A large ancestral Apache ranchería has been documented in the mountains of southern New Mexico, east of El Paso and north of the Rio Grande. Occupied by various Apache bands and recalcitrant members of local nomadic tribes, this site—complete with stone walls and ramparts—was used as a defense against…
Evelina Zuni Lucero (Isleta Pueblo) writes about the influence and importance of writer and poet Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo). By Evelina Zuni Lucero Summer 1978. I was a young journalist, in love with words, thriving on deadlines and adrenaline rushes, disbelieving that I actually got paid to meet and…
Elizabeth Willis DeHuff was an art teacher at the Santa Fe Indian School in the early 1900s. She taught many young Indian Students to paint, and was later criticized for allowing them to paint their Indian ways, that were otherwise discouraged at the school….. Elizabeth Willis DeHuff and the Young…
In 1855, the Pueblo of Acoma requested confirmation of their land grant. Following a period of legal maneuvering the grant was given a patent by the office of the Surveyor General for 95,791.66 acres in 1877. The pueblo of Acoma is one of the most unusual Queres pueblos in…
By Richard and Shirley Flint Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust Lester lived in Homburg von der Hohe (now Bad Hamburg), near Frankfurt, Germany, with their family of seven…
Traditional beliefs, customs, songs, stories, ideology, and nature contributed to a cultural worldview expressed through a lifetime of artistic work: Allan Houser June 30, 1914-August 22, 1994. By Valerie Rangel Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust Regionally acknowledged as…
The town of Cerrillos was founded in 1879 as a mining camp. The Cerrillos Hills mining district, now an historic park, has a unique tri-cultural history of mining dating back to 1000 AD. Cerrillos, New Mexico and Mining in the Cerrillos Hills by Emmy Levitas The prospect and practice…
This is the first constitution of what was to become the State of New Mexico. It was drafted in 1850 but never went into effect because at that time New Mexico was not yet an organized territory of the United States but was under the direction of a military…
Title to ownership of land and use of water resources is a problem that plagues many southwestern communities that date their founding from Spanish colonial times. When litigation concerning property or water rights occurs, these communities have to take recourse to Spanish colonial laws and to official reports and…
Approximately 75,000 Spanish‑speaking people were living in the Southwest at the time of the American conquest in 1846. Although sharing a common language, religion, and Iberian heritage, they were not culturally homogeneous but were separated into several population centers, each with its distinct culture. New Mexico Historical Review, October…
