Box 45
Container
Contains 1 Result:
San Joaquin del Rio de Chama Land Grant (Rio Arriba County, NM), Proposal submitted to the Campaign for Human Development on behalf of the Pueblo of San Joaquin de Chama by the Institute for the Research and Study of Justice,, January 15, 1981
File — Box: 45, Folder: 18
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Reies Lopez Tijerina Papers document Tijerina's career as a Chicano activist in New Mexico with the bulk of the collection reflecting his activities from 1963-1978. Tijerina is most remembered for his June 5, 1967 raid on the Rio Arriba County Courthouse in Tierra Amarilla and the ensuing trial in which he defended himself to a 'not guilty' verdict. The majority of the collection consists of the records of the land grant organization that he founded in 1963, the Alianza Federal...
Dates:
January 15, 1981