Anna Velásquez was an Apache woman who served in the large Domíngquez de Mendoza household during the mid-17th century. She is also known as Anna Velasco, and was the mother of José Domínguez de Mendoza who became a captain in the military in New México.

~From, "Some Hispanic Families Trace to Indian Lineage," by Samuel E. Sisneros, La Herencia, Winter/2003, pg. 8