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Susan J Tweit's avatar

I didn't learn of the Pueblo Revolt until I lived in Las Cruces in the 1990s and began walking the Tortugas Pilgrimage every December with my dear friend, Denise Chávez, poet, novelist, playwright and activist. I have wondered ever since why we don't celebrate it as a state holiday, but I guess the answer is what you wrote: the Pueblo Revolt was a tremendously effective and courageous strike at the heart of colonialism, and the colonists are the ones who write our history.

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Ken Barber's avatar

I lived and worked in Santa Fe for half a year, nearly a decade ago, and found northern New Mexico steeped in history and culture. As an outsider, I did my homework and did become aware of this event.

I am currently writing posts in my Substack about my time there. They will start appearing in about a month, in late September.

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