Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-01-30
THE PROCEEDINGS were INSTITUTED BY CLARA D. TRUE, LONG Med
DER WITH MATTERS CONNECTED WITH the SANTA CLARA INDIANS
AND NOW IT HAS BECOME SUBJECT FOR The COURTS and the
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. QUESTION HINGES on Deciding OF LAND ON
the PART OF THE INDIANS FOR Term OF YEARS WITH View 10
AVOID TAXATION AND ESCAPE PAUpERzATl0N OF THEIR olD1'ME
communities
RECENT COURT RULING MADE
PUEBLOS TAXATION SUBJECTS

The injunction proceedings men,
toned in yesterdays issue OF the
New Mexican, instigated by Pedro j..
Baca, a Santa Clara Indian, in the
district court, unfolds story OF local
and national interest
The injunction is brought with the
intention of preventing the delegates
from the Santa Clara pueblo, chosen
BY an overwhelming vote of that self
governing community, from going to
Washington to take part in the hear
ing of the matter of deciding their
lands to the secretary of the interior.
Briefly stated the injunction was i'll
stigated by one, Clara d. True, VINO
lives adjacent to the Santa Claras and
who has, for many moons facetiously
dabbIed in the affairs of that pueblo,
terming herself friend of the In
dians, misnomer, as indicated by
recent developments.
This woman in the past obtained,
through plausible ingratiation the
following and support OF consider
able number of the communal voters
OF the Santa Clara counsel. She has
been opposed to the deciding of the Ill
dian lands to the secretary of the in
terror. She appears on the bond OF
Pedro ]. Baca, the lone objector to the
deed.
The Santa Clara Indians, joining in
the general movement of the nineteen
rueblos to deed their lands for a
period of 25 years to the government,
thereby avoiding taxation and over,
coming the pauperization of their
communities, recently voted by ma
pcrity of so over 5, of its counsel, or
communal government to send three
delegates to Washington to confer,
along with delegates from the other
pueblos, with the secretary of the in
terror regarding the matter.
Pedro ]. Baca, with one or two
others, are the only Indians in Santa
Clara who have opposed the trip.
They contended that the pueblo had
no right to use their money for that
purpose. Over $500 has BEEN in the
fund of the pueblo treasury and was
overwhelmingly voted to defray ex-
penses of the delegates. On the OBJ
lection Of Baca and one other, the
pueblo through it's governor rendered
these men their share of the amount,
and propose to use the balance for the
ro, til,
the instigation of outsiders Baca re-
fused to accept the money he and his
lone follower or two, who are rela-
tives, had paid in, and have instituted
an injunction. In other words the
communal government of the ma
jority of the pueblo is thus legally op-
posed and defied by the minority of
two or three of it's members.
Victoriana Cisneros, Francis Naran-
j5 and Jaunito Naranjo are the dele
gates chosen to go to Washington
from Santa Clara. Two of these men,
formerly friendly to Miss True, like
the overwhelming majority of the pu-
etlo. have become tired of that wo-
mans interference in their affairs and
government and are thinking for
themselves. Juanito Naranjo, who
like Victoriana Cisneros, has attend
ed the government school here at
Santa Fe, are among the best
posted Indians on their own affairs in
that pueblo. Francis Naranjo is a vet
eral who has been governor in former
times and these three men will make
intelligent and able representatives of