All-Pueblo Council
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Native Americans, American Indians, Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: New Mexico
- Date: Established 1922
Article abstract: The All-Pueblo Council defended the integrity of Pueblo lands, communal life, and tribal traditions in the face of federal legislation threatening Pueblo reservation lands.
The All-Pueblo Council was established in response to the proposed Bursum bill of 1922. This legislation resulted from decades of controversy over land that had been purchased since 1848 by Hispanic and white settlers from the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. In 1913, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Sandoval case that the Pueblo Indians came under federal...
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