Alianza Federal de Mercedes
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Alianza Federal de Mercedes was a Chicano land-grant rights organization in New Mexico that fought to reclaim and defend Hispanic communal land grants in the 1960s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chicano land-grant rights organization
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civil rights organization ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
enforcement of land grant provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
ⓘ
return of communal lands to local heirs ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity |
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Luis Valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chicano civil rights activists ⓘ |
| basedOn | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo land grant provisions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause | land dispossession of Hispanic communities ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicFocus |
Hispanic
ⓘ
Indo-Hispano ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Reies López Tijerina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-World War II civil rights era ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
key organization in the Chicano land-grant movement
ⓘ
symbol of resistance to land dispossession in the U.S. Southwest ⓘ |
| ideology |
Chicano nationalism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
land rights activism ⓘ |
| languageOfOrganization |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalFocus |
Spanish and Mexican land grants in New Mexico
ⓘ
communal land grants ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Mexico ⓘ |
| movement | Chicano Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 1967 Tierra Amarilla courthouse raid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableLeader | Reies López Tijerina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed | Anglo-American control of former Mexican land grants ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
federal law enforcement agencies
ⓘ
state authorities of New Mexico ⓘ |
| purpose |
defense of Hispanic communal land grants
ⓘ
reclamation of land grants in New Mexico ⓘ |
| regionServed | northern New Mexico ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentaries on Reies López Tijerina
ⓘ
scholarship on Chicano land struggles ⓘ |
| usedTactics |
direct action
ⓘ
legal challenges ⓘ public demonstrations ⓘ |
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