Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico
This long-awaited book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the complex history of Pueblo Indian land in New Mexico, beginning in the late seventeenth century and continuing to the present day. The authors have scoured documents and legal decisions to trace the rise of the mysterious Pueblo League between 1700 and 1821 as the basis of Pueblo land under Spanish rule. They have also provided a detailed analysis of Pueblo lands after 1821 to determine how the Pueblos and their non-Indian neighbors reacted to the change from Spanish to Mexican and then to U.S. sovereignty.

Characterized by success stories of protection of Pueblo land as well as by centuries of encroachment by non-American Indians on Pueblo lands and resources, this is a uniquely New Mexican history that also reflects issues of indigenous land tenure that vex contested territories all over the world.
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Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico
This long-awaited book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the complex history of Pueblo Indian land in New Mexico, beginning in the late seventeenth century and continuing to the present day. The authors have scoured documents and legal decisions to trace the rise of the mysterious Pueblo League between 1700 and 1821 as the basis of Pueblo land under Spanish rule. They have also provided a detailed analysis of Pueblo lands after 1821 to determine how the Pueblos and their non-Indian neighbors reacted to the change from Spanish to Mexican and then to U.S. sovereignty.

Characterized by success stories of protection of Pueblo land as well as by centuries of encroachment by non-American Indians on Pueblo lands and resources, this is a uniquely New Mexican history that also reflects issues of indigenous land tenure that vex contested territories all over the world.
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Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico

Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico

Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico

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This long-awaited book is the most detailed and up-to-date account of the complex history of Pueblo Indian land in New Mexico, beginning in the late seventeenth century and continuing to the present day. The authors have scoured documents and legal decisions to trace the rise of the mysterious Pueblo League between 1700 and 1821 as the basis of Pueblo land under Spanish rule. They have also provided a detailed analysis of Pueblo lands after 1821 to determine how the Pueblos and their non-Indian neighbors reacted to the change from Spanish to Mexican and then to U.S. sovereignty.

Characterized by success stories of protection of Pueblo land as well as by centuries of encroachment by non-American Indians on Pueblo lands and resources, this is a uniquely New Mexican history that also reflects issues of indigenous land tenure that vex contested territories all over the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826354730
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 06/15/2014
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 496
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

Malcolm Ebright is a historian, an attorney, and the director of the Center for Land Grant Studies. His books include Advocates for the Oppressed: Hispanos, Indians, Genízaros, and Their Land in New Mexico; The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil; Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico; and Pueblo Sovereignty: Indian Land and Water in New Mexico and Texas.

RickHendricksservedastheNewMexicoStateHistorianfrom2010through2019.HisbooksincludeTheWitchesofAbiquiu:TheGovernor,thePriest,theGenízaroIndians,andtheDevil;TheNavajosin1705:RoqueMadrid'sCampaignJournal;FourSquareLeagues:PuebloIndianLandinNewMexico;andPuebloSovereignty:IndianLandandWaterinNewMexicoandTexas.

Richard W. Hughes is an attorney in Santa Fe specializing in Indian law. He is a partner in the Rothstein law firm.
Rick Hendricks served as the New Mexico State Historian from 2010 through 2019. His books include The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil; The Navajos in 1705: Roque Madrid's Campaign Journal; Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico; and Pueblo Sovereignty: Indian Land and Water in New Mexico and Texas.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction 1

1 The Pueblo League in New Mexico, 1692-1846 11

2 Santa Ana Pueblo's Ranchiit'u Land Purchases 49

3 Picuris Pueblo: Spanish Encroachment and Pueblo Resurgence 89

4 Sandia Pueblo 123

5 Santa Clara Pueblo and Its Struggle to Protect Santa Clara Canyon 149

6 Cochiti Pueblo 169

7 Jemez Pueblo 189

8 The Surveyor General and the Cruzate Grants 205

9 The Pueblos Come Under U.S. Rule 237

10 The Pueblo Lands Board 267

11 Taos Pueblo and the Return of Blue Lake 293

Epilogue 321

Acknowledgments 327

Appendix 1 Confirmed Pueblo Grants 329

Appendix 2 Documents Relating to the New Mexico Pueblo League 331

Abbreviations 337

Notes 339

Glossary 421

Works Cited 423

Index 441

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