When I finished, I was less sure of my answer and found that I had more questions now than when I started. I was again made aware that there are always elements involved that are not always apparent at first and that without fully researching a subject, you are often lead to jump to inaccurate conclusions.
In reviewing materials to answer the question at hand, I read the following articles, which I will cite further: .
Ramon A Gutierrez, When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1864 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1991, 127-137.
Angelico Chavez, "Pohe-yemo's Representative and the Pueblo Revolt of 1680," New Mexico Historical Review (1976): 85-126.
Andrew L. Knaut, " Acculturation and Miscegenation: The Changing Face of the Spanish Presence in New Mexico;" in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680: Conquest and Resistance in Seventeenth Century New Mexico (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995), 136-151.
Were the Franciscans to blame for the revolt? Of course they were. Regardless other Spanish and European influences, the actions of the Franciscans were primarily to blame. The zealousness of the friars in spreading their version of "God's Word" led to growing animosity and hatred of the Franciscans. No matter what the role and origin of the revolt organizers were, if the Franciscans had not pushed the tribes to anger, they would not have revolted against them in the way they did. .
The Franciscans resorted to many barbarian acts to spread the word of God and force conformity. Initially, Pueblo peoples were somewhat pleased with the good word the Franciscans brought. Their grasp of Spanish Catholic doctrine and external worship dovetailed nicely with their native mythology. The demands made by the friars were often less onerous than those of their own tribal ritual leaders. As time went on, demand for greater conformity increased by the Franciscans.