Pueblo Revolt of 1680

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Indigenous resistance movement revolt uprising

The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was a coordinated uprising of Indigenous Pueblo peoples in present-day New Mexico that successfully expelled Spanish colonizers for over a decade and stands as one of the most significant acts of Native resistance in North American history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pueblo Revolt of 1680 canonical	3
Pueblo Revolt	1
Pueblo Uprising of 1680	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2885390 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pueblo Revolt of 1680
Context triple: [Palace of the Governors, significantEvent, Pueblo Revolt of 1680]

A. Quechan uprising of 1781
The Quechan uprising of 1781 was a major Native American revolt in the lower Colorado River region in which the Quechan (Yuma) people destroyed Spanish missions and settlements, effectively halting Spain’s overland route between Sonora and Alta California.
B. Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century
The Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century was a major indigenous uprising in northern New Spain in which the Tepehuán people violently resisted Spanish colonial rule, missions, and exploitation.
C. Jicarilla War
The Jicarilla War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the United States and the Jicarilla Apache in the American Southwest, marked by battles over land, resources, and U.S. expansion.
D. Kumeyaay attack of 1775
The Kumeyaay attack of 1775 was an indigenous uprising in which Kumeyaay warriors destroyed much of Mission San Diego de Alcalá and killed a missionary, marking one of the earliest and most significant acts of resistance to Spanish colonization in Alta California.
E. Yavapai War
The Yavapai War was a 19th-century conflict between the United States and the Yavapai (often allied with Apache groups) in Arizona, marked by campaigns of forced removal and violent suppression of Indigenous resistance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pueblo Revolt of 1680
Target entity description: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 was a coordinated uprising of Indigenous Pueblo peoples in present-day New Mexico that successfully expelled Spanish colonizers for over a decade and stands as one of the most significant acts of Native resistance in North American history.

A. Quechan uprising of 1781
The Quechan uprising of 1781 was a major Native American revolt in the lower Colorado River region in which the Quechan (Yuma) people destroyed Spanish missions and settlements, effectively halting Spain’s overland route between Sonora and Alta California.
B. Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century
The Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century was a major indigenous uprising in northern New Spain in which the Tepehuán people violently resisted Spanish colonial rule, missions, and exploitation.
C. Jicarilla War
The Jicarilla War was a mid-19th-century conflict between the United States and the Jicarilla Apache in the American Southwest, marked by battles over land, resources, and U.S. expansion.
D. Kumeyaay attack of 1775
The Kumeyaay attack of 1775 was an indigenous uprising in which Kumeyaay warriors destroyed much of Mission San Diego de Alcalá and killed a missionary, marking one of the earliest and most significant acts of resistance to Spanish colonization in Alta California.
E. Yavapai War
The Yavapai War was a 19th-century conflict between the United States and the Yavapai (often allied with Apache groups) in Arizona, marked by campaigns of forced removal and violent suppression of Indigenous resistance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous resistance movement ⓘ revolt ⓘ uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Popé’s Rebellion ⓘ Pueblo Uprising of 1680 ⓘ linked to: Pueblo Revolt of 1680
country	New Spain ⓘ linked to: Viceroyalty of New Spain
describedAs	a major turning point in the history of the American Southwest ⓘ one of the most successful Indigenous uprisings against European colonization in North America ⓘ
endTime	circa 1692 ⓘ
followedBy	Spanish reconquest of New Mexico ⓘ
hasCause	Spanish attempts to suppress Pueblo ceremonies and kachina religion ⓘ Spanish religious persecution of Pueblo spiritual practices ⓘ drought and famine in the 1670s ⓘ epidemic diseases introduced by Europeans ⓘ forced labor under the encomienda system ⓘ punishment and execution of Pueblo religious leaders by Spanish authorities ⓘ
hasEffect	inspiration for later Native resistance movements in North America ⓘ modification of Spanish colonial policies toward Pueblo religion after reconquest ⓘ preservation of many Pueblo cultural and religious practices ⓘ reduction of Spanish control in the region for over a decade ⓘ
leader	Alonso Catiti ⓘ Catiti ⓘ El Saca ⓘ Popé ⓘ Tupatú ⓘ
location	Rio Grande Valley ⓘ linked to: Rio Grande valley Santa Fe de Nuevo México ⓘ northern New Mexico Pueblos ⓘ linked to: New Mexico pueblos present-day New Mexico ⓘ
opponent	Franciscan Order in New Mexico ⓘ linked to: Franciscan missions Spanish Empire ⓘ Spanish colonial government of New Mexico ⓘ linked to: Spanish New Mexico
participant	Franciscan missionaries ⓘ Hopi Pueblos ⓘ Keres Pueblos ⓘ Pueblo peoples ⓘ Spanish colonists in New Mexico ⓘ Tano Pueblos ⓘ Tewa Pueblos ⓘ linked to: Pueblo peoples Tiwa Pueblos ⓘ Zuni Pueblos ⓘ linked to: Zuni Pueblo
partOf	history of Native American resistance to European colonization ⓘ
result	destruction of many Spanish missions and churches ⓘ expulsion of Spanish colonists from most of New Mexico ⓘ killing of many Spanish settlers and missionaries ⓘ siege and evacuation of Santa Fe by the Spanish ⓘ temporary restoration of Pueblo autonomy ⓘ
significantEvent	coordination of revolt using knotted cords carried between Pueblos ⓘ retreat of Governor Antonio de Otermín to El Paso ⓘ siege of Santa Fe in 1680 ⓘ
startTime	1680-08-10 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palace of the Governors → significantEvent → Pueblo Revolt of 1680 ⓘ

Pueblo peoples → event → Pueblo Revolt of 1680 ⓘ

Spanish–Native American wars → hasPart → Pueblo Revolt ⓘ

linked to: Pueblo Revolt of 1680

Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo → participatedIn → Pueblo Revolt of 1680 ⓘ

Pueblo Revolt of 1680 → alsoKnownAs → Pueblo Uprising of 1680 ⓘ