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Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

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History Of The Boundaries Of The Pueblo Of Sandia, 1748-1860, Stanley M. Hordes Mar 1996

History Of The Boundaries Of The Pueblo Of Sandia, 1748-1860, Stanley M. Hordes

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

The purposes of this report are threefold: (1) to analyze the boundaries of the Pueblo of Sandia, as articulated and interpreted by Spanish, Mexican and U.S. Territorial authorities from the establishment of Sandia Pueblo in 1748 until the marking of the boundaries by the Office of Surveyor General in 1860; (2) to define the term, sierra madre in its proper historical context; and (3) to ascertain whether in 1748 Sandia Pueblo was populated by descendants of the original Sandia Pueblo people who had migrated to the Hopi country after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, or, on the other hand, the …


A Report Of The Sandia Pueblo East Boundary On Sandia Mountain, Milford T. Keene Oct 1985

A Report Of The Sandia Pueblo East Boundary On Sandia Mountain, Milford T. Keene

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

"'The purpose of this report is to review and address past surveys of the Pueblo grant boundaries, focusing on the east boundary. Specifically, the report considers these two questions: what did the Deputy Surveyor survey, and is the east boundary survey a result of private oral instruction given to the surveyor and not preserved in the documents? Since those who believe that the boundary should have been along ""the Main Ridge of Sandia Mountain,"" the problem is to decide, if possible, where those translations, interpretations, instructions, and surveys went astray and for what apparent reasons. Study of documents on the …


Memorandum--Pueblo Of Sandia Grant - Eastern Boundary, Sidney L. Mills Jan 1983

Memorandum--Pueblo Of Sandia Grant - Eastern Boundary, Sidney L. Mills

Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim

This memorandum confirms the receipt of the January 1983 report of Ward Alan Minge. The report refers to issues and encroachments regarding the eastern boundary area of Sandia Pueblo. The basic conclusion of Dr. Minge's report is that the Sandia Pueblo Grant, as surveyed under the auspices of the United States in 1859, was of such a nature as to deviate from the Spanish grant documents.