Pueblo Nations: Eight Centuries of Pueblo Indian History - Softcover

Sando, Joe S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0940666073 ISBN 13: 9780940666078

Publisher: Clear Light Pub, 1992

Synopsis

Pueblo Nations is the story of a vital and creative culture, of a people sustained by ages-old traditions and beliefs, who have adapted to the radical challenges of the modern world. Written by a respected writer, educator, and elder of the Jemez Pueblo, this rare, insider's view of the history of the 19 Indian Pueblos of New Mexico illuminates Pueblo historical traditions dating from millennia before the arrival of Columbus and chronicles the events and changes of the European era from the perspective of those who experienced them.
Drawing on both traditional oral history and written records, Sando describes the origin and development of Pueblo civilization, the Spanish conquest and occupation, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and the response of the pueblos to Mexican independence and conquest by the United States. Sando offers several portraits of notable Pueblo leaders whose contributions have helped shape the history of their people. He looks at internal developments in Pueblo government and presents a detailed account of the unremitting struggle to retain sovereignty, land, and water rights in the face of powerful outside pressures.

This new edition is fully indexed and updated.

About this title

About the Author

Pueblo Nations: Eight Centuries of Pueblo Indian History is a rare insider's view into an ancient, fascinating, and vibrant people, written by a man uniquely qualified to tell this story. Joe S. Sando is also the author of Nee Hemish: A History of Jemez Pueblo (University of New Mexico Press), Pueblo Profiles: Cultural Identity through Centuries of Change (Clear Light) and co-author of Po pay: Leader of the First American Revolution (Clear Light). He has also contributed to several other books on Indian history as well as numerous publications, including World Book Encyclopedia, the Smithsonian Institution Handbook of North American Indians and New Mexico magazine. Born into the Sun Clan at Jemez Pueblo, he is a former director of the Institute of Pueblo Study and Research at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has taught Pueblo Indian history at the University of New Mexico, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and at U.S. International University. The first chairman of the All Indian Pueblo Housing Authority and the first chairman of the State Judicial Council, Sando is a former commissioner on the Higher Education Task Force and the Po pay Statuary Hall Commission. He also served on the board of Americans for Indian Opportunity. Sando has received the Excellence in Humanities Award from the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities Council and a lifetime Achievement Award from the Southwestern Association of Indian Arts (SWAIA). In May of 2007 he received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of New Mexico.

From the Back Cover

Pueblo Nations is the story of a vital and creative culture, of a people sustained by ages-old traditions and beliefs, who have adapted to the radical challenges of the modern world. Written by a respected writer, educator, and elder of the Jemez Pueblo, this rare, insider's view of the history of the 19 Indian Pueblos of New Mexico illuminates Pueblo historical traditions dating from millennia before the arrival of Columbus and chronicles the events and changes of the European era from the perspective of those who experienced them.

Drawing on both traditional oral history and written records, Sando describes the origin and development of Pueblo civilization, the Spanish conquest and occupation, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and the response of the pueblos to Mexican independence and conquest by the United States. Sando offers several portraits of notable Pueblo leaders whose contributions have helped shape the history of their people. He looks at internal developments in Pueblo government and presents a detailed account of the unremitting struggle to retain sovereignty, land, and water rights in the face of powerful outside pressures.

This new edition is fully indexed and updated.

Reviews

Written by a Native American author from the Jemez Pueblo near Santa Fe, this updates his Pueblo Indians (Indian Historical Pr., 1976), and complements his Nee Hemish: A History of Jemez Pueblo (Univ. of New Mexico Pr., 1982). Discussed are origins and development of Pueblo civilization, Spanish conquest, the Pueblo Revolt of the 1680s, land, water, survival, and U.S. government influence. Text, maps, and bibliography are close to Pueblo Indians; new additions include recent events, discussion of the "Colubmian Quincentenary and the Pueblo Indians," and additional photographs. Students of modern Pueblo history may wish to read Pueblo Nations in tandem with R.C. Gordon-McCutchan's The Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue Lake (Red Crane Bks., 1991). Author-educator Sando's work may help Pueblos understand their history from a Native American perspective and will illuminate Pueblo struggles and heritage for other readers. This is recommended for Native American and general collections that lack the earlier book or need an update of it.
-Margaret W. Norton, Fenwick H.S., Oak Park, Ill.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clear Light Pub
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0940666073
• ISBN 13: 9780940666078
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312