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1	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:
2	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:
3	Title: Alvarado’s Route Source(s): Narratives of the Coronado Expedition 1540-1542 Author(s): Don Hernando Alvarado (Author); George P. Hammond (Editor); Agapito Rey (Editor) An account of Don Hernando Alvarado’s travels among the Pueblos in 1540. “We came to an old edifice resembling a fortress; a league farther on we found another one, and a little farther on still another. Beyond these we came to an ancient city, quite large but all in ruins, although a considerable portion of the wall, w... Show Keywords:
4	Title: Carl Meets His Cousin-Brother Source(s): Katzimo, Mysterious Mesa Author(s): Bobette Bibo Gugliotta (Author) The son of an Acoma mother and a German-Jewish father visits his mother's village for the first time and meets his cousin. With a quick motion of his hand Horace indicated the path that the group was ascending. “Do you want to walk up the foot trail or do you want to climb the split trail?” He threw the choice at Carl like a challenge. Without hesitating Carl repl... Show Keywords:
5	Title: The Spanish Siege at Acoma Source(s): Flaming Arrow’s People by an Acoma Indian Author(s): James Paytiamo (Author) James Paytiamo describes the terrible Spanish siege at Acoma in the 1590s. On the top of the cliff to the south is the old Spanish church which the Spanish fathers forced my people to build by carrying the adobe dirt from the valley below in their shawls, on their backs, up that steep climb. The walls of the church are seve... Show Keywords:
6	Title: Holding Up the Cliff Source(s): Hopi Voices: Recollections, Traditions, and Narratives of the Hopi Indians Author(s): Abbott Sekaquaptewa (Author); Harold Courlander (Editor) How Grasshopper outwits the hungry Coyote. Coyote was living out there south of Oraibi, and one day he was going around looking for something to eat when he saw a grasshopper clinging to the base of a cliff. Coyote thought the grasshopper looked very peculiar, with its legs against the cliff ... Show Keywords:
7	Title: Maasaw niqw Orayvit Naatsawinaya (How Maasaw and the People of Oraibi Got Scared to Death Once) Source(s): Hopitutuwutsi Hopi Tales: A Bilingual Collection of Hopi Indian Stories Author(s): Herschel Talashoma (Author); Ekkehart Malotki (Author) Aliksa’i. People were living in Oraibi. Not far from the village, at Mastupatsa, was Maasaw’s home, where he lived with his grandmother. Every night when the villagers went to bed, he inspected the area around Oraibi. In this way he guarded the O... Show Keywords:
8	Title: El Milagro del Santo Niño [The Miracle of the Santo Niño] Source(s): Abuelitos: Stories of the Rio Puerco Valley Author(s): Edumenio Ed Lovato (Author); Nasario García (Editor) Edumenio “Ed” Lovato tells a story of the days when Indians captured Hispano children from outlying villages and carried them away. Rafael’s sister, Candelaria, was a proud possessor of a small statue of the Santo Niño de Atocha [Holy Child of Atocha]. From childhood she had developed an ardent devotion for the Child Jesus, following the example of her mother, who was also a f... Show Keywords:
9	Title: Woodstove of My Childhood Source(s): In the Gathering Silence Author(s): Levi Romero (Author) A poet describes the woodstove that heated his childhood home in northern New Mexico. woodstove of my childhood where potatoes cut like triangle chips were fried in manteca de marrano woodstove of lazy autumn smoke swirling away to nowhere woodstove of December evacuating the cold chill at sunrise woodstove of celebrati... Show Keywords:
10	Title: La Hormiguita (The Little Ant) Source(s): The Day It Snowed Tortillas: Tales from Spanish New Mexico Author(s): Traditional (Author); Joe Hayes (Author) Storyteller Joe Hayes rewrites a traditional Hispanic folk tale. All through the long, cold winter La Hormiguita, the little ant, had to stay inside her underground home because the ground was all covered with snow. But now the snow was melted, so she went to the door with her mother to see if spring had come.... Show Keywords:

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