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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 ...
On 10 August 1680, Pueblo people from various pueblos in northern New Mexico staged an uprising against Spanish colonists. [1] They laid siege to the city of Santa Fe, forcing the colonists to retreat on 20 August. The Spanish colonists fled south to El Paso del Norte (now Ciudad Juárez, Mexico), where they remained in exile for the next 16 ...
The native horse culture quickly spread throughout western America. Navajo and Apache raids for horses on Spanish and Pueblo settlements began in the 1650s or earlier. [22] Through the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the Indians acquired many horses. By the 1750s the Plains Indians horse culture was well established from Texas to Alberta, Canada.
In the Pueblo Revolt, Popé's forces besieged Santa Fe, surrounding the city [2] [4] and cutting off its water supply. [2] [4] [3] Otermín assembled a council of war which decided to make a surprise attack on the Pueblo. On August 20, settlers and soldiers abandoned their fortified enclave and raided the Pueblo.
Aug. 21—The year is 2180 and an armored man is preparing for another mission to the past. He wears a spiked, onyx helmet and raises his triangular shield, jagged along the edges and marked by ...
Furthermore, the Franciscan missionaries outlawed the native religion and burned sacred artifacts. After years of famine, mistreatment, and unchecked Apache raiding, the Native Americans rose up in a coordinated attack, the Pueblo Revolt, in 1680. The revolt succeeded in driving the Spanish out of New Mexico for the next 12 years.
Aug. 29—Siihasin Hope led the chants. "No pride," Hope cried. "In genocide," a chorus of about a dozen fellow protesters responded. The group gathered on the sidewalk across from the main ...