1598 onward
ColonizationBook sources
Spanish colonization of Pueblo country
New Mexico; Pueblo nations
Spanish soldier-settlers imposed colonial government and church institutions, exploited labor, and suppressed Pueblo religious practices. Communities resisted through both revolt and negotiations.
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Context / qualification
A continuing colonial process; individual massacres require additional sources.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 7