Chimayó

by Patricia Trujillo-Oviedo

Book Overview

The name "Chimay " is derived from the Tewa Indian term Tsi Mayoh and was given to a sacred place of the Pueblo Indians located in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains between Santa Fe and Taos. Many of the Spanish colonists who settled in Chimay after peaceful reentry to New Mexico in 1692 were descendants of those who left Castile and Extremadura. Nurtured by their faith and strengthened by the traditions and skills they brought from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738585432
• ISBN13: 9780738585437
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"