died 1692, San Juan Pueblo, New Spain
Tewa Pueblo medicine man.
Believing he was guided by tribal ancestral spirits ( kachina s), Popé led an Indian revolt in 1680 against the Spanish invaders in what is now the southwestern U.S. The rebellion, known as the Pueblo Revolt, drove the Spanish out of Santa Fe and temporarily restored the old Pueblo way of life. Popé was accorded great honours, but success made him despotic. Although he was eventually deposed, he was reelected Pueblo leader in 1688.