Mr. Chile: Roy M. Nakayama
9 11 1923 By Rick Hendricks Roy Minoru Nakayama was born on 11 September 1923 to John K. and Tome Nakayama, both of whom had been born in Japan. At the time of his birth, Roy was the fifth of seven children. He would eventually have one more sibling,…
Santo Domingo Pueblo
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…
Hate Factory
“Friday, Febuary 1, 1980. There was a full moon that Friday night. I watched it move across the patch of sky framed by the window near my bunk, noticing how it turned the desert surrounding the penitentiary ghost white.” “Friday, Febuary 1, 1980. There was a full moon…
Mexican Indepedence Day Celebrations in New Mexico, 1821-1846
Mexican Independence Day Celebrations in New Mexico 16 September 1821-1846 By Robert Torrez New Mexico was part of the Mexican Republic from 1821 to 1846. Historical documents in the Mexican Archives of New Mexico show that during this time nuevomexicanos celebrated the commemoration of Mexican independence from Spain, planning…
Rescuing Amado Chaves from the Footnotes of History
1851 By Patricia Trujillo In a footnote in Marc Simmons, Little Lion of the Southwest: A Life of Manuel Antonio Chaves, the author writes, “It should be noted that historian Twitchell in writing of Manuel relied heavily on information supplied by Amado” (226). Indeed, Simmons credits Chaves with compiling…
Santa Ana Pueblo
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…
Alfred V. Kidder
10 1885 By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Born to mining engineer Alfred Kidder and his wife Kate Dalliba in Marquette, Michigan, in October 1885, Alfred Vincent Kidder was poised, at age 30, to become one of the leading figures in study of the prehistoric American Southwest. While…
Navajo Nation: From Prehistory to the Twentieth Century
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
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…
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