The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion that Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest

The dramatic and tragic story of the only successful Native American uprising against the Spanish, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 is a pivotal chapter in United States history.

With the conquest of New Mexico in 1598, Spanish governors, soldiers, and missionaries began their brutal subjugation of the Pueblo Indians in what is today the Southwestern United States. This oppression continued for decades, until, in the summer of 1680, led by a visionary shaman named Pope, the Puebloans revolted. In ...