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Santa Ana Pueblo
The Santa Ana Pueblo is a traditional Native American tribe living upon an approximate 79,000 acre reservation on the outskirts of an expanding Albuquerque. Known as the Tamayame, the people and their culture are increasingly challenged by contemporary life being brought literally to their front door. They have wisely tapped into the broader economy to bring funds into the Pueblo. And now, they seek a broader engagement to share their culture with their neighbors in order to find common ground, to manifest their centuries old beliefs about nature and man’s relation to it, and to expand their economic sustainability.
Alburquerque is knocking on the front door of the Tamayame—and with jarring visual clarity. Subdivsions and strip shopping centers stand adjacent to land untouched for generations. With its casino, convenience stores, resort hotel and golf facilities, the Pueblo have tapped into this economic energy, and therefore has contributed to the disconnect between the natural environment and built form. Despite the exchange of dollars with the external world, the peoples of the Pueblo remain largely disconnected from the life of its neighbors.
The Tamayame now wish to change this narrative.
Shook Kelley, in collaboration with Moule & Polyzoides, were retained by Southern Sandoval Investments – a federally chartered, section 17 corporation owned and operated by the tribe – to engage the people of the Pueblo in this quest, to track and gauge market forces that can be leveraged to their benefit, and to prepare scenarios though which a new reality may emerge. A number of scenarios, or Alternative Futures, were defined and evaluated that address and critically evaluate a range of business and cultural opportunities both on and off of tribal lands.
Alburquerque is knocking on the front door of the Tamayame—and with jarring visual clarity. Subdivsions and strip shopping centers stand adjacent to land untouched for generations. With its casino, convenience stores, resort hotel and golf facilities, the Pueblo have tapped into this economic energy, and therefore has contributed to the disconnect between the natural environment and built form. Despite the exchange of dollars with the external world, the peoples of the Pueblo remain largely disconnected from the life of its neighbors.
The Tamayame now wish to change this narrative.
Shook Kelley, in collaboration with Moule & Polyzoides, were retained by Southern Sandoval Investments – a federally chartered, section 17 corporation owned and operated by the tribe – to engage the people of the Pueblo in this quest, to track and gauge market forces that can be leveraged to their benefit, and to prepare scenarios though which a new reality may emerge. A number of scenarios, or Alternative Futures, were defined and evaluated that address and critically evaluate a range of business and cultural opportunities both on and off of tribal lands.