Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: prehistoric man and woman in New Mexico / Richard W. Etulain -- Popé, the Pueblo Revolt, and Native Americans in early New Mexico / Joe S. Sando -- Juan de Oñate, Diego de Vargas, and Hispanic beginnings in New Mexico / Rick Hendricks -- Juanotilla of Cochiti, Vecina and Coyota: nuevomexicanas in the eighteenth century / Deena J. González -- Padre Martńez and Mexican New Mexico / E.A. Mares -- Mangas Coloradas and mid-nineteenth-century conflicts / Edwin R. Sweeney -- Kit Carson and the "Americanization" of New Mexico / Barton H. Barbour -- Billy the Kid, Susan McSween, Thomas Catron, and the modernization of New Mexico / Kathleen P. Chamberlain -- Mabel Dodge Luhan and New Mexico's Anglo arts community / Lois Palken Rudnick -- Dennis Chavez and the making of modern New Mexico / María E. Montoya -- "The inalienable right to govern ourselves": Wendell Chino and the struggle for Indian self-determination in modern New Mexico / Myla Vicenti Carpio and Peter Iverson -- Tony Hillerman and the turn-of-the-century American Southwest / Ferenc M. Szasz -- New Mexico history: a bibliographical essay / Richard W. Etulain.