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Wes Studi narrates untold story of Pueblo resistance in new PBS documentary

Discover how Pueblo people fought to preserve their sovereignty against Spanish colonization

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As CEO of Silver Bullet Productions, Pamela Pierce knows the importance of storytelling.

She is also aware of accuracy.

Leading into preproduction for 鈥淣o Greater Act: Pueblo Resistance,鈥 Pierce and her team at Silver Bullet leaned heavily on the expertise of historians.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a labor of love,鈥 Pierce says of the project. 鈥淚t seemed like no one seemed to know about the more than 100 years of pueblo resistance.鈥

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鈥淣o Greater Act: Pueblo Resistance鈥 will premiere at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also be available to stream on the PBS app after the broadcast.

鈥淣o Greater Act: Pueblo Resistance鈥 will premiere at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It will also be available to stream on the PBS app following the broadcast.

The documentary is narrated by New Mexico resident and Oscar winner Wes Studi.

Pierce says the documentary tells the little-known story of the New Mexico pueblo resistance against colonization beginning in 1540.

鈥淭his is not a history of pueblos, or the Pueblo Revolt, but a history of early resistance,鈥 Pierce says. 鈥淭he film explores the birth of resistance, a response to conflict that America still needs to employ.鈥

Pierce wanted to deep dive into the part of history that hasn鈥檛 been told to the extent of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, which was an uprising of the Pueblo people against Spanish colonization. The uprising was organized by Tewa leader Po鈥橮ay and aimed to resist Spanish religious, economic and political oppression, ultimately leading to the temporary overthrow of Spanish rule for 12 years.

Pierce says the conflict and survival of the Pueblo people from the 1540s to 1696 is relevant to modern sovereignty.

鈥淭he period of time defines a people,鈥 Pierce says. 鈥淢ore than a Pueblo history, it focuses on events driven by the resistance to colonization by sovereign Pueblo nations 鈥 the story of courage and perseverance in the face of nation-building and colonization by European governments.鈥

Pierce says resilience did not begin with the Pueblo Revolt of 1680; nor does this story. Instead, it is the culmination of efforts to resist Spanish colonization and retain sovereignty over land, culture and religion.

鈥淧ueblo resilience remains a mystery outside the American Southwest,鈥 Pierce says. 鈥淭he lesser-known violent conflicts in New Mexico culminated in the unification of the Pueblo people. Any of these conflicts could have easily ended the Pueblo culture; instead, complex and creative forms of resistance halted Spain鈥檚 power in the New World, serving as universal lessons in resistance that remain relevant today.鈥

Luckily, when Pierce was searching for historians, she found a wealth of knowledge based in New Mexico.

State Historian Rob Martinez; Estevan Rael-G谩lvez, president/CEO Native Bound Unbound; Porter Swentzell of Santa Clara Pueblo; and Matthew Liebman, Peabody Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University are a few of the historians featured in the documentary.

鈥淚鈥檓 one that reads footnotes,鈥 Pierce says. 鈥淲hen I was doing research, I kept seeing Porter鈥檚 name, as well as Rob, Estevan and Matthew in those notes. I needed to find Matthew and I tracked him down at Harvard, and he was willing to help us out.鈥

To illustrate the series, local Native illustrators and animators were found. The project also used music composed by a Native musician.

鈥淭hen you have Wes Studi鈥檚 voice and it rounds out the entire film,鈥 she says.

Pierce knows that Pueblo resistance isn鈥檛 a topic for everybody.

鈥淚t鈥檚 really dark,鈥 she says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a wonderful story of survival. We take a look at what was lost and we can鈥檛 forget about the Pueblos that we will never know. Resistance is always needed and this showcases a time in history when Natives resisted and they continue to do so.鈥