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The Pueblo de 
Cochiti, (Cochiti), is located 55 miles north of Albuquerque, New Mexico and 
is contained within 53,779 acres of reservation land that sustains 1,175 
Pueblo members according to the 1990 BIA census. Cochiti, the northernmost 
Keresan Pueblo in New Mexico, is located in Sandoval and Santa Fe Counties, 
approximately 13 miles northwest of Interstate 25 and 35 miles southwest of 
Santa Fe, New Mexico. The topographic elevation varies from 5300 to 6800 
feet above mean sea level and is characterized by the Rio Grande, which 
flows through reservation lands.  The principal land use includes farming, 
livestock, recreational, economic development, and agricultural and Pueblo 
home/residential construction purposes.  The demographic breakdown includes: 
880 acres for agricultural; 4,443 acres of lake areas and wild river 
Bosque/wetlands; 7,042 acres dedicated to economic development consisting of 
residential and commercial lease properties and a golf course; and 41,424 
acres of rangeland, pinion/juniper woodlands and Pueblo and residential use 
lands.
The people of 
Cochiti continue to retain their native language of Keres.  They maintain 
their cultural practices and have instituted programs dedicated to teaching 
and educating the younger generation Pueblo traditions and cultural 
practices emphasizing the native language.  Cochiti is well known for their 
craftsmanship in making jewelry, pottery, (storyteller), and drums.
Water in the Rio 
Grande, flows through Pueblo lands and is intermittently stored behind 
Cochiti Dam, which at a maximum capacity stores 502,330 acre feet of water 
known as Cochiti Reservoir. Cochiti has recently developed a Farm Enterprise 
Plan, which included the restoration of large acreage痴 of traditional 
farmland inundated by seepage caused by the storage of water behind Cochiti 
Dam.  The reclamation of these lands, in cooperation with the US Army Corps 
of Engineers, (COE), was completed in September of 1994. 
The Santa Fe River which headwaters in the Sangre de 
Cristo Mountains east of Santa Fe NM flows downstream through Santa Fe NM, 
La Cienega, NM and finally into pueblo lands at the mouth of La Bajada 
Canyon.  The river flows through Pueblo lands and discharges into the Rio 
Grande several miles hence.
Historically, 
Cochiti has had no private employers or economic enterprises.  This was 
changed with the Pueblo痴 acquisition of the Town of Cochiti Lake and the 
creation of Cochiti Community Development Corporation, (CCDC) in 1995.  The 
Town of Cochiti Lake was established under a 99-year lease agreement with 
private investors to establish residential housing units under a strict 
building code and relative covenants.  The property has been und