Feliciana Viarrial (1904–1988)
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(Pojoaque Pueblo) Feliciana Viarrial helped establish today’s Pueblo of Pojoaque. Pojoaque, or Posuwageh, water drinking place, is a Tewa village founded circa A.D. 1000. By 1913, the Pojoaque homelands were severely diminished. Most members left for neighboring Pueblos and Colorado. The families, including Feliciana’s, returned after 1932 when the federal government restored their homelands.
Mother of eleven, Feliciana was a matriarch of the community as it revitalized its culture.
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