How the Pueblo Revolt was coordinated

Pueblo Revolt, 1680

Why did Pueblo communities rise in 1680? The NPS points to pressure to convert and demands for Indigenous labor. 🏜️

Pueblo Revolt, 1680

Popé (Po’pay) helped organize resistance with other Pueblo leaders. Accounts describe years of meetings, so this was not one man’s plan. 🔎

Pueblo Revolt, 1680

NPCA says arrested runners exposed the plan; leaders moved the revolt to Aug. 10, 1680. A video account describes knotted cords as a countdown, not a named calendar. 🪢

Pueblo Revolt, 1680

Spanish settlers left Santa Fe; Pueblo communities held autonomy about 12 years, until Spanish rule returned. Sources do not settle every role. 🏜️

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