Southwest tribes

After hearing so much about how the Europeans had their way with the tribes in the East and forcing these tribes onto reservations, its really nice to hear about a location where the Europeans could not get the control that they wanted. The Spanish tried for hundreds of years to make the people in this area under their rule. They did this somewhat with trade and with the missionaries but it failed miserably.
The tribes in this area did not change their lifestyle because they did not have to move to learn how to farm. They also were willing to learn from their "enemies" and adopt them into their tribe. This helped with the Spanish because the Spanish made many mistakes. They would "defeat" a band and not make peace with them because they wanted one treaty and this made these "tribes" stronger than were to begin with. The Pueblos made alliances with the Spanish to protect trade and to stop the raids on their villages.