By Norma Libman Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust Simon Ortiz grew up on the pueblo in the town of McCartys (“Deetseyamah”), and worked in the uranium mines, served in the military, attended college, and then took up what…
A Navajo women honored as an advocate for public health and education and as a crusader for social justice. By Valerie Rangel Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust Annie Dodge Wauneka, daughter of K’eehabah and Henry Chee Dodge, was…
Apache woman warrior, seer, healer, midwife, and sister to Chihenne Apache chief Victorio. By Valerie Rangel Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust Lozen, sister of Chihenne Apache chief Victorio (Bidu-ya), was a warrior admired for her acts of bravery…
Navajo Chief married to Juanita. By Valerie Rangel Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust Manuelito was a respected leader who resisted foreign domination and led the Navajo resistance as a War Chief against U.S. Military efforts to remove Navajos…
Articles of a treaty made and entered into at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, by and between Col. E. V. Sumner, U.S.A., commanding the 9th Department and in charge of the executive…
Translation by Rick Hendricks I, the minister who serves it, fray Ambrosio Guerra, provide information about this mission, Our Lady of Sorrows of the pueblo of Sandia; it has been two years since holy obedience placed me in it. It was built in the month of October 1787. Noted…
1916 By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Eduardo de Pascua Dozier, the eleventh and final child of Leocadia Gutiérrez and Thomas Sublette Dozier, was born at his mother's home of Santa Clara Pueblo on Easter Day 1916. His father was a lawyer turned school teacher, who hailed from…
An Essay by Rick Hendricks The cries of the muleteers rent the hot, dry air of desolate El Paso. Heavily laden wagons lurched forward, propelled by yoked oxen to the accompaniment of the high‑pitched squeal and roaring undertone of wood‑on‑wood axles. Fighting men, Spaniard and Pueblo ally alike, went…
By Robert Torrez Former New Mexico State Historian The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was one of the most significant events in New Mexico history. But 1680 was not the first time New Mexico's Pueblos had attempted to rebel against the Spanish government. Beginning with the Acoma Revolt of 1599,…
The people of Tamaya Pueblo who have occupied their current site in central New Mexico since at least the late 1500s, believe their ancestors originated from a subterranean world to the north. Assisted by their mother Iyatiko, they ascended through four worlds– the white, red, blue and yellow worlds–…
