Santa Clara Pueblo (in Tewa: Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh [xɑ̀ʔp’òː ʔówîŋgè]) "Singing Water Village", also known as "Village of Wild Roses"[5] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States and a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people.Santa Clara Pueblo is famous for producing hand-crafted pottery, specifically blackware and redware with deep engravings.[9] Tewa people lived in the Pueblo area for millennia before they met Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate and his exploration party on July 11, 1598.First visited in 1541, a segment of Francisco Coronado's expeditionary force met with the residents of the nearby Caypa Pueblo.After annexation of the region into the Spanish Kingdom, and as part of the 1601 expansion of Oñate's colonial capital,[11] a chapel was built there by 1617.