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The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Po'pay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger than present-day New Mexico. [1]
Popé or Po'pay (/ ˈ p oʊ p eɪ / POH-pay; c. 1630 – c. 1692) was a Tewa religious leader from Ohkay Owingeh (renamed San Juan Pueblo by the Spanish during the colonial period), who led the Pueblo Revolt in 1680 against Spanish colonial rule. In the first successful revolt against the Spanish, the Pueblo expelled the colonists and kept them ...
In 1680, a major uprising of Native American tribes later termed as the Pueblo Revolt, completely uprooted the vast majority of the Spanish colonies in the New Mexico region. The Europeans were forced to retreat to the site of present-day El Paso, Texas where they were reinforced by a large supply of munitions and manpower.
On August 9, 1680, [2] two [3] Pueblo leaders [2] [3] of the Galisteo Basin, allies of the Spanish, [2] sent to Otermín the news of a rebellion of the Pueblo Amerindian against the Spanish. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] According to the message were two men from Tesuque who planned the attack on the Spanish cities and Franciscan missions. [ 2 ]
Nov. 4—A little history The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was a revolution against Spanish religious, economic, and political institutions imposed on the pueblos and is the continent's only successful ...
Pueblo Revolt: 1680 1692 The Pueblo Revolt was an uprising of the indigenous Pueblo people against the New Spanish province of New Mexico against oppressive labor conditions, suppression of traditional religious beliefs, and Spanish violence. [21] The Pueblo Revolt killed 400 Spaniards and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province.
Po'pay is a statue of Po’pay (also known as Popé), a Tewa and one of the Pueblo leaders during the Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish in 1680. The statue was carved by Cliff Fragua, a sculptor from Jemez Pueblo, out of a solid block of Tennessee marble.
In 1680, the Pueblo Revolt occurred, and a final resolution included additional protections from Spanish efforts to eradicate their culture and religion, the issuing of substantial communal land grants to each Pueblo, and a public defender of their rights and for their legal cases in Spanish courts.