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Book: Wind Runner by Ellie Crowe
categories: Book, Indian Runners, History for Middlegrade, Biography Middlegrade, Historical Adventure, Historical Fiction, New Mexico History, Pueblo Indian History, Po'pay, Bravery Native American, Native American RunnersEllie Crowe

I wrote this book after seeing a museum display about the Indian wind runners. The history was interesting and I could imagine the young runners as they ran through the dark night across the desert and over mountains. I found an old book, written by the Spanish missionaries, about the battle in New Mexico. In 1680, Po'pay, a Pueblo Indian medicine man, organized the Pueblo Revolution against Spanish tyranny in New Mexico. The young runners were a major reason for the success of this fight for freedom. Today, the nineteen Pueblo Nations, as a direct result of the strength and perseverance of their forefathers and their adherence to their native culture and traditions, still have their remaining homelands, their language, religion, and traditional form of government.
It is interesting to note that in 2005, a seven-foot marble statue depicting Po'pay holding a knotted cord was placed in the Statuary Hall in Washington D.C. Sculpted by Jemez Pueblo sculptor Cliff Fragua this is the final statue to be installed in the collection and the only one sculpted by a Native American.
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