THIS VILLAGE IS ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE JEMEZ RIVER JUST NORTH OF A LAGOON CALLED UALBUNATOTA, THEN THEY DRIFTED TO THE RIO JEMEZ. THEIR WESTERN NEIGHBORS ARE KORESAN. THE WRITER OF COROMDOS EXPEDITION IN 1541, SPEAKS OF 7 PUEBLOS OF THE JEMEZ TRIBE PLUS THREE OTHERS NEAR AGUA CALIENTE. BANDELIER SAYS THAT 10 TRIBES WERE INHABITED BY THE JEMEZ IN THE EARLY PART OF THEIR 16TH CENTURY. THE TRIBE WAS DIVIDED INTO MANY SMALL VILLAGES FOR THE DEFENSE AGAINST THE NAVAJO ACCORDING TO BANDELIER.
NAVAJO WERE NOT A PROBLEM TO THE PUEBLOS DURING SPANISH CONQUEST. THE JEMEZ WERE INDUCED TO ABANDON THEIR PUEBLOS ONE BY ONE, WITH 1622 WHEN THEY CONSOLIDATED INTO TWO SETTLEMENTS. THEY HAVE 11 CLANS. IN 1890 THEIR POPULATION WAS 428. IN 2000 THERE POPULATION ROSE TO 1900! THEY ARE PART OF ALBUQUERQUE AREA.
JEMEZ RUNNERS
RUNNING IS AN OLD JEMEZ PASTIME AND CEREMONIAL ACTIVITY. IT GREW POPULAR BEFORE WORLD WAR II. DURING WINTER NIGHTS RUNNING WAS A SPIRITUAL EVENT. THEY ASSISTED THE MOVEMENT OF THE SUN AND MOON AND HASTENED CROP GROWTH. IN 1959 THEY SAW THE FIRST ANNUAL JEMEZ ALL INDIAN TRACK AND RUNNERS COMPETITION. THE JEMEZ WON DURING 7 YEARS OUT OF 10 YEARS THAT IT WAS HELD. ONE RUNNER RAN TO THE TOP OF PIKE'S PEAK IN JUST 2 HOURS!
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