Surviving Columbus

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Surviving Columbus

1992

1h 53m

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Overview

This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

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37 members

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Conroy Chino

Self - Acoma Pueblo / Narrator (voice)

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Myrna Chino

Self - Acoma Pueblo

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Alfonso Ortiz

Self - Anthropologist

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Rina Swentzell

Self - Santa Clara Pueblo

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Simon Ortiz

Self - Acoma Pueblo

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Dave Warren

Self - Santa Clara Pueblo

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Gail Bird

Self - Laguna Pueblo

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Joe S. Sando

Self - Jemez Pueblo

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Edmund J. Ladd

Self - Zuni Pueblo

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Esther Martinez

Self - San Juan Pueblo

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Agnes Dill

Self - Isleta/Laguna Pueblos

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Herman Agoyo

Self - San Juan Pueblo

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Tomás Atencio

Self - Sociologist

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Glenabah Martinez

Self - Taos Pueblo / Navajo

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Regis Pecos

Self - Cochiti Pueblo

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Emory Sekaquaptewa

Self - Hopi

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Gregory Cajete

Self - Santa Clara Pueblo

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Benito Córdova

Self - Genízaro

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Gilbert Suazo

Self - Taos Pueblo

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John Pino

Self - Laguna Pueblo

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John Reiner

Self - Taos Pueblo

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Anacita Taliman

Self - Santa Clara Pueblo

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Joseph H. Suina

Self - Cochiti Pueblo

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Ron Soliman

Self - Laguna Pueblo

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Edward Beyuka

Self - Zuni Pueblo

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Robert E. Lewis

Self - Zuni Pueblo

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Charlotte Bradley

Self - Zuni Pueblo

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Rachele Agoyo

Self - Cochiti/Santo Domingo Pueblos

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Mary Zuni

Self - Isleta Pueblo

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Domingo Otero

Self - Sandia Pueblo

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Christina Otero

Self - Sandia Pueblo

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Doris Chavez

Self - Acoma Pueblo

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Alex Seowtewa

Self - Zuni Pueblo

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Laurie Weahkee

Self - Cochiti Pueblo

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James Hena

Dramatic Voices (voice)

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Robert Hartung

Dramatic Voices (voice)

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Eliseo Casillas

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