Advocates for the oppressed : Hispanos, Indians, Genízaros, and their land in New Mexico / Malcolm Ebright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ebright, Malcolm, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--New Mexico--History--18th century.

Land tenure.

Land grants--New Mexico--History--18th century.

Land grants.

Legal assistance to Indigenous peoples--New Mexico--History--18th century.

Legal assistance to Indigenous peoples.

Indians of North America--Land tenure--New Mexico--History--18th century.

Indians of North America.

Pueblo Indians--Land tenure--History--18th century.

Pueblo Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Having written about Hispano land grants and Pueblo Indian grants separately, Malcolm Ebright now brings these narratives together for the first time, reconnecting them and resurrecting lost histories.

Contents:

The protector de indios, Spanish advocates for the Pueblo Indians

A city different than we thought : land grants in early Santa Fe

The Ojo Caliente grant

The Cochiti Pueblo Pasture grant and the Ojo del Espíritu Santo grant

La Ciénega and Cieneguilla pueblos

San Cristóbal Pueblo grant

San Marcos Pueblo grant

Galisteo Pueblo grant

Tomás Vélez Cachupín and his land grants

Tomás Veléz Cachupín and his lawsuits

The vision of Vélez Cachupín

The return of Zuni Pueblo's sacred lands

Conclusion : being spoken for or speaking for ourselves : advocacy assessed

Appendix A. Advocates, their cases, and land grants

Appendix B. Santa Fe area land grants

Appendix C. Land grants in the Cebolleta Mt. Taylor area on the Navajo frontier

Appendix D. Census of San Gabriel de las Nutrias settlers by Vélez Cachupín.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780826355065

0826355064

OCLC:

896123286