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“Confess this Genízaro so that they May Give Him Five Bullets”– Slavery, Hybridity, Agency, and Indigenous Identity in New Mexico

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Postcolonial Indigenous Performances

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In 1837 a coalition of Genízaros, Pueblo Indians, Coyotes, and other mixed-blood vecinos of Northern New Mexico rose-up in rebellion against the Mexican government headed by Governor Albino Perez of Mexico City. On August 7, a party of Keres of the Pueblo de Santo Domingo, captured and beheaded Perez on the outskirts of Santa Fe as he and his supporters attempted to escape to the Rio Abajo.

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Gallegos, B. (2017). “Confess this Genízaro so that they May Give Him Five Bullets”– Slavery, Hybridity, Agency, and Indigenous Identity in New Mexico. In: Postcolonial Indigenous Performances. Breakthroughs in the Sociology of Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-038-7_6

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