New Mexico's Stolen Lands: A History of Racism, Fraud and Deceit Activity Kits more than three centuries later

more than three centuries later

Cecilia Beaux

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New Mexico's Stolen Lands: A History of Racism, Fraud and Deceit Activity Kits more than three centuries laterWhen the Mexican American War ended in 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo guaranteed previous Spanish and Mexican land grants, as well as rights for Native Americans to their ancestral homelands. However, organized property theft began soon after. People were methodically dispossessed of their homes through manipulation, conspiracy and even organized crime rings, leading to widespread poverty and isolation. Then in 1967, the Tierra Amarilla