The Tewa (or Tano) are a linguistic group of Pueblo Native Americans who speak the Tewa language and share the Pueblo culture.Their homelands are on or near the Rio Grande in New Mexico north of Santa Fe.They comprise the following communities: 1  Nambe Nambé.  pueblohe Arizona Tewa, descendants of those who fled the Second Pueblo Revolt of 1680-1692, live on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, mostly in Tewa Village and Polacca on the First Mesa.