Doña Ana Robledo
Ana Gomez Robledo was born in San Gabriel in 1604 to Bartolomé Romero and Louisa Robledo. Her mother was the daughter of Pedro Robledo, the oldest Oñate colonist to leave descendents in New Mexico. Pedro Robledo died at 60, the first of the colony to die, as the...
Curanderas – Women Who Heal
While curanderas have existed in many societies throughout history, Curanderas (female healers) and curanderos (male healers) spread with Spanish society as it expanded globally from the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. Because many curanderas also became...
Captive Women and Children of Taos County
From the seventeenth century into the nineteenth century, raiding and trading human beings, especially women and children, occurred with regularity in New Mexico. Native Americans took and traded human captives among themselves as well as in the communities in...