Talk:Pueblo Revolt

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[edit] Re-write notes

Article re-written; the history showed a bunch of stubs vacillating between anti-Spanish and Spanish-apologist musings. I have tried to strike a middle ground. Murcielago 00:36, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Murcielago nice job, real close to middle ground...but it still buys into some 19th Century American values that still linger in the history books. For example, according to Spanish records various Navajo groups were trading with many pueblos in the same time period around the revolt and joined them in the revolt. I believe some pueblo people fled to Navajo areas and lived there after the revolt. The political and economic situation in the Southwest was complex around this time.

Pueblos certainly raided, as did the Spanish, as did Navajo, Apache and other Native American tribes/groups in the region for 100s of years. Granted, each group had a different view point of these activities (raiding, slave gathering, retaliation, revenge, religious missions, military expeditions). Some oral traditions of these events remain in the various cultures. However, the Spanish did record these activities in their own words for their own purposes (not for an middle ground history), close to when they happened.

My personal viewpoint is that by the mid 1800s the pueblos were not viewed as an enemy by the recently arrived Americans. Many Americans of that period vilified (spoke untruths or ignored truths about) any "indians" who objected to the American citizens and governmental control. Americans wrote lots of things down. This cultural bias lingers today where many Americans assume the Spanish were always protecting the pueblos from "those raiders". The Pueblo Revolt(s) is one historical example that this was not always or entirely true. The pueblo's knew how to conduct war, form political alliances and many did not appreciate the Spanish occupation. That is my soapbox which will stay on the discussion page.

Trying to find the middle ground is very hard when cultures collide. I leave my edits til later. Best to all --Rcollman 14:09, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] See also

I think the link to King Phillip's war is pertinent. It occurred at about the same time, and was also a native war against colonialism.--Rockero 02:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

• Agreed. The parallels between the two are striking, even though they took place on opposite sides of the continent. -Murcielago 21:32, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Looks like some of the history text was taken from here: ancientweb.org do we have some copyright issues? --Rcollman 15:57, 24 August 2007 (UTC)