Land, water, and culture
Subtitle: new perspectives on Hispanic land grants
By: edited by Charles L. Briggs & John R. Van Ness.
Contributors: Briggs, Charles L., 1953-; Van Ness, John R.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: New Mexico land grant series
Publisher: University of New Mexico
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Land grants -- New Mexico -- History.; Land grants -- Colorado -- History.; Pueblo Indians -- Land tenure -- History.; Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- New Mexico -- History.; Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- History.; Mexican Americans -- Colorado -- History.
Description: New Mexican land grants: the legal background--The pueblo grant labyrinth--Hipanic land grants: ecology and subsistence in the uplands of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado--Getting both sides of the story: oral history in land grant research and litigation--Mexicano resistance to the expropriation of grant lands in New Mexico--Land, water, and ethnic identity in Toas.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.