Ward Alan Minge

Bio: Ward Alan Minge received his MA from the University of the Americas (Cholula, Mexico) and his PhD in history from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Minge is one of New Mexico’s preeminent scholars of Spanish Colonial, Mexican, Territorial, and Pueblo history. In addition to serving as a historian at Kirtland Air Force Base, he was the first historian hired to help New Mexico pueblos negotiate the legal issues affecting tribal land and water rights. Dr. Minge is the author of Acoma: Pueblo in the Sky.