A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids is a curriculum podcast series to teach the history of this unique region.
Nationalization
In 1864, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo making the American Southwest a United States territory where the land would...
Episode 5: Colonization
Within two decades, the Spanish settlers returned to the Rio Grande Valley, laying claim to the fertile valleys...
Pueblo Revolt
The new neighbors had so many demands and harsh punishments, the pueblo peoples had enough and organized a revolt,...
Strangers Arrive
In July of 1540, the Ashiwi people watched as a group of armed strangers – who turned out to be Europeans –...
Settling Down
For over 10,000 years, communities grew in the desert, with elaborate roads and structures that remain today. The complexity...