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1	Title: Turquoise Mining in the Southwest Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight Turquoise mining among the Pueblos, Spanish, and Americans Archaeologists have also found turquoise mines throughout Mesoamerica. One of the largest mines is in a mountain south of Santa Fe called Cuwimi Kai or Chalchihuitel—“a house inside which turquoise is found.” The Zuni often obtained... Show Keywords:
2	Title: Keneshde Tells His Story Source(s): The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths Author(s): Keneshde (Author); John Adair (Author) A Zuni silversmith tells how he got the first piece of turquoise when he was fifteen from a mine east of Santo Domingo. When I was a boy about fifteen years old, I used to help Kwaisedemon, who was my grandfather, make silver. He was my father's father, and at that time he was an old man. It was hard work for him to pound out silver, so I used to do that for him. In r... Show Keywords:
3	Title: Turquoise Trail Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight Turquoise trade and Zuni jewelry. The Zuni traded for turquoise stones for hundreds of years. They traded with the Santo Domingo and Cochiti Indians who had access to the turquoise mines. Later on the Spanish seized control of the mines. In the late 1800s Anglo mining interests took ... Show Keywords:
4	Title: Lanyade Source(s): The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths Author(s): John Adair (Author) The first Zuni silversmith was a man named Lanyade. He tells this story at the age of 95. When I was a young man about thirty years old [1872], a Navajo came to Zuni who knew how to make silver. This mans Navajo name was Atsidi Chon. I had traveled through the Navajo country a good many times, on my way to the Hopi villages, and I knew ... Show Keywords:
5	Title: Santo Domingo Pueblo Stereoview, ca. 1900 Source(s): Pueblo Indians Making Bread Author(s): Unidentified (Photographer) Pueblo Indians Making Bread, Santo Domingo, N. M. Santo Domingo is an interesting and old-fashioned pueblo, built on the east bank of the Rio Grande, in New Mexico. In the four broad and dirty streets may be seen the huge outdoor ovens shown in the picture, often with heaps of firewood piled near t... Show Keywords:
6	Title: Those Who Have Gone: Indians of Abiquiu Source(s): Abiquiu and Don Cacahuate: A Folk History of a New Mexican Village Author(s): Gilberto Benito Cordova (Author) New Mexican historian Gilberto Benito Cordova writes about the early history of Abiquiu. Close by the village of Abiquiu can be found today at least ten prehistoric Pueblo sites. Exactly when the first Indians moved into this area is not known, but an old Tewa of Santa Clara Pueblo, Aniceto Swaso, declared some years ago that his ancesto... Show Keywords:
7	Title: Gaspar Castaño de Sosa and His Expedition of 1590 Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight A brief description of Gaspar Castaño de Sosa’s expedition of 1590; related information about the Spanish Inquisition and Luis de Carvajal. In 1590, Gaspar Castaño de Sosa led an expedition of 170 people from Mexico into New Mexico. Born in Portugal in the middle of the 16th C., Castaño de Sosa administered mining towns in northern Mexico under the leadership of Luis de Carvajal y de l... Show Keywords:

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