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Central to Pueblo religion is the concept of the Kachina (also called Katsina), a spirit being in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo people. These beings, once believed to visit Pueblo villages, are now honored through masked dances and rituals in which Pueblo people embody the Kachinas. [7]
The center has a museum that presents Pueblo history and artifacts, and an interactive Pueblo House museum. An archive holds a collection of photographs, books, and tape recordings of oral histories. [12] It also has a café and a restaurant, [11] Indian Pueblo Kitchen, serving Indigenous cuisine. [13]
The clearest division between Puebloans relates to the languages they speak. Pueblo peoples speak languages from four distinct language families, which means these languages are completely different in vocabulary, grammar, and most other linguistic aspects.
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Po'pay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger than present-day New Mexico. [1]
The local pantheon of kachinas varies from pueblo community to community. A kachina can represent anything in the natural world or cosmos , from a revered ancestor to an element, a location, a quality, a natural phenomenon, or a concept; there may be kachinas for the sun, stars, thunderstorms, wind, corn, insects, as well as many other concepts.
Ruins of a multistoried pueblo of 200–250 rooms, AD 1275–1325 (late Pueblo III Era and/or early Pueblo IV Era). Betatakin: Ancestral Pueblo Kayenta: Navajo Reservation: Grand house Ruins located at the Navajo National Monument. Box Canyon Ruins: Flagstaff Ruins located in the Wupatki National Monument. Canyon Creek Ruins: Salado
By contrast the population of New Mexico (including the area of El Paso, Texas) was only slowly increasing, totaling 17,000 in 1750 and consisting of 5,000 "Spanish" (which included mestizos and Indian servants and slaves) and 12,000 Pueblo Indians. [22] Comanche numbers began declining in 1780 due to recurrent epidemics of European diseases.
Interior of Great Kiva at Aztec Ruins National Monument showing the vast size of the structure Ruins of the kiva at Puerco Pueblo, Petrified Forest National Park Chacoan round room features. A kiva (also estufa [1]) is a space used by Puebloans for rites and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system.