CHICANO 10A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, Alianza Federal De Mercedes, Reies Tijerina
15 May 2016
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Leader of the new mexico land grant movement (vargas, 313) a lot of his arguing was based on the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo. Son of migrant workers, he began to work in the fields at the age of 7. Began his early career as an ordained preacher with the assemblies of god domination. In 1957 he began a religious community in casa grande arizona called the. Run out of the area by hostile anglo farmers and ranchers. He spent 6 years in mexico studying the history of new mexico"s land grants and working with militant peasants. He moved to tierra amarilla, new mexico in 1962 and launched the land grant movement. Called for the restoration of 3. 7 million acres of land to hispano residents of. New mexico:2 million acres of private land and 1. 7 million acres of communal land. According to tijerina, these lands should have been protected under the.
