Pueblo Nations: Eight Centuries of Pueblo Indian History

Description

Author: Sando, Joe S.  (1923-2011)

Publisher: Clear Light Publishers (Santa Fe, NM)

Pub Date:  1992 (Second printing)

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Dust Jacket: Fair.  NOT price clipped.  One approx. 1/16″ chip in gutter at front spine foot.  Wear to all corners, edges, and spine head.

Notes: The “ancient’ history of the New Mexico pueblos is noticeably brief (only about 30 pages, oral histories).  The bulk of the pueblo history begins with the Spanish expeditions, through the Pueblo Revolt, the arrival of the United States.  Pueblo relations with the U.S. and state and local governments (land grants, water rights, education) covers the modern era.  Includes brief biographies of 9 prominent natives who shaped Pueblo history.