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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLXL_trinidad-gachupin-medina-ca-1883-1964_Zia-Pueblo-NM.html
Trinidad Gachupin Medina was the most widely known Zia potter of her time. She was recognized for her large polychrome storage jars. Sponsored by trader Wick Miller, she toured the United States from 1930 to 1946, demonstrating pottery making at d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLXK_pueblo-of-zi_Zia-Pueblo-NM.html
In 1583 Antonio de Espejo recorded this pueblo as one of five in the Province of Puname. Following the sacking of Zia by Spanish troops in 1689, the pueblo was reestablished, but never attained its former size. The Zia ancient sun symbol is incorp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLXJ_esther-martinez-poe-tsawae-1912-2006_Ohkay-Owingeh-NM.html
Esther Martinez served her community as an educator, linguist and storyteller. Her foremost contributions to our state are documenting and preserving the Tewa language and the art of storytelling. Esther was named a national heritage fellow in 200…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLXG_tesuque-rain-gods_Santa-Fe-NM.html
Seated clay figurines known as rain gods or "rain catchers" spring from Tesuque Pueblos's deep-rooted figurative pottery tradition. Popularized in the 1880's, Tesuque women made and sold the figurines in a variety of colors and designs, and earned…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLXF_pueblo-of-tesuque_Santa-Fe-NM.html
The name Tesuque is a Spanish variation of the Tewa name Tetsugeh, meaninig "narrow place of cotton wood trees." The small Tewa speaking pueblo of Tesuque was established before 1200, and was first visited by Europeans in 1591. It is one of the mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLX7_pueblo-of-santa-ana_Rio-Rancho-NM.html
The Keres-speaking pueblo of Santa Ana was established on its present site in 1693, as part of Diego de Vargas' reconquest of New Mexico. The spot, exposed to flooding, was poorly suited for farming, and today the residents live on their farms alo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLWZ_feliciana-tapia-viarrial-1904-1988_Santa-Fe-NM.html
Feliciana Tapia Viarrial helped estaablish today's Pueblo of Pojoaque. Pojoaque, or Posuwageh, water drinking place, is a Tewa village founded circa A.D. 900. By 1919, the Pojoaque homelands were severely diminished. Most members left for neighbor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLWX_the-st-francis-womens-club_Santa-Fe-NM.html
The St. Francis Women's Club was instrumental in raising funds to rebuild San Francisco de As Church, which had been condemned and demolished in about 1960. Their main fundraiser was the annual Fourth of July Ceremonial, featuring dances of Nambe …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLWQ_vasquez-de-coronados-route_Zia-Pueblo-NM.html
In 1541 an expedition from the army of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, New Mexico's first explorer, marched south 80 leagues to investigate the pueblos along the lower Rio Grande. The group reached that part of the infamous Jornada del Muerto, now …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLWK_chimayo_Chimayo-NM.html
Indians occupied the Chimayo valley centuries before the arrival of the Spaniards. The village of Chimayo, founded in the early 18th century, shortly after the reconquest of New Mexico, has been a center of the Spanish weaving tradition for over 2…