Tijerina, Reies
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1926-09-21-2015-01-19-
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Nabokov Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-093
Abstract
The collection consists of photographs taken at the time of the "Courthouse Raid" incident in Tierra Amarilla, NM. As well as photographs taken in 1977 of Reies Lopez Tijerina, Ubaldo Velasquez, Emilio Naranjo, Moises Morales, Pedro Archuleta, and Tony Anaya. A 2018 addition contains photographs and slides primarily related to the Hunt family and Acoma Pueblo.
Dates:
1879-2015
Reies Tijerina Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-654-BC
Abstract
The collection contains the papers of New Mexico land grant activist Reies Lopez Tijerina, best known for founding the Alianza Federal de Mercedes. The group organized heirs seeking to regain Spanish and Mexican land grants protected under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, an important component of the Chicano Movement.
Dates:
1888-2003; Majority of material found within 1963-1978