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PBS

New Perspectives on the West: The Pueblo Revolt

For Students 9th - 10th
From the PBS series "The West," comes this letter from Don Antonio de Otermin, the governor of New Mexico during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. This unique first hand account does come with a certain amount of bias, as it was written by one...
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Curated OER

History Matters: Pedro Naranjo Relates the Pueblo Revolt, 1680

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the resistance in 1680 by the New Mexico Pueblo Indians who resisted the Spanish attempts to subjugate them. Find out about the leader, El Pope, who was able to lead the resistance for ten years.
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Other

American Journeys: Revolt of the Pueblo Inidans

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the background of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 before accessing the document which is a translation of an excerpt of a book titled Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Otermin's Attempted Reconquest, 1680-1682. This document...
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Digital History

Digital History: Coexistence and Conflict in the Spanish Southwest

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the testimony of a Pueblo Indian, captured by the Spanish after the Revolt of 1680, giving his ideas of why the Indians attacked the Spanish and destroyed the images of Christianity they found.