ue blo ▁ ▁is ▁a ▁feder ally ▁recognized ▁tribe ▁of ▁Native ▁American ▁P ue blo ▁people ▁inhab iting ▁a ▁ ▁res ervation ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁Rio ▁Grande ▁R ift ▁of ▁central ▁New ▁Mexico . ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁ 1 9 ▁of ▁New ▁Mexico ' s ▁Native ▁American ▁pue bl os , ▁considered ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁Eastern ▁P ue bl os . ▁The ▁population ▁was ▁ 4 2 7 ▁as ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁census . ▁The ▁people ▁are ▁tradition ally ▁Ti wa ▁speak ers , ▁a ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁T ano an ▁group , ▁although ▁ret ention ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁language ▁has ▁w an ed ▁with ▁later ▁gener ations . ▁They ▁have ▁a ▁trib al ▁government ▁that ▁oper ates ▁Sand ia ▁Cas ino , ▁Bien ▁Mur ▁Indian ▁Market ▁Center , ▁and ▁Sand ia ▁L akes ▁Rec re ation ▁Area , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁representing ▁the ▁will ▁of ▁the ▁P ue blo ▁in ▁business ▁and ▁political ▁matters . ▁ ▁Name ▁The ▁Ti wa ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁pueblo ▁is ▁T uf ▁Sh ur ▁T ia , ▁or ▁" Green ▁Re ed ▁Place ", ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁green ▁bos que ▁( ). ▁However , ▁older ▁documents ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁original ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁pueblo ▁was ▁N af iat , ▁( T i wa : ▁" Place ▁Where ▁the ▁Wind ▁B low s ▁D ust "). ▁ ▁It ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁Sand ía ▁( Span ish : ▁" w at erm el on ")