It`s time to take stock of Santa Fe`s legacy
(WorldNews Mexico)

................................................................ Popé organized and led a revolt against cruel conquerors (conquistador literally means conqueror) and colonizers who had little respect for the original people’s traditions, religion and history. The Catholic symbols that you say he destroyed might be sacred to you, but at the time they were symbols of oppression and violence. There is an overarching myth of Fiestas de Santa Fe that celebrates the idea of a “peaceful reconquest.” This idea is ridiculous. A glancing search in Wikipedia will tell you otherwise. It took a two-year war to “peacefully” re-settle Santa Fe. Fiestas might seem like...