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Pueblo of Isleta ( tix, Shiewhibak , kjq, Dîiw'a'ane ; nv, Naatoohó ) is an
unincorporated community
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and
Tanoan
Tanoan , also Kiowa–Tanoan or Tanoan–Kiowa, is a family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples in present-day New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Most of the languages – Tiwa (Taos, Picuris, Southern Tiwa), Tewa, and Towa – ...
pueblo
In the Southwestern United States, Pueblo (capitalized) refers to the Native tribes of Puebloans having fixed-location communities with permanent buildings which also are called pueblos (lowercased). The Spanish explorers of northern New Spain ...
in
Bernalillo County
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,
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
,
United States
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, originally established in the . The
Southern Tiwa
The Southern Tiwa language is a Tanoan language spoken at Sandia Pueblo and Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico and Ysleta del Sur in Texas.
Genealogical relations
Southern Tiwa belongs to the Tiwa sub-grouping of the Kiowa–Tanoan language family. It ...
name of the pueblo is (Shee-eh-whíb-bak) meaning "a knife laid on the ground to play ''whib",'' a traditional footrace. Its people are a federally recognized tribe.
Pueblo of Isleta is located in the Middle
Rio Grande
The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.
The length of the Rio G ...
Valley, south of
Albuquerque
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
. It is adjacent to and east of the main section of
Laguna Pueblo
The Laguna Pueblo ( Western Keres: Kawaika ʰɑwɑjkʰɑ is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, near the city of Albuquerque, in the United States. Part of the Laguna territory is inclu ...
. The pueblo was built on a knife-shaped
reef
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of
lava
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running across an ancient Rio Grande
channel
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Geography
* Channel (geography), in physical geography, a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.
Australia
* Channel Country, region of outback Austral ...
. The Isleta Pueblo Historic District is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
On January 15, 2016, the tribe's officials and federal government representatives held a ceremony to mark the government's taking into
federal trust some 90,151 acres of land (140 square miles) which the Pueblo had then purchased. It enlarged their communal territory by 50%. The tribe had worked for more than 20 years to acquire this land, once part of their
ancestral homeland
An ancestral home is the place of origin of one's extended family, particularly the home owned and preserved by the same family for several generations. The term can refer to an individual house or estate, or to a broader geographic area such as a ...
. It was the largest acquisition of this kind handled under the
Barack Obama administration
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.
[Mary Annette Pember, "Isleta Pueblo Score Largest Parcel of Trust Land in Single Application"]
, ''Indian Country Today,'' 20 January 2016, accessed 20 January 2016
Culture
Language and ethnicity
The population of Pueblo of Isleta consists mostly of the Southern
Tiwa Tiwa and Tigua may refer to:
* Tiwa Puebloans, an ethnic group of New Mexico, US
* Tiwa (Lalung), an ethnic group of north-eastern India
* Tiwa language (India), a Sino-Tibetan language of India
* Tiwa languages, a group of Tanoan languages of the ...
ethnic group ( es, Tigua.). The inhabitants of the Pueblo traditionally speak Isletan Tiwa, one of the two
varieties
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* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
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* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
of the
Southern Tiwa language
The Southern Tiwa language is a Tanoan language spoken at Sandia Pueblo and Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico and Ysleta del Sur in Texas.
Genealogical relations
Southern Tiwa belongs to the Tiwa sub-grouping of the Kiowa–Tanoan language family. I ...
, part of the
Tanoan
Tanoan , also Kiowa–Tanoan or Tanoan–Kiowa, is a family of languages spoken by indigenous peoples in present-day New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Most of the languages – Tiwa (Taos, Picuris, Southern Tiwa), Tewa, and Towa – ...
branch of the Kiowa-Tanoan
language family
A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ''ancestral language'' or ''parental language'', called the proto-language of that family. The term "family" reflects the tree model of language origination in hist ...
. The other Southern Tiwa variety is spoken at
Sandia Pueblo
Sandia Pueblo (; Tiwa language, Tiwa: Tuf Shur Tia) is a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans in the United States, Native American Pueblo people inhabiting a Indian reservation, reservation of the same name in the eastern Rio Grande Ri ...
, whereas
Northern Tiwa
The Taos language of the Tiwa languages, Northern Tiwa branch of the Tanoan language family is spoken in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico.
Sociolinguistics
In data collected in 1935 and 1937, George L. Trager (1946) notes that Taos was spoken by all mem ...
is spoken at
Taos
Taos or TAOS may refer to:
Places
* Taos, Missouri, a city in Cole County, Missouri, United States
* Taos County, New Mexico, United States
** Taos, New Mexico, a city, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico
*** Taos art colony, an art colo ...
and
Picuris
Picuris Pueblo (; Tiwa: P'įwweltha ’ī̃wːēltʰà is a historic pueblo in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is also a census-designated place (CDP) and a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people. The 2010 censu ...
Pueblos.
In August 2015, the tribe announced that the Tiwa language would be taught to children at Isleta Elementary School, following the school's transfer from federal to tribal control. In 2016 the
Kellogg Foundation
The W. K. Kellogg Foundation was founded in June 1930 as the W. K. Kellogg Child Welfare Foundation by breakfast cereal pioneer Will Keith Kellogg. In 1934, Kellogg donated more than $66 million in Kellogg Company stock and other investments t ...
made grants totaling $148,000 for development of the
dual language
Dual language is a form of education in which students are taught literacy and content in two languages. Most dual language programs in the United States teach in English and Spanish, but programs increasingly use a partner language other than Spa ...
, Tiwa-English program, for young children at the school.
[Mark Fogarty, "Kellogg Foundation Has $30 Million in Open Grants in Indian Country"](_blank)
, ''Indian Country Today,'' 28 October 2016; accessed 28 October 2016
Traditional cultural practices
Anthropologists
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have divided
Pueblo groups into two distinct groups based on
cultural practice
Cultural practice is the manifestation of a culture or sub-culture, especially in regard to the traditional and customary practices of a particular ethnic or other cultural groups.
The term is gaining in importance due to the increased controver ...
s: the Western Pueblo Groups and the Eastern Pueblo Groups. Isleta is considered an Eastern Pueblo according to this classification, derived largely on their subsistence farming techniques. Traditionally, Eastern pueblos rely more heavily on
irrigation
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techniques, in contrast to
dry farming
Dryland farming and dry farming encompass specific agricultural techniques for the non-irrigated cultivation of crops. Dryland farming is associated with drylands, areas characterized by a cool wet season (which charges the soil with virtually ...
practices that were more common in the Western Pueblos. Both groups cultivate mostly
maize
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
(corn), but squash and beans have also been staple Pueblo foods all around the region.
Other scholars classify the pueblos into three cultural groups: the Western, Eastern, and Keresan (or Central) Pueblo groups. In either system, Pueblo of Isleta is considered an Eastern Pueblo group. The adjacent
Laguna Pueblo
The Laguna Pueblo ( Western Keres: Kawaika ʰɑwɑjkʰɑ is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, near the city of Albuquerque, in the United States. Part of the Laguna territory is inclu ...
is a Central—
Keresan
Keres (), also Keresan (), is a Native American language, spoken by the Keres Pueblo people in New Mexico. Depending on the analysis, Keres is considered a small language family or a language isolate with several dialects. The varieties of each ...
Pueblo group.
Social organization
Isleta (and the Sandia) have
matrilineal
Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which each person is identified with their matriline – their mother's Lineage (anthropology), lineage – and which can in ...
kinship systems, with descent and inheritance traced through the mother's family; the children are considered born to her people and receive their status from her family or corn group, akin to a
clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship
and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...
. They have an
endogamous
Endogamy is the practice of marrying within a specific social group, religious denomination, caste, or ethnic group, rejecting those from others as unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relationships.
Endogamy is common in many cultu ...
system of marriage. These kinship/cultural divisions are connected with the sacred directions and colors, as well as tribal
lineages,
clans
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship
and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...
,
phratries, and moieties. In the
moiety
Moiety may refer to:
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** Moiety conservation, conservation of a subgroup in a chemical species
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* Moiety (kinship), either of two groups into which a society is ...
system, one moiety is connected with winter practices, and the other with the summer practices and traditions.
Religious practices
The tribe maintains and operates a
kiva
A kiva is a space used by Puebloans for rites and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, "kiva" means a large room that is circular and underground, ...
as sacred space for particular rituals and ceremonies. The traditional religion involves the cult of the
Kachina
A kachina (; also katchina, katcina, or katsina; Hopi: ''katsina'' , plural ''katsinim'' ) is a spirit being in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo peoples, Native American cultures located in the south-western part of the United States. In th ...
s, spiritual beings that personify various aspects of the immaterial and natural worlds. The kachina concept has three different aspects: the supernatural being, the ''kachina dancers'' (masked members of the community who represent kachinas at religious ceremonies), and ''kachina dolls'', small dolls carved in the likeness of Kachinas given as gifts to children. The cult of the Kachinas may have spread eastwards to Isleta from the Western Pueblos through Laguna, in which Kachinas have been a part of the traditional religion for longer.
History
17th century
When the
Spanish
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**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
arrived in the late 1500s they named the village ''Isleta'',
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
for "little island". The
Spanish Mission of
San Agustín de la Isleta was built in the pueblo in 1613 by the Spanish
Franciscan
The Franciscans are a group of related Mendicant orders, mendicant Christianity, Christian Catholic religious order, religious orders within the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi, these orders include t ...
friar
Juan de Salas. He tried to teach the people about Catholicism and western ways of cultivating plants.
During the
Pueblo Revolt
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Popay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish empire, Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger than prese ...
of 1680, many of the pueblo people fled to
Hopi
The Hopi are a Native American ethnic group who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, there are 19,338 Hopi in the country. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation within the Unite ...
settlements in
Arizona
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, while others followed the
Spanish
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Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
retreat south to El Paso del Norte (present-day
El Paso, Texas
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. After the rebellion, the Isleta people returned to the Pueblo, many with Hopi spouses.
19th century
In the 1800s, friction with members of
Laguna Pueblo
The Laguna Pueblo ( Western Keres: Kawaika ʰɑwɑjkʰɑ is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, near the city of Albuquerque, in the United States. Part of the Laguna territory is inclu ...
and
Acoma Pueblo
Acoma Pueblo (, kjq, Áakʼu) is a Native American pueblo approximately west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. Four communities make up the village of Acoma Pueblo: Sky City (Old Acoma), Acomita, Anzac, and McCartys. These com ...
, who had joined the Isleta community, led to the founding of the satellite settlement of Oraibi. In the 21st century, Isleta includes the main pueblo, as well as the small communities of Oraibi and Chicale.
On October 21, 1887, the
French missionary
Father Anton Docher traveled to New Mexico, where he was assigned as a priest in the Cathedral of Santa Fé.
After three years in Santa Fé and one in Taos, he was assigned to Isleta, arriving on December 28, 1891. There, he met
Adolph Bandelier
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (August 6, 1840March 18, 1914) was a Swiss-born American archaeologist who particularly explored the indigenous cultures of the American Southwest, Mexico, and South America. He immigrated to the United States wi ...
and
Charles Fletcher Lummis
Charles Fletcher Lummis (March 1, 1859, in Lynn, Massachusetts – November 25, 1928, in Los Angeles, California) was a United States journalist, and an activist for Indian rights and historic preservation. A traveler in the American Southwest, h ...
, who became long-term friends. Young
Pablo Abeita (no relation to Diego or
Louise Abeita
Louise Abeita Chewiwi (E-Yeh-Shure or Blue Corn) (September 9, 1926 – July 21, 2014), was a Puebloan writer, poet, and educator, who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo.
Early life
Louise Abeita was born and raised at Isleta Pueblo, New ...
) had recently been selected as Governor of Isleta, continuing into the 1930s.
Father Anton Docher served for 34 years in the historic
St. Agustin Mission Church until his death in 1928. He is buried near the previous priest,
Padre Padilla, near the altar of the church in Isleta. (Built by the Tiwa under direction of a Spanish missionary in 1612, the church is one of the oldest in the United States.)
20th century to present
On October 26, 1919, the King of Belgium
Albert I, together with Queen
Elisabeth of Belgium and
Prince Léopold, journeyed to Isleta during their official visit to the United States. The King decorated
Pablo Abeita, Governor of the Pueblo, and Father
Anton Docher
Anton Docher (1852–1928), born Antonin Jean Baptiste Docher (pronounced ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ batist dɔʃe), was a French Franciscan Roman Catholic priest, who served as a missionary to Native Americans in New Mexico, in the Southwest of t ...
with the
Order of Léopold
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. Abeita gave the king a turquoise cross mounted in silver made by the Isletans. 10,000 people journeyed to Isleta for this grand visit by European royalty.
Abeita was appointed by the tribe to the Council of All Indian Pueblos, which was active in the 1920s to resist United States government political takeover of its lands. The Pueblo had an unusual land title, as the Spanish had a tradition of affirming indigenous title. When the United States took over the Southwest in 1848 following the
Mexican War, it promised by treaty to preserve Spanish-Mexican titles. Abeita and other Pueblo leaders organized to raise awareness of these terms; they gained passage of the
Pueblo Lands Act of 1924 by the US Congress, which affirmed their indigenous title.
But, through takeovers by Europeans and the United States, the Pueblo continued to lose lands. Some land claims were affirmed by court cases through the 20th century (see
Aboriginal title in New Mexico). Beginning in the late 20th century, the tribe's leaders have worked to buy back lands to re-establish their homeland territory.
In the mid-2010s, Pueblo leaders purchased 90,151 acres (140 square miles) of land that was once part of the tribes’ aboriginal homeland, at a cost of approximately .
[ In January 2016, the Secretary of Interior joined the Governor of the Pueblo to celebrate the ]Federal government
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placing this large parcel of land into trust on behalf of the Pueblo. The addition increased the Pueblo's territory by 50%. The land is primarily located within what is known as Comanche Ranch, and is one of the Pueblo's profitable businesses, where they run 1,000 head of cattle.[
The population was approximately 4,000 people and the tribe owns 211,000 acres of land.
]
Government
Traditional government
Up until the early 20th century, the tribe was headed by a ''cacique
A ''cacique'' (Latin American ; ; feminine form: ''cacica'') was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, the indigenous inhabitants at European contact of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles. The term is a Spa ...
,'' a man selected by elders from a clan with hereditary rights. In addition, the tribe annually elected a governor and assistants. The governor acted as a judge in civil cases; criminal cases were turned over to the federal government. The grand council was made up of all the chiefs, leaders of the pueblo who had gained popular respect. There were distinctions between peace chiefs and those leaders appointed in war.
Father Anton Docher
Anton Docher (1852–1928), born Antonin Jean Baptiste Docher (pronounced ɑ̃tɔnɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ batist dɔʃe), was a French Franciscan Roman Catholic priest, who served as a missionary to Native Americans in New Mexico, in the Southwest of t ...
, a French Catholic priest serving for decades at the Pueblo church, described the community in a 1913 article in ''The Santa Fé Magazine'':
Contemporary government
As of the 1940s, the Pueblo of Isleta has democratically elected tribal leaders. The Isleta constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When ...
was approved on March 27, 1947. There are thirteen articles in the constitution. The Pueblo organizes its government into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
Governor (Executive branch)
The governor is the top executive officer and is elected democratically. In mid-October, nominations are taken, and a general election is held the last Saturday in November. The newly elected governor selects two lieutenant governors, a sheriff, and an under-sheriff to assist during his/her governorship. The governor is bound by Article IV - Executive Branch of the constitution.
Tribal Council (Legislative branch)
The Isleta Tribal Council has 7 members, each elected for two-year terms. Their duties are outlined within Article V - Legislative Branch of the constitution.
Tribal courts (Judicial branch)
The governor appoints all tribal judges, who are confirmed by the Tribal Council (offering advice and consent). According to the constitution, Article IX - Judicial Branch, tribal judges are appointed by the governor; and must receive two-thirds (2/3) majority vote by the Isleta Tribal Council to be confirmed. The tribal courts comprise three judges: chief judge and two associate judges. Some of the tribal judges are not law trained. Some members and observers believe that political appointment of tribal judges can cause distrust of the judicial system, if opponents of the governor believe the judges are too influenced by the politics.
Economy
In addition to the cattle ranch, Pueblo of Isleta owns and operates the Isleta Resort Casino which is one of the larger New Mexico casinos, the Eagle Golf Course, and the Isleta Lakes Recreational Complex. The Isleta Resort Casino is accessible via the New Mexico Rail Runner Express
The New Mexico Rail Runner Express ( AAR reporting mark NMRX) is a commuter rail system serving the metropolitan areas of Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is administered by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and the Ri ...
, a commuter rail line from Belen to Santa Fe, at Isleta Pueblo station
Isleta Pueblo is a station on the New Mexico Rail Runner Express commuter rail line, located in Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...
. The casino has naming rights to the Isleta Amphitheater
Isleta Amphitheater is an outdoor amphitheater, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The amphitheater opened in February 2000 as the Mesa del Sol Amphitheater. This was a part of Mesa del Sol, a planned community, currently under development in Alb ...
.
References in popular culture
* Isleta is mentioned in Willa Cather
Willa Sibert Cather (; born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including ''O Pioneers!'', '' The Song of the Lark'', and ''My Ántonia''. In 1923, ...
's 1927 novel ''Death Comes for the Archbishop
''Death Comes for the Archbishop'' is a 1927 novel by American author Willa Cather. It concerns the attempts of a Catholic bishop and a priest to establish a diocese in New Mexico Territory.
The novel's U.S. copyright expired on January 1, 20 ...
''. The houses are described as white inside and outside.
* Isleta during the early 1900s is described in a biography of Docher: ''The Padre of Isleta/ The Story of Father Anton Docher'' (1940/reissued 2009), by Julia M. Keleher and Elsie Ruth Chant.
* Isleta is the main setting of Samuel Gance's novel in French, ''Anton ou la trajectoire d'un père'' (2013).Samuel Gance, ''ANTON OU LA TRAJECTOIRE D'UN PÈRE; L'histoire romancée du père Anton Docher''
, L'Harmattan, 2013 His fictional account is based on the life of the padre Docher, about whom he did extensive research.
See also
*Ancient Pueblo peoples
The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, an ...
*Puebloan peoples
The Puebloans or Pueblo peoples, are Native Americans in the Southwestern United States who share common agricultural, material, and religious practices. Currently 100 pueblos are actively inhabited, among which Taos, San Ildefonso, Acoma, Zun ...
*San Agustín de la Isleta Mission
San Agustín de la Isleta Mission, founded in 1613, was a Spanish Mission in what is now Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States. It was a religious outpost established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, to spread Christianity among the local ...
Notes
References
Bibliography
* Samuel Gance, ''Anton ou la trajectoire d'un père'', L'Harmattan, Paris, 2013, 208 p.
Julia M. Keleher and Elsie Ruth Chant, ''The Padre of Isleta: The Story of Father Anton Docher''
Sunstone Press Publishing, 2009 (first published 1940).
for more information
]
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