New from the University of New Mexico Press:
Advocates for the Oppressed: Hispanos, Indians, Genízaros, and Their Land in New Mexico, by
Malcolm Ebright (Center for Land Grant Studies). The Press explains:
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 Genízaros (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, Genízaros, 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.
More information is available
here.
