Maria Montoya

Covered Wagon Women, Volume 8: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1862-1865 (Covered Wagon Women 8)

The overland trails in the 1860s witnessed the creation of stage stations to facilitate overland travel. These stations, placed every twenty or thirty miles, ensured that travelers would be able to obtain grain for their livestock and food for themselves. They also sped up the process of mail delive...

The Legacy of Maria Poveka Martinez

Maria, the potter of San Ildefonso (1887-1981), is not only the most famous of Pueblo Indian potters but ranks among the best of international potters. Her work Is collected and exhibited around the world, and more than any other artist, Maria Martinez brought "signatures" to Indian art. She and oth...

Maria Montoya Martinez: Master Potter

At age ten, Mar�a MontoyaMart�nez was stricken with smallpox. Near death, she lay limply in hermother's arms, unable even to swallow the herbal teas offered her. All theattempts to revive her seemed to have failed. Trying one last remedy, her auntand mother filled the hearth with thick green ced...

Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and the Conflict over Land in the American West, 1840-1900

When American settlers arrived in the southwestern borderlands, they assumed that the land was unencumbered by property claims. But, as María Montoya shows, the Southwest was no empty quarter simply waiting to be parceled up. Although Anglo farmers claimed absolute rights under the Homestead Act, th...

American History

Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and the Conflict over Land in the American West, 1840-1900

Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and the Conflict over Land in the American West, 1840-1900

Maria Martinez

Maria Montoya Martinez (1887, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico July 20, 1980, San Ildefonso Pueblo) was a Native American artist who created...