Reies López Tijerina

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Reies López Tijerina was a prominent Chicano activist and land-grant leader who fought to reclaim Mexican and Spanish land grants in the American Southwest during the 1960s.

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Label Occurrences
Reies López Tijerina canonical 2
López Tijerina 1
Reies Tijerina 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chicano activist
civil rights activist
human
land-grant activist
political leader
activeIn southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

New Mexico
advocatedFor land rights of Mexican American heirs
recognition of Spanish and Mexican land grants
alsoKnownAs King Tiger
Reies López Tijerina
surface form: Reies Tijerina
associatedWith Chicano civil rights organizations
César Chávez
Rodolfo Gonzales
surface form: Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales
birthDate 1926-09-21
birthPlace Falls City, Texas, United States
cause restitution of land grants guaranteed under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfEvent 1967-06-05
deathDate 2015-01-19
era 1960s
1970s
ethnicGroup Chicano
familyName Reies López Tijerina self-linksurface differs
surface form: López Tijerina
founded Alianza Federal de Mercedes
fullName Reies López Tijerina self-link
givenName Reies
influenced Chicano movement
surface form: Chicano nationalism

Mexican American land-rights activism
languageSpoken English
Spanish
legalIssue arrest and prosecution related to the Tierra Amarilla raid
movement Chicano movement
surface form: Chicano Movement

Mexican American civil rights movement
notableEvent Tierra Amarilla courthouse raid
notableFor advocacy for the restoration of Mexican and Spanish land grants
leadership in the land-grant movement in the American Southwest
occupation community organizer
preacher
opposed land dispossession of Mexican American communities
participantIn Tierra Amarilla courthouse raid
placeOfDeath El Paso
surface form: El Paso, Texas, United States
positionHeld leader of Alianza Federal de Mercedes
religion Pentecostalism
subjectOf documentary films about the Chicano Movement
historical studies on land-grant struggles in New Mexico

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Subject: Reies López Tijerina
Description of subject: Reies López Tijerina was a prominent Chicano activist and land-grant leader who fought to reclaim Mexican and Spanish land grants in the American Southwest during the 1960s.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicano movement associatedWith Reies López Tijerina
Reies López Tijerina fullName Reies López Tijerina self-link
Reies López Tijerina familyName Reies López Tijerina self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: López Tijerina
Reies López Tijerina alsoKnownAs Reies López Tijerina
this entity surface form: Reies Tijerina