Category: Rosarie Salerno

Geothermal water is created through the action of the internal heat of the earth. These pools of water are known as Mineral and/or Hot Springs. Their temperatures differ from spring to spring; from tepid to very hot. Geothermal...

Advocate of The Amerindians of New Spain Vasco de Quiroga was born to a noble family in Castile, Spain, between 1470 and 1478. The exact date is not clear. He died March 14, 1565. He is best known for his protection of the...

According to the oral tradition of the Yaqui Indians the Creator gave life to the animals of the ocean. Some of these sea creatures emerged onto the land and were called the Surem. The Surem were of short stature. They were a...

Indigenous People of Mexico A peaceful and quiet people, the Tarahumara, have an archeological history of over 2,000 years. They call themselves Rarámuri, the “foot runners.” At one time they inhabited the northern portion of...

Emperss of the Americas In 1531 of the current era, ten years after the conquest of the Aztecs by the Conquistador Hernan Cortez, the indigenous people of Mexico were still in revolt due to the cruel dictatorial treatment of the...

With altruistic intentions, the Spanish Conquistadors and Franciscan friars were committed to protecting the Indios. Their initial goal was to Europeanizes the Mexica, integrating them into Christianity and the Spanish culture....

Years before the official abolishment of the Repartimiento in 1720 CE, this economic system was on its way out. Repartimiento was dependent upon the available Indio population of forced labor by the Spanish. Many natives were...

Believing in more than one God, the Aztecs are known as a polytheistic culture.  They believed that there was a god for almost every purpose and aspect of Aztec life. It was so intrinsic in their everyday life, ceremonies,...