Why did Puebloe Indians adopt Christianity?

Answer 1

Most were forced not to follow Christianity but were forced to follow the catholic religion and after years of having this integrated into their lives some kept the religion but most decided to revert back to their own religion and stop being catholic.Some of the measure the Spanish practiced were incredibly harsh, whipping and killing native priests and cutting hands off.

After about 80 years of increasingly harsh oppression of their traditional beliefs by the Spanish they had the successful Pueblo Revolt of 1680. They killed and drove all the Spanish soldiers, friars, priests, settlers and some sympathizers south to El Paso and on to Chihuahua. When the Spanish returned in 1692 to 1700 they changed their approach. The Pueblos people were allowed to openly practice their own religion. Gradually, some aspects of the religion combined in the eastern Pueblos and today many people are both. Also being Christian offered social advantages in the Spanish colonial society over 300 years. The Hopi and Zuni never did adopt Christianity (at Hopi all the Priests and converts were killed in 1700) until some started to in the late 19th century with the arrival of American missionaries.