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Angelico Chavez believes the Pueblo Revolt was caused by the establishment of a new leader, Domingo Naranjo. As described to the Spaniards, Naranjo was a tall, black man with yellow eyes, and faked the image of the god Pohe-yemo. Domingo Naranjo was a Pueblo leader who claimed religious exile so he could gain the “power and revenge.” These Pueblo leaders were called mestizos instead of pure-blooded Pueblos (Weber 81). Also, unlike Bowden and Gutierrez, Chavez states that the Franciscans gave the Pueblos no cause for revolt. Angelico Chavez stays true to believing that the new leader was the cause of the Pueblo Revolt because in his mind he believes Pueblos are “peaceful people”, but thinks Domingo Naranjo was “more active and restless by nature than the more passive and stolid Indian” (Weber 81).

Originally called the Misión San Antonio de Valero, the Alamo has always been an influential landmark in the history of North America. The Alamo and the Southern Texas region have always played a vital role in the in the history of America. Whether in pre-American times, during Spanish Rule or the Mexican Revolution, the Alamo has been a part of it and was a focal point of conflict.

Scholarly reviews provide a reader with an analytical insight to an author’s analysis on a monograph. In The Comanche Empire, Pekka Hamalainen creates a thesis, which claims the Comanche Native Americans created a powerful empire in the Southwest. Assessing Hamalainen’s thesis, reviewers Joel Minor, Dan Flores, Gerald Betty, and Joaqin Rivaya Martinez present a variety of views on the monograph. Providing the strengths and weakness of Hamalainen’s text, each reviewer agrees and disagrees on several of the monograph’s points. The scholarly reviews provide a structured assessment, which offers the reader with an individual perspective of the monograph under review. Readers should identify the approaches to the text in each reviewer’s assessment

After a year of independence from Mexico, Texas approached the United States about the possibility of being admitted to the Union as a slave-state. Fearing the wrath of Mexico and not wanting to disrupt the balance in the Senate, America declined Texas’ offer. Although, during the election of 1844 James K. Polk ran on a platform that embraced American territorial expansionism. Polk won the election and six days before he took office, the U.S. Congress approved the annexation of Texas. But, before Texas was an American state, there was tension amongst Texans and . Due to the empresario system hundreds of slave-holding farmers settled into Mexico’s northern territory and by 1836 the population ratio in Coahuila y Texas was ten whites to every one Spanish-speaker. This caused some conflict because slavery was against the law in Mexico, yet there were hundreds of slave-holding families settled on Mexican territory. This conflict caused the Texas Revolution and the creation of the “Lone Star Republic.” But Sam Houston, the first president of Texas, wanted the United States or Great Britain to annex Texas in order to assume the debts of Texas. As a result,

The Alamo is well known and glamourized battle that was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution; it has been made the subject of movies and games for many years. James E. Crisp’s historical monograph, Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett’s Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution tries to express a more realistic account of the events and works to invalidate common misconceptions and myths surrounding the Alamo. His work is divided into four main myths: the racism in Sam Houston’s speech to the soldiers at Refugio, the justifiable and unjustifiable portions of Jose de la Peña’s personal narrative, Davy Crockett’s death, and how Crockett was represented as a patriotic icon during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Crisp’s work

What was the Wounded Knee Massacre? The Wounded Knee Massacre or the Battle of the Wounded Knee was the last armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the United States of America. It occurred at Wounded Knee, South Dakota on December 29, 1890. The United States Army used Hotchkiss cannons while Sioux warriors were poorly unarmed. Hundreds of woman children and old men died in a bloody massacre spoken of by Black Elk and President Harrison in the Wounded Knee Massacre document. Both men had very different accounts of what occurred and who was at fault as well as visions of the future of the Sioux Native American Tribe.

I address this to the people of the newly founded Republic of Texas, The battle for our Texas independence has been an extensive, grueling, back-breaking struggle. We have had our fair share of victories and our fair shares of loses too. We have been through many trials and tribulations. Our men have fought in countless battles. Such as The Battle of the Alamo, and most recently The Battle of San Jacinto. On the twenty-first of April, the President of Mexico, General Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna, was captured near the river of San Jacinto. With this victory came reward and repercussion. Although this victory brought on our independence, it also lacked the acknowledgement from Mexico we so desperately needed. Not only did the Mexicans not recognize us as a republic but also did not acknowledge our boundary of the Rio Grande River. Because of this they still posed a threat to our newly stated independence.

One of the questions brought up in class was how the soldaderas related to La Malinche or Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the idea that came to my mind was that both the soldaderas and Our Lady of Guadalupe both pushed the Mexican culture forward. An example that Salas points out is the issue regarding the food that the soldiers ate. Salas states that the American soldiers would eat food that the cooks would make in mess halls. The Mexican soldiers refused to eat the food and soon the United Statians realized that the soldiers would only eat the soldadera’s Mexican food. Had the soldaderas not been present in that scenario, it is safe to assume that the soldiers would have eventually given into eating the food the US gave them. Thankfully, because

This essay is written to show the impact of the movie. The essay writes about a character that is identifiable with one’s own persona, and the impact that the character had on the battle of the Alamo. The essay also writes about the emotions that the movie portrayed. The essay shows an alternative to the situation at the Alamo.

“In this war, you understand, there are no prisoners.” General Santa Anna told this to his generals after the surrender of Bexar and Cos. Some of the factors leading up to the Battle of the Alamo were the different languages, religions, and different ways of thinking. Americans wanted Manifest Destiny, or the idea that they had a right to move west to Califorina, while Mexicans could barely stay united as a country. Americans took advantage of Mexico’s disabilty to stay together and claimed part of Texas, starting the idea of the Texan Revolution against Mexico. During the Texan Revolution, one of the most important battles was the Alamo or “El Alamo”, named after the cottonwood trees surrounding it.

Galveston A History was written by author David G. McComb and published on January 1st 1986. In his book Galveston: A History McComb, tries to address the issues of how technology plays a role in transforming Galveston away from the way the European explorers encountered to the grand tourist attraction that it is today. In the book Galveston’s history is also told through using maps, pictures and phrases that describe. The book was more than likely written in this format to possibly to bridge the connection among individuals that actually know the history of Galveston at all. David McComb is able to paint

"When a white army battles Indians and wins, it is called a great victory, but if they lose it is called a massacre," - Chiksika, Shawnee. Native American writer and poet, Deborah A. Miranda in her online articled “Lying to Children About the California Missions and the Indians” published in March 23, 2015 addresses the topic of the “Mission Unit” that 4th graders are required to take and claims that the false story that is taught should be put to an end. She supports her claim by first providing a brief story of the missionization of California, then by explaining what the Mission Project consists of, then by including book examples on how people are taught the false stereotype of Native Americans and finally by

Although Mexicans was illogically portrayed as unworthy and filthy in the eyes of the white Texan, there was no doubt that the Mexican worked hard for cheap labor than anyone else in the state. John Weber mentions Colonel Sam Robertson as he explains how the Mexican and Mexican-Americans worked harder than any race,

Cultural beliefs affect strongly most of the facets of societies. Indeed, institution shape their ideas over the cultural principles of their dominant societies (Tang, 2011, p.148). This research analyzes the cultural beliefs of Texan community echoed on Texas Revolution historical museum websites attains the objective of giving an accessible scene to explain this case study. The San Jacinto Museum of History, the Star of the Republic Museum, the Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site, the Gonzales Memorial Museum, the Fannin Battleground State Historic Site, the Presidio La Bahia and Fannin Memorial, the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site, the Monument Hill/Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites, the George Ranch Historical Park, and the Alamo

Guatemala is one of the countries in Central America that has spectacular Mayan ruins and a diverse Mayan heritage communities. Local Mayan heritage has been preserving the culture of their ancestors after many years. Local indigenous community near Tecpan have been coming to a nearby Mayan site known as Iximche’ to perform spiritual rituals. Despite many racism and civil war that Guatemala; the indigenous community have been embracing their culture heritage. Iximche’ is a Post-Classic Maya site that has been really important to the local indigenous community because it allows them to continue preserving the Maya culture alive for future generations by enabling present community to open a link channel to perform ceremonies as their ancestors