Pueblo Nations is the rare history of the Pueblo people written from the inside. Joe S. Sando, of Jemez Pueblo, was a historian, educator, and elder, and his book carries the story across eight centuries, from emergence and the world before contact through the Spanish conquest, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, and the land and water struggles that still shape Pueblo life. The cover photograph of a Corn Dance under a rainbow at Santa Clara Pueblo signals the living tradition behind the history.
Published by Clear Light Publishers of Santa Fe, with a foreword by Regis Pecos of Cochiti, the book is dedicated to Sando's father, Juanito. This copy is marked First Edition, though the copyright line reads 1992 and 1998 and the number line ends in 3, indicating a later printing of that revised edition rather than the earliest impression. Either way it preserves Sando's authoritative, deeply personal account, praised by the New York Times as the first insider's story of New Mexico's nineteen pueblos.
Labeled 'First Edition' — but the number line ends in 3
The copyright page says 'First Edition' yet the number line ends in 3 — a third printing. Another reminder to read the line, not the words. This is a Clear Light Publishers book; see how Clear Light Publishers states its first printings.
| Author | Joe S. Sando |
| Publisher | Clear Light Publishers |
| Year | 1998 |
| ISBN | 0-940666-07-3 |
| Edition | Labeled 'First Edition' — but the number line ends in 3 |
| Condition | Softcover, clean. |
| Topic | Pueblo Indian history |
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