New Mexico's stolen lands : a history of racism, fraud & deceit / Ray John de Aragón.

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2020.

©2020.

127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

When the Mexican-American War ended in 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo guaranteed previous Spanish and Mexican land grants, as well as rights for Native Americans to their ancestral homelands. However, organized property theft began soon after. People were methodically dispossessed of their homes through manipulation, conspiracy and even organized crime rings, leading to widespread poverty and isolation. Then in 1967, the Tierra Amarilla Courthouse Raid, led by charismatic civil rights leader Reies López Tijerina, brought the age-old struggle over these stolen lands to the national stage. Author Ray John de Aragón brings to light the suffering brought to New Mexico by land barons, cattlemen and unscrupulous politicians and the effects still felt today.

English

August 26, 2020

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127).

Land grants > Law and legislation > New Mexico > History.