How did Spanish colonization affect how the Indigenous people in the Paso del Norte region were identified and how they identified themselves?

Question #1 How was Po-pay’ influenced by Don Esteban Clemente and the Piro and Tompiro revolts and why was he described as “assuming Clemente’s mantle” (Kessell, p. 194) in the article that you read this week?

Question #2 What was something that you learned from the Frontera! film on the Pueblo Revolt? Was there anything about the film that you disliked or disagreed with?

Question #3 How did Spanish colonization affect how the Indigenous people in the Paso del Norte region were identified and how they identified themselves? In other words, how did the arrival of the Spanish and the conquest affect the identity of the Indigenous people of Paso del Norte?

Question #4 How did ethnocentrism and xenocentrism contribute to the gradual colonization of the Pueblo nations. Ethnocentrism refers to the belief that your culture and practices are superior to all others, and Xenocentrism refers to the belief that that someone else’s culture and practices are superior to your own. (discussed in this week’s lecture)

#5 Why is it important to learn about the Indigenous people of the Paso del Norte region? How do you think that history has shaped the borderland region we know as El Paso and Cd. Juarez today?