“Hold on to what is good,
Even if it's a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe,
Even if it's a tree that stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do,
Even if it's a long way from here.
Hold on to your life,
Even if it's easier to let go.
Hold on to my hand,
Even if I've gone away from you.”
~ Pueblo Indian Prayer-
Artwork by: Emily Kell
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Flag of the Pueblo Sultanate
This is the flag of the Pueblo Sultanate. It comes from a world where the Ottoman Empire established colonies in the New World. The Ottomans began in the Caribbean, and soon went on to conquer Mexico. Eventually, the Ottomans made their way to the American Southwest, and subjugated the Pueblo peoples. Life was harsh for the Pueblo people under Ottoman colonialism. Pueblo people were forced to toil away in silver mines to feed the Ottomans’ hunger for precious metals. Several madrasas were established with the intent to convert the Pueblo peoples to Islam. In theory, the madrasas would provide aid, education, and social services to the Pueblo people. In practice, however, the imams often subjected their charges to horrific abuse. Despite this, Islam did manage to spread among the Pueblo peoples. The Pueblo peoples begged for a savior. But where could he be?
The Pueblo people received their answer in the form of a charismatic preacher named Po’Pay. Despite the similar name, he is a separate individual from the Po’Pay of our world. This Po’Pay preached the highly syncretic religion that combined indigenous Pueblo beliefs with Islamic liberation theology. This was in sharp contrast to the Islam of the Ottomans, which frowned upon syncretism, and suppressed indigenous beliefs. Po’Pay teachings began to spread, and soon Po’Pay a revolt against the Ottomans. Though the fight was hard, at last the Pueblo peoples were free from the Ottoman yoke. The Pueblo peoples began to think of themselves not as a collection of disparate tribes, but as a united people sharing in a common destiny.
Po’Pay organized the tribes into a sultanate, with himself as the first sultan. However, the sultan would not rule alone. An assembly of tribes was created. Representatives of each tribe could voice the opinions and concerns of the tribe to the assembly. Thus, the Pueblo Sultanate became the first representative monarchy in the New World. The Pueblo Sultanate stretches over much of what would be he American Southwest.
The Pueblo Sultanate is famous for begin very tolerant, open-minded, and accepting of peoples with different beliefs. Most citizens practice Pueblo Islam, but don’t try to push it on other people. Most women do not veil, and most Pueblo citizen wear traditional indigenous-style clothing. to Po’Pay developed a written script based upon Arabic, and the Pueblo Sultanate is home to several libraries and other centers of learning. In fact, the Great Pueblo Library is world renown for its expansive collection of books. Qurans are written in the Pueblo script, and the call to prayer to announced in the various Pueblo languages. The Pueblo Sultanate is also quite famous for its cooking. Pueblo cuisine combines cooking techniques from the Eastern Mediterranean with spices and ingredients of the American Southwest. The Pueblo Sultanate has a noticeable minority of Greeks, Serbians, Bulgarians, and Amazighs. They are mostly descended from slaves brought over during the days of Ottoman colonialism.
Also, the Pueblo Sultanate isn’t actually called the Pueblo Sultanate in-universe, but I couldn’t think of a better name.
The flag includes the sun symbol of the Zia people, and the crescent moon of Islam. This is a reference to the Sultanate’s mixed indigenous and Islamic heritage. The blue band represents turquoise, an important stone to many Pueblo peoples. The green band represents prosperity, and green is a color associated with Islam. The yellow band is there because it goes well with everything else.
Link to the original flag on my blog: https://drakoniandgriffalco.blogspot.com/2022/06/flag-of-pueblo-sultanate.html?m=1
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visited the senckenberg museum of natural history in frankfurt and they have a pueblo indian skull on display in their mineral section.
it’s literally just there with all the rocks. the most information about it is literally “pueblo indian skull with volcanic rock”
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you guys talk about how evil marketing is all day (not wrong) all while posting through your apple devices it's quite funny to me
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Ugh I'm getting a headache.
So, my great*2 grandfather can be estimated to have been born in 1893-1895. Great!
Except
His listed father was recorded to have died in 1890. So, he was either lying about his age (very common) and thus is one of the 2 boys I found born before the dad's death. One of which married someone else somewhere else (idk which one bc unfortunately basically EVERYONE is either Jose or Maria if they hate their other name and the 2 are only 2 years apart 😭)
Or
He's the kid I found that was born in 1895 who, for some reason, is listed to be the dead man's legitimate son. So, either his death was greatly exaggerated or great*3 grandma lied to the record keepers (civil and church) and had a baby out of wedlock with someone else.
So far, I've been able to find 2 other children from her (1891 and 1892) with 2 different fathers. So I have no idea why she would suddenly lie about this particular child being from her late husband. (I'm 99.99% sure that they are the same woman, her listed name is the same non-Maria name and her parents are the same as well. So unless her parents named 2 of their living daughters the same name (not Maria) then I think that's her)
She remarried in 1907, so it's possible that her second husband is the 1895 baby's father, if they waited over a decade to marry (possible, I have another pair of ancestors who had like 3 kids together before they decided to marry over a decade after their first was born) or it's some other unknown dude.
But
That same child's first name and birth year matches with a kid who died a decade before my great grandfather was born. His father is listed as the second husband, too.
So I think my best bet is one of the boys born before 1890, it just comes down to making as educated a guess as possible. If only I could find the marriage records of my great*2 grandparents...
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