Pedro Pino : governor of Zuni Pueblo, 1830-1878

Pedro Pino : governor of Zuni Pueblo, 1830-1878 / E. Richard Hart ; foreword by T.J. Ferguson.

"Pedro Pino, or Lai-iu-ah-tsai-lu (his Zuni name) was for many years the most important Zuni political leader. He served during a period of tremendous change and challenges for his people. Born in 1788, captured by Navajos in his teens, he was sold into a New Mexican household, where he obtaine...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hart, E. Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Pino, Pedro.
Pino, Pedro
1800-1899
Governors > New Mexico > Zuni > Biography.
Zuni Indians > Government relations.
Zuni Indians > History > 19th century.
Zuni Indians > Kings and rulers > Biography.
HISTORY > State & Local.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Governors
Politics and government
Zuni Indians
Zuni Indians > Government relations
Zuni (N.M.) > History > 19th century.
Zuni (N.M.) > Politics and government.
New Mexico > Zuni
Biographies
History
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Early years
  • First years as governor
  • Further warfare
  • Citizenship and the Zuni Land Grant
  • "Entangling alliances"
  • The Navajo war
  • Expeditions to and from Zuni: "Enough to pay them for going"
  • "Our sheep is dying!"
  • Reservation and retirement: "I bave been a great captain"
  • Though your body perish
  • Afterword
  • Appendix A: Biography of Pedro Pino
  • Appendix B: Orders No. 41 and Articles of Convention
  • Appendix C: Grant Given to Zuni, Year 1689
  • Appendix D: Treaty between the United States of America and Certain Indian Pueblos, or Towns.

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