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Solicitor Leshy Opinion--Eastern Boundary Of The Sandia Pueblo Grant, John D. Leshy
Solicitor Leshy Opinion--Eastern Boundary Of The Sandia Pueblo Grant, John D. Leshy
Sandia Pueblo Mountain Claim
The question of the proper location of the eastern boundary of the 1748 Spanish land grant to the Pueblo of Sandia in central New Mexico has been a matter of public controversy for many years. In December 1988, Solicitor Ralph Tarr issued an Opinion, in which Secretary Hodel concurred, rejecting the pueblo's claim that the eastern boundary of its grant should be resurveyed and located along the main ridge of the Sandia Mountain rather than along a foothill ridge. My reconsideration of the Tarr Opinion's conclusion on the boundary issue does not depend on a formal remand from the court, …