Suma Rebellion-1711 by Rick Hendricks During the first week of November 1711, General Antonio de Valverde y Cosío, captain of the presidio of El Paso and alcalde mayor of its jurisdiction, received a delegation of local Indians at his headquarters in El Paso. Their leader, the Suma cacique, Felipe,…
By Robert J. Torrez Former New Mexico State Historian Governor Antonio de Otermin and approximately 2000 Spanish refugees spent the winter following their expulsion from New Mexico at what was supposed to be a temporary camp near El Paso de Norte, present day Cuidad Juarez. Here Otermin established his…
by Malcolm Ebright Genízaros, according to the traditional short definition, are Indian captives sold to Spaniards who then became household servants. Most Genízaros in New Mexico were Plains Indians captured by other Plains tribes and then sold to individual Hispanos or Pueblos. The legal basis for this arrangement is…
1630 by Matthew Martinez, Ohkay Owingeh Popé is revered as the leader of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Pueblo scholars refer to him as the one who carried out the first successful American revolution against a foreign colonial power, Spain. Popé (Ripe Pumpkin) was from Ohkay Owingeh (known today…
Spanish MIssions of New Mexico Established By Robert J. Torrez Former New Mexico State Historian Spanish missions were churches established by Franciscan Friars in Indian villages called pueblos, the Spanish word for town. The purpose of these missions was to have a place in each pueblo where the Indians…
Santo Domingo Pueblo, Khe-wa, Conservative Pueblo, Richest Traditions, Keresan, Camino Real, Galisteo River, Juan de Onate by Kim Suina Santo Domingo Pueblo or Khe-wa as it is known to its residents, lies between Albuquerque and Santa Fe along the Rio Grande. Santo Domingo is recognized in Pueblo country…
Santa Ana Pueblo The original location of Santa Ana Pueblo was 5,400 feet above sea level against a craggy mesa wall on the north bank of the Jemez River. When the Spanish arrived in the 1540’s they called the pueblo (then known by their traditional name Tamaya) Santa…
Navajo Nation Navajo Nation: From Prehistory to the Twentieth Century Contributed by the National Parks Service. All Rights Reserved The exact moment of the arrival of the Navajo people in the Southwest remains the subject of dispute. The standard view of archeologists and anthropologists suggests that when the Spanish…
Sandia Pueblo Tuf Shurn Tia, Green Reed Place, is the traditional name for Sandia Pueblo. Sandia Pueblo is one of the four Tiwa speaking pueblos, and is located 15 miles north of Albuquerque, totaling 22,877 acres of land. Sandia is located on the east side of the Rio…
The grant was approved by Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza for 2,137 acres. Proceedings before the Court of Private Land Claims confirmed the grant for 2,137 acres. A close-knit community located in Santa Fe County, the land grant heirs rallied together in 1926, and defeated an erroneous tax assessment…
