Sandia Pueblo Land Deed
Collection
Identifier: MSS-122-SC
Scope and Content
The first item in this collection, the Sandia Pueblo land deed, is a photocopy of the original, handwritten legal document which outlines the transfer of land (whose exact boundaries are specified) from Pablo Salasar Noriega to the Sons of the Pueblo of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores y San Antonio de Sandia for the price of one thousand dollars. The document explains that Pablo Salasar's father, Antonio Salasar, was the original owner of this land, and guarantees the rights of his heirs to maintain irrigation ditches there. The document, from 1772, is signed by Lt. Baltazar Griego as well as Pablo Salasar, Joaquin Romero and Juan Gonzales. The original is housed in Folder 2.
The second item is a handwritten document, from January 30, 1830, which is a declaration of the debts and assets (including land and a house) of Lorenzo Gonzales. It appears, from this and related documents, that this was a custom of the time.
Documents are in Spanish, though a typed translation of the land deed is also included in the collection.
The second item is a handwritten document, from January 30, 1830, which is a declaration of the debts and assets (including land and a house) of Lorenzo Gonzales. It appears, from this and related documents, that this was a custom of the time.
Documents are in Spanish, though a typed translation of the land deed is also included in the collection.
Dates
- 1772-1830
Language of Materials
Spanish English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Folder 2 of the collection must be accessed via photocopy (Folder 1) or microfilm (ZIM CSWR Microfilm E 99 S214 S73x).
Folder 2 of the collection must be accessed via photocopy (Folder 1) or microfilm (ZIM CSWR Microfilm E 99 S214 S73x).
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publications or distribution.
Historical Information
Sandia Pueblo, located fifteen miles north of Albuquerque, New Mexico and home to members of the Southern Tiwa ethnic group, has a long history of persistence in spite of conflict. The Spaniards documented this town as being populated by the Southern Tiwa as early as 1540, and certainly the history of the Tiwa there extends far beyond that initial documentation. The inhabitants of Sandia Pueblo participated actively in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, following which their pueblo was burned by Governor Otermin at least three times. At the time of De Vargas's reconquest, Sandia Pueblo was reported as abandoned, though this conflicts with an oral tradition that speaks to the people's permanence on this land throughout time. Written sources suggest that the pueblo was abandoned for several years, and resettled in 1748. One scholar notes that Spanish settlers were settled at or around Sandia in 1760.
Extent
2 folders
Abstract
This collection contains the land deed for Sandia Pueblo reflecting its sale to that Pueblo from Pablo Salasar, a typed translation of this deed, and a document from 1830 detailing the assets and debts of Lorenzo Gonzales.
Alternate Format
Microfilm version of land deed is available at the Center for Southwest Research, University of New Mexico, University Libraries (ZIM CSWR Microfilm E 99 S214 S73x). Photocopies are available in Folder 1.
Relevant Secondary Sources
- Brandt, Elizabeth Anne. Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico: A Linguistic andEthnolinguistic Investigation.Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1981.
- Deeds -- New Mexico -- Sandia Pueblo
- Hispanic Americans -- Southwest, New -- Social life and customs
- Irrigation canals and flumes -- Southwest, New
- Land tenure -- New Mexico
- Land titles -- New Mexico -- Sandia Pueblo
- New Mexico -- History -- To 1848
- New Mexico -- Social life and customs
- Pueblo Indians -- Land tenure
- Sandia Pueblo (N.M.) -- History
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Sandia Pueblo Land Deed, 1772-1830
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by K. Stocker
- Date
- ©2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 122 SC::Sandia Pueblo Land Deed)//EN" "nmu1mss122sc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu