The Wrap: Pueblo Revolt
Headlines for Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY

Po’pay, an Ohkay Owngeh leader, led the pueblo nations in a successful revolt against the Spanish in 1680. A seven-foot-high statue of him can be find in the United States Capitol visitors center. (Photo by Architect of the Capitol

The first true American revolution

Public schools regularly teach about the American Revolution, when the colonies stood up to the throne and overthrew British rule of the so-called “new world.” However, long before that revolution, Pueblo people staged a successful revolution against Spanish colonizers.

The Pueblo revolt took place on August 10, 1680, and has been referred to as the first true American revolution.

Conroy Chino, Acoma Pueblo, a former journalist, explains to Indian Country Today how his ancestors took part in the Pueblo revolt.