Roots of Resistance by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Simon J. Ortiz - 9780806138336

Name: Roots of Resistance by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Simon J. Ortiz - 9780806138336
Brand: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roots of ResistanceA History of Land Tenure in New Mexico\nAuthor(s): Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Simon J. Ortiz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press, United States\nImprint: University of Oklahoma Press\nISBN-13: 9780806138336, 978-0806138336\nSynopsis\nAn updated edition of a seminal work on the history of land ownership in the SouthwestIn New Mexico - once a Spanish colony, then part of Mexico - Pueblo Indians and descendants of Spanish- and Mexican-era settlers still think of themselves as distinct peoples, each with a dynamic history. At the core of these persistent cultural identities is each group's historical relationship to the others and to the land, a connection that changed dramatically when the United States wrested control of the region from Mexico in 1848.\n\nIn Roots of Resistance - now offered in an updated paperback edition - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz provides a history of land ownership in northern New Mexico from 1680 to the present. She shows how indi.