Editing Cochiti, New Mexico (section)

== History ==
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The Cochiti people are thought to be descended from the [[Ancestral Puebloans]] (formerly known as the Anasazi). The ancestors of the Cochiti people, living in cliff dwellings at Rito de los Frijoles in present-day [[Bandelier National Monument]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Keresan Family of Native American tribes |url=https://www.legendsofamerica.com/keresan-tribes/ |website=Legends of America |access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref> divided into two groups. One was located in the pueblo of Katishtya (later called [[San Felipe Pueblo, New Mexico|San Felipe pueblo]]) in the south and the other was located in Potrero Viejo, one of the [[potrero (landform)|finger mesas]] of the [[Pajarito Plateau]] in northern central New Mexico.<ref name=":0" /> Approximately 12 miles northwest of the present-day Cochiti Pueblo, a temporary pueblo known as Hanut Cochiti had been established.<ref name=":0" />

In 1598, Spanish [[conquistador]], [[Juan de Oñate]] came to Cochiti Pueblo.<ref name=":0" /> At first, the Spaniards admired and respected the Pueblo Peoples for their Spanish-like farming techniques and villages, viewing them as equals, and opening trade. As time went on, the Spaniards attempted to assimilate Cochiti people (and other tribes) into New Spanish society. They were forced to pay taxes in crops, cotton, and work. The Spanish Catholic missionaries attacked their religion and renamed the Pueblos with Catholic saints’ names and began a program of church construction, such as the San Buenaventura Mission at Cochiti, routinely torturing the tribes for practicing their traditional religion, and forcing them into labor and/or slavery.

The Cochiti pueblo people took part in the [[Pueblo Revolt|Pueblo Revolt of 1680]], an uprising of the Native Americans against the Spaniards.<ref name=":0" /> When Spanish Governor [[Antonio de Otermin]] reconquered New Mexico, the tribe retreated with the other Keresan tribes of San Felipe and Santo Domingo (now called [[Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico|Kewa]]) to the Potrero Viejo.<ref name=":0" /> The Cochiti people remained at Potrero Viejo until 1693 when they were forced to flee Spanish Governor [[Diego de Vargas|Don Diego de Vargas]] and his troops.<ref name=":0" />