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It was not really possible to photograph the people in the Taos Pueblo but we had a rest beside a little stream which ran through the township. There were benches thoughtfully placed by the bank which we were using when I noticed that a number of dogs were roaming around and interacting. The dogs were very friendly, especially when they thought that there might be sandwiches  proffered.

The Taos Pueblo is a native Indian township which lies around 1 mile north of Taos and after lunch we paid it a visit.  The main part of the the housing is thought to have been built between 1,000 and 1,400 AD, before the Spanish invasion. Around 150 people live here full-time and around 1900 Taos Indians live on the Taos Pueblo lands. The land had been stripped from the people by the early white settlers, but in 1970 Richard Nixon gave 48,000 acres back to the the Taos Indians and granted them sovereignty as an independent nation within the US. Not many of the New Mexico Pueblos are open to the public but you can walk around the Taos one (after paying an admission charge) although parts of the township are still out of bounds and you are not supposed to photograph the inhabitants. It was a cold but very bright afternoon and the Pueblo was very quiet. There were little shops selling craft items. We ignored most of them, but towards the end of our visit we met an interesting guy who spo