LAGUNA ANCESTORS LIVED HERE ABOUT 3000 B.C. THIS NATIVE AMERICAN PUEBLO IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO IS SPANISH FOR LAKE. THERE IS A RESERVATION ON THE LAKE. THEY HAVE 7000 FOLKS THERE AND A MISSION SAN JOSE DE LA LAGUNA THAT WAS BUILT BY SPANISH IN 1699. THEY VALUE EDUCATION AND INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY SO A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HAS LED TO MANY WELL EDUCATED LAGUNA FOLKS. THEY HAVE URANIUM MINING ON THEIR LAND TO SUPPORT THEIR SCHOLARSHIP. THEY HAVE A LAGUNA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST U.S. CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ. LAGUNA AND ACOMA ARE CLOSELY TIED, INCLUDING BY LOCATION.
THE PUEBLO OPERATES SEVERAL BUSINESSES, A TOURIST AND TRUCK ROUTE CORRIDOR TO ATTRACT NEW MEXICO TOURISTS; A HAUL TRUCK BUSINESS, AS WELL AS OTHER BUSINESSES.
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