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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 middle panel depicts the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, where war captain Po'Pay of Ohkay Owingeh led a revolt against Spanish colonizers. The revolt is the only successful Native American uprising in ...
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.
Pueblo Independence Day commemorates the anniversary of the Pueblo Revolt on Aug. 10, 1680. On that day, pueblo people joined one another in rebelling against Spanish colonizers.
Following the 1680 Pueblo Revolt which led to the temporary Spanish retreat from the territory, the pueblos reverted to practicing their own traditions while incorporating some of the Spanish customs.
After compounding misdeeds and overbearing taxes by the Spanish invaders, the indigenous communities rebelled in what is now referred to as the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. This rebellion saw the Spanish expelled from Nuevo México for a period of 12 years, and the pueblo people were able to regain lost lands.