The Pueblo Indians
The Pueblo Indians are the historic descendants of the Anasazi peoples,
also known as the "Basket Makers". The Pueblo people live in several locations in
northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico in compact, permanent
settlements known as pueblos. Pueblo means village or town in Spanish.
The Pueblos were first encountered by the Spanish in 1539, by the Spanish
Franciscan missionary Marcos de Niza. A year later the Spanish explorer
Francisco Vaasquez de Coronado, searching for the legendary Seven Cities of
Ciibola, led an expedition among the Hopi people. When failing to find any
treasure, he withdrew. In 1598, the Spanish occupied the Pueblo country, and by
1630 Spanish missions were established in almost every village. A mass Pueblo
revolt in 1680 drove the Spanish from the territory. No other indigenous group
had succeeded in doing this, and the Pueblo were not re-conquered until 1692.
Few of the missions were reestablished, and most of the......
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