Advocates for the Oppressed: Hispanos, Indians, Genízaros, and Their Land in New Mexico Contributor(s): Ebright, Malcolm (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826351972 ISBN-13: 9780826351975 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Land Use - History | Native American - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
Dewey: 333.309 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.50 lbs) 448 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Struggles over land and water have determined much of New Mexico's long history. The outcome of such disputes, especially in colonial times, often depended on which party had a strong advocate to argue a case before a local tribunal or on appeal. This book is partly about the advocates who represented the parties to these disputes, but it is most of all about the Hispanos, Indians, and Gen zaros (Hispanicized nomadic Indians) themselves and the land they lived on and fought for. Having written about Hispano land grants and Pueblo Indian grants separately, Malcolm Ebright now brings these narratives together for the first time, reconnecting them and resurrecting lost histories. He emphasizes the success that advocates for Indians, Gen zaros, and Hispanos have had in achieving justice for marginalized people through the return of lost lands and by reestablishing the right to use those lands for traditional purposes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ebright, Malcolm: - Malcolm Ebright is a historian, an attorney, and the director of the Center for Land Grant Studies. His most recent book, written in collaboration with Rick Hendricks and Richard W. Hughes, is Four Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico (UNM Press). |