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1	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:
2	Title: A Zuni Life: A Pueblo Indian in Two Worlds Author(s): Virgil Wyaco (Author) A Zuni Indian writes about leaving the pueblo to attend the BIA boarding school in Albuquerque in 1936. In 1936, when I was in the sixth grade, I heard about the Indian School in Albuquerque, one of the BIA boarding schools, and I thought about having a different lifestyle and learning new things in a big city. My principal, Mrs. Gonzales, sent in an a... Show Keywords:
3	Title: Katsinam Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight The meaning and origin of katsina rituals. Katsinam are Hopi spirit messengers who send prayers for rain, bountiful harvests, and a prosperous, healthy life for humankind. They are our friends and visitors who bring gifts and food, as well as messages to teach appropriate behavior and the con... Show Keywords:
4	Title: Early Life Source(s): Geronimo: His Own Story Author(s): Geronimo (Author); S. M. Barrett (Oral Historian) Famed Chiricahua Apache war chief Geronimo speaks of his childhood and how a boy becomes a warrior. As Told to S. M. Barrett. I was born in No-doyohn Cañon, Arizona, June, 1829. In that country which lies around the headwaters of the Gila River I was reared. This range was our fatherland; among these mountains our wigwams were hidden; the scattered valleys contained our fi... Show Keywords:
5	Title: Now You Are Beginning Again Source(s): Dinétah: An Early History of the Navajo People Author(s): Barboncito (Author); Lawrence D. Sundberg (Author) In this passage, Barboncito urges his people to care for their sheep as if they were family members. “Now you are beginning again. Take care of your sheep, as you would care for your own children. Never kill them for food. If you are hungry, go out! Find the wild plants, find the wild animals, or go without food, for you have done that before! The... Show Keywords:
6	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:
7	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:
8	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:
9	Title: How the World Began Source(s): When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away Author(s): Ramon A. Gutíerrez (Author) A noted scholar tells the story of how the world began according to the people of Acoma. In the beginning two females were born underneath the earth at a place called Shipapu. In total darkness Tsichtinako (Thought Woman) nursed the sisters, taught them language and gave them each a basket that their father Uchtsiti had sent them contain... Show Keywords:
10	Title: Fray Juan Ramírez Comes to Acoma Source(s): K’atsina: A Novel of Rebellion Author(s): Lana M. Harrigan (Author) A novelist's depiction of the arrival of Fray Juan Ramírez in Acoma Pueblo in 1629. That night Juan Ramírez wrapped himself in a coarse woolen blanket and lay down on the hard ground where he would build his house of worship. He was glad the governor and his entourage had departed. The Acoma had taken down baskets of corn, a few... Show Keywords:

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