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Popé Leads the Pueblo Revolt (1680)

Type Event Region North America Time 1680

In August 1680, the Pueblo peoples of New Mexico launched a large-scale uprising under the coordination of the religious leader Popé, overthrowing Sp…

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  1. 1675–1680San Juan Pueblo (Ohkay Owingeh) · New MexicoThe Tewa religious leader Popé, after years of oppression and missionary assimilation policies, secretly contacted the Pueblo villages along the Rio Grande valley. Aiming to restore traditional ceremonies and expel the Spanish, he devised a coordinated uprising plan and transmitted signals using knotted cords to count the days.
  2. 1680Pueblo villages of the Rio Grande Valley · New MexicoFollowing the prearranged signal, Pueblo warriors simultaneously attacked Spanish missions and colonial outposts at Santa Fe, San Juan, Taos, and elsewhere, killing several missionaries and colonists, destroying churches, and restoring forbidden traditional ceremonial sites.
  3. 1680–1692El Paso (destination of the retreat) · Rio GrandeGovernor Otermín led some two thousand Spaniards and Indian allies in retreat to El Paso, and New Mexico temporarily fell under Pueblo autonomy. Popé implemented de-Hispanicization policies until Diego de Vargas's reconquest in 1692.

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