On June 2, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed into law a very brief act stating “that all non-citizen Indians born within the territorial limits of the United States be, and they are hereby, declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, that the granting of such citizenship shall…
Between 1821 and the outbreak of war with the United States in 1846, no governor of New Mexico enjoyed a longer term in office than Manuel Armijo. He ruled from 1827 to 1829 and again for all but eighteen months between 1837 and the arrival of American troops in…
Curanderas (curanderos for males) are folk healers who draw upon specialized knowledge and remedies to heal physical and spiritual ailments. Curanderas (curanderos for males) are folk healers who draw upon specialized knowledge and remedies to heal physical and spiritual ailments. Practitioners are part of a centuries-old Hispanic tradition that…
In the Four Corners region of the state, the traditional houses of the Diné (Navajo) dot the landscape. In the Four Corners region of the state, the traditional houses of the Diné (Navajo) dot the landscape. While styles vary across time periods and are influenced by available materials, a…
Musings on the Navajo Nation For most of my career as a scholar, I have been interested in the myriad ways that the Diné/Navajos have been represented by generations of travelers, writers, anthropologists, federal policy makers, and historians. The representations of Diné have had a significant impact on our…
Ted Martinez was born in 1936 in the depth of the Great Depression. He was born in Martineztown, a part of Albuquerque formerly known as “Dog Town,” because of the numerous dogs in the area. By James O’Leary Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded…
Bishop Tamaron’s Visitation to New Mexico-1760 Dr. Pedro Tamarón y Romeral, sixteenth bishop of Durango, set forth on the first of a series of episcopal visitations, during which he covered a large part of his vast diocese. The Pope and the King had both called for the existing diocese…
Essay on the Cristobal Nieto Grant, the family history and origins. "When Cristobal Nieto’s father, Alcalde José Nieto, heard the news of the Pueblo Indian uprising at Galisteo on August 10, 1680, he rounded up his family at his nearby estancia and tried to escape. Tragically, José Nieto, his…
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…
For centuries, the Spanish measured using la vara. This practice carried into Mexico, Nuevomexico, and Pueblo cultures. When the Anglo-American form of government took over in New Mexico, more things changed than just a unit of measurement. Author Michael Miller's insight to the difficulties of land titles, outcries of…
