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo - 495
* Santa Clara Pueblo - 207
* Nambé Pueblo - 50
* San Ildefonso Pueblo - 349
* Tesuque Pueblo - 172
* Pojoaque Pueblo - 25

Today, hundreds of these Pueblo ruins in New Mexico have been identified and marked as ancestral sites for the complementary Rio Grande Pueblos; in historical times, at least sixty of them were abandoned. Since most of these sites weren’t investigated, they can't be directly traced to early Tewa origins. But through DNA analysis, scientists were recently able to trace the early DNA of domesticated turkeys that lived inside the Tewa settlements. They discovered that DNA samples taken from the Tewa's site in Colorado's Mesa Verde are similar to those from the Northern Rio Grande region, where the tribe is settled today. The Mesa Verde region was a hub for Southwestern Puebloan society in the 13th century, but following a severe drought in 1277, the tribe's economy and social relations crashed. This devastating event corroborates why the Tewa had early traces in the Mesa Verde region but was discovered by the Spanish in the northern Rio Grande region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-10 |title=Ancient DNA used to track abandonment of Mesa Verde in 13th century |url=https://www.colorado.edu/today/2017/08/10/ancient-dna-used-track-abandonment-mesa-verde-13th-century |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=CU Boulder Today |language=en}}</ref>