Po'pay
Po'pay | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Pueblo peoples | |
| In office August 10, 1680 – c. 1692 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office disestablished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1630 Ohkay Owingeh, New Spain |
| Died | c. 1692 (aged 61–62) |
| Nationality | Tewa |
Po'pay, sometimes spelled Popé, (/ˈpoʊpeɪ/ POH-pay; c. 1630 – c. 1692) was a Tewa religious leader from Ohkay Owingeh, who led the Pueblo Revolt in 1680 against Spanish colonial rule. In the first successful anticolonial revolt against a European colonial power in the Western Hemisphere, the Pueblo expelled the colonists and kept them out of the territory for twelve years. Po'pay ruled over the Pueblo peoples until his death and the Pueblo Revolt is seen as a forerunner to the American Revolution.