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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: Muster Roll Source(s): Majestic Journey: Coronado’s Inland Empire Author(s): Stewart L. Udall (Author) Before Coronado’s expedition into New Mexico, a muster roll was taken describing each traveler in detail. We know a lot about events that day at Compostela— exactly 192 years before George Washington was born in 1732—because Don Antonio had issued an order that each soldier would pass before an inspector and declare his possessions. Thus, diligent sc... Show Keywords:
3	Title: Expedition into New Mexico Made by Antonio de Espejo 1582-1583 as Revealed in the Journal of Diego Pérez de Luxan, a Member of the Party Author(s): Diego Pérez de Luxan (Author); George Hammond (Editor); Agapito Rey (Editor) A merchant from New Spain journeys north as head of a relief party to find two Franciscan monks. Here he describes what his party found at Zuni. We set out from this place on the fourteenth of the month and marched a league. We halted at the first pueblo of the province of Zuni which they called Malaque, in which we had a row of houses (for our use), and they gave us to eat of what they had u... Show Keywords:
4	Title: The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza Source(s): The Journey of Fray Marcos de Niza Author(s): Fray Marcos de Niza (Author); Cleve Hallenbeck (Editor) What happens when Fray Marcos de Niza sends Estevan the Spanish Moor as advance scout in search of the golden Cities of Cibola in 1539. On another route I sent Estevan de Dorantes, the black, whom I instructed to follow to the north for fifty or sixty leagues, to see if by that route he would be able to learn of any great thing such as we sought; and I agreed with him that if he rece... Show Keywords:
5	Title: Zuni Religion and Philosophy Source(s): Zuni: El Morro Past & Present Author(s): Edmund J. Ladd (Author); David Grant Noble (Editor) Description of Zuni philosophy. All of Zuni life, from birth until death, revolves around rituals, ceremonies, special observations, and the crises of transition from one age or status to another. The Zuni believe that everyone carries within himself his (or her) own personal ̶... Show Keywords:
6	Title: Letter from Coronado to Mendoza Source(s): The Journey of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, 1540-1542 Author(s): Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (Author); George Hammond (Editor); Agapito Rey (Editor) Francisco Vásquez de Coronado wrote this report to Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza describing his expedition into New Mexico in 1540. Ferrando Alvarado came back to tell me that some Indians had met him peaceably, & that two of them were with the army-master waiting for me. I went to them forthwith and gave them some paternosters and some little cloaks, telling them to return to th... Show Keywords:
7	Title: The Vengeance of Gouyen Source(s): Indeh: An Apache Odyssey Author(s): Eve Ball (Author); Nora Henn (Author); Lynda A. Sanchez The widow Gouyen seeks revenge against a Comanche chief for killing her husband. The Apache girl lay in the brush arbor of her mother-in-law waiting for the older woman to sleep. Her name is one the Apaches are forbidden to mention and she is known today only as Gouyen, Wise Woman, a term reserved only for the intelligent and cha... Show Keywords:
8	Title: Barboncito’s Speech to General Sherman at Fort Sumner Source(s): Dinétah: An Early History of the Navajo People Author(s): Barboncito (Author); Lawrence D. Sundberg (Author) The Navajo leader Barboncito tells General Sherman to release the Navajos from captivity at Fort Sumner. Bringing us here has made many of us die, also a great number of our animals. Our Grandfathers had no idea of living in any other place except our own land, and I don't think it is right for us to do what we were taught not to do. When the Navajo wer... Show Keywords:
9	Title: Acoma Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight An introduction to the history and culture of the people of Acoma. Tribal elders say that Acoma (sometimes spelled Akome, Acuo, Acuco, Ako and A’ku-me) means “a place that always was.” Archaeologists have found artifacts at digs on Acoma Mesa that speak of prehistoric times. Like its near neighbors Hopi and Zu... Show Keywords:
10	Title: The Bird Man Source(s): Two Guadalupes: Hispanic Legends and Magic Tales from Northern New Mexico Author(s): Traditional; Marta Weigle (Editor) A traditional Spanish tale about a prince who became a bird and then a king. Once upon a time there lived a king who had three sons. Now the first wife of the king had died and the king had married again. The stepmother of the three boys was very mean. She treated her stepsons very badly. One day she stood in the door of t... Show Keywords:

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