By Sherry Robinson Lipan Apaches are some of the most misrepresented and Indian people in western American history. Prominent historians have repeatedly underestimated them, exterminated them, and pushed them off the map. In fact, they survived against great odds, as the historic record shows abundantly. Lipans were the…
Transcription and Translation by Rick Hendricks Citizens from El Paso 1. Blas Velarde, español, married, farmer; 1 son, 18; 3 daughters and 2 sons under 14; 1 arrimado, 14 2. Pablo Gutiérrez, español, married, farmer; 2 daughters under 14 3. Don Juan de Miranda, español, married, farmer; 1…
Transcripción de Rick Hendricks José María Vizcarra, respuesta a un oficio sobre su expedición a los Comanches, Santa Fe, 18 de octubre de 1824, MANM, r. 3, f. 934-35. Contesta oficio en que se le desaprueva la expedicion a los Comanches da los motivos para que…
Transcripción de Rick Hendricks José María Vizcarra, reporte sobre una expedición a los Comanches, Santa Fe, 10 de agosto 1824, MANM, r. 3, f. 926-27. Con fecha 2 de Julio ultimo avizo a Vuestra Señoría me pone en marcha el dia 5 del mismo en efecto…
Transcripción por Rick Hendricks Alonso Victores Rubin de Celis, alcalde mayor de este Real Presidio del Paso del Norte fray Juan Miguel Menchero Predicador General Jubilado Calificador del Santo oficio Notario Appostólico Aprobado ex Custodio de la Provincia del Santo evangelio ex Vissitador de la Custodi- a…
The twentieth century has taken its toll on the remnants of prehistoric civilization in Chaco Canyon. By Robin Wakeland Sun washes it with white light, wind beats desert grit in and out of its plumbline crevices, and relentless rain dissolves adobe plaster with which it was built. Tourists trample…
Solomon Bibo was born in Brakel, Germany on August 30, 1853. He made an auspicious arrival at midnight so some historians put the date of his birth as August 29th. Bibo was one of eleven children. Like many young Jewish men in Germany during this time, Bibo and his…
This essay explores how different communities in the Grants-Gallup area engaged in landscape construction and place-making, and how those processes changed with the introduction of uranium mining. By David Salmanson At the college where I taught a course in Environmental History, I took my class…
Thunder Mountain Changes its Name Death of the Thunder Bird Wipes Out a People and Brings the Desert New Mexico By Rose Jasper Nickell The most nearly perfect extince volcanic crater in North America is found in Union County, New Mexico. So unusual is this crater—so unique its…
A short excerpt from the Introduction of Sylvia Rodriguez book The Matachines Dance. From the Introduction of The Matachines Dance by Sylvia Rodriguez The Matachines dance is a ritual drama performed on certain saint’s days in Pueblo Indian and Mexicano/Hispano communities along the upper Rio Grande valley and elsewhere…
