Taos, New Mexico

lead to the revolt we must step back into history and look at the events that lead to this. The Spanish had been expanding their influence in the new world by conquering the empires and peoples. Soon they would extend northward continuing to claim new land thereby building New Spain. Starting in 1540 the Spanish moved into what would become New Mexico. With the Spanish expansion came soldiers, missionaries, and settlers. These movements would lead to a confrontation between the Pueblo people and

another economy and social structure tweaked to the necessities of the occasionally troublesome environment. From there on Apache populaces developed, and by 1700 they ruled the western segments of the southern fields and the mountains of New Mexico. Apaches, more than whatever other gathering, tested the Pueblo Indian populaces and also the infringing Spaniards for control of the political economy of the Southwest. The Apaches made a place for themselves in the Southwest at an extremely

Heavenly Toaster Luis Tapia Heavenly Toaster is the one that caught my eye from the all the other art that I got to see when I went to the Denver museum. I don’t know what it was if it actually was because he had to do with the Virgin Mary or the bright colors and something different and unique that I had never seen before. When I First saw it from the corner of my eye I was like who would do a piece on a toaster not knowing exactly what it was. But once I got closed and read the note card that Luis

land, but the Puebloans should have also planned for how they would solve their current problems such as famine, worsening economic conditions, and now lacking protection. The Puebloans that remained after Spanish colonization of their homeland, New Mexico, in 1598 submitted to the Encomienda system without being aware of how much it would demand. The Spanish obscurely informed the Puebloans that they would protect them from bordering tribes such as the Apache and Navajo in exchange for labor and

sociologically, geographically or politicalitcally . And finally, what are some possible solutions? I want to start off briefing the history of both tribes. Long before the arrival of any pioneers from the United States, prior to the rancheros of Mexico, previous to the conquistadors searching for El Dorado, long ahead of the the Hopi tribe, were the Anasazi. Archeological estimates place the Anasazi 's presence in the American Southwest around 500 BCE. The Anasazi are important at this point, to

object that I chose to discuss is the Leather Belt. This object came from one of the most well-known Native American tribes in the United States, the Navajo. The Navajo tribe was, and currently is, located within the four states of Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado - also known as the Four Corners of the southwestern United States. Many people in the region still speak the Navajo language, as well as English. The Leather Belt was originally made of leather and strapped with eight silver “conchas

Racial Prejudice and Bias Against Hispanics At some point in life, every individual has been treated like an outsider. It occurs often with children or teenagers. However, one can still be regarded with this attitude as an adult. Furthermore, an entire group can feel as if they are being treated as an outsider, and sadly enough, it does happen regularly. One author, David Hernandez, spoke about these occurrences through his poem “Pigeons.” With his poem, Hernandez argues that Hispanics

Navajo Code Talkers National security of every country highly depends on secrecy maintainance, especially during wartime. Secrecy is an important element of victory. However, it is important not only to code messages but also to break enemy codes in order to gain military advantages. During the Second World War it was very important for the United States to send and receive codes without any risk of being deciphered. For this reason the language of American indigenous population of the Navajo was

their descendents in contemporary American society. Beginning in the fifteenth century with the arrival of Columbus, natives of the Americas were infected with European diseases that proved to be deadly to the Indians. The population in northern Mexico

beginning of the Mexican-American history. The history of Mexican-Americans began with the colonization of Mexico by the Spaniards around 1492. At this time, there were approximately eighteen million people living in Mexico as compared to the 250,000 Spaniards that came to the ANew World.@ This is shocking because these 250,000 Spaniards were able to conquer and gain control of Mexico. Many believe this was done because the Spaniards brought disease which killed off the majority of the natives