Land Grants and Lawsuits in Northern New Mexico

1995 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles L. Briggs ◽  
Malcolm Ebright
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Land Grants

The Evangelist

2019 ◽  
pp. 113-139
Author(s):  
Lorena Oropeza
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
Land Grant ◽  
Land Grants ◽  
Spanish Colonial ◽  
Cultural Genocide ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Ownership Of Land

In New Mexico, Reies López Tijerina saw long-held aspirations—to secure a piece of land, to find ultimate justice, and even to establish and protect a cultural haven—hit fertile ground. Within two years of the 1963 Alianza Federal de Mercedes founding, he convinced thousands to join his new organization by spreading a three-part land-grant gospel that: 1) upheld Spanish colonial documents as a sign of legitimate ownership; 2) blasted American ownership of land grants as fraudulent; and 3) accused Americans not only of land theft but “cultural genocide.” Many land-poor Spanish-speakers in New Mexico responded to Tijerina’s fearless accusations and, as Tijerina turned to his preacher past, his religious allusions. Many shared his deep faith. More importantly, they bitterly recalled how their ancestors had once used the land without interference.

Land Grants and Lawsuits in Northern New Mexico.

1995 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. 1694
Author(s):  
David J. Langum ◽  
Malcolm Ebright
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Land Grants
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