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Chronology of Pertinent Events Ysleta Grant
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1540 |
Coronado arrival at Tiguex among the Tiwa Indians. |
1st display of Spanish dominance in New Mexico |
Castaneda 1922 |
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1598 |
Don Juan de Ońate expedition passed through El Paso area into New Mexico |
1st European colonization and El Paso area claimed for the Crown. Recognition of Pueblo Indian land rights. |
Jenkins 1989
Simmons1991
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1680 |
Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico |
Tigua Indians of Isleta relocated to El Paso del Norte |
Hackett 1942 |
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1682 |
Tigua Found Ysleta del Sur |
Spanish policy of ethnic separation enforced which created Ysleta de Sur as a separate and distinct Indian pueblo. |
Chavez 1957
Hendricks 1993
Houser 1979,1984
Hughes 1935
Jenkins 1989
Walz 1951
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1692 |
Hinojosa Grants conveyed by Governor Vargas to Churches at Ysleta, Senecú, Socorro, Guadalupe del Paso, and San Lorenzo del Real |
Grants of restricted area at each pueblo for mission subsistence. Grants probably reverted to the Indian Pueblos ca. 1817 with first secularization of mission |
Hendricks 1993
Houser 1994, 1996
Jenkins 1989
Kessell & Hendricks 1992
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1692 |
Boundary Dispute Between Indian Pueblos of Ysleta del Sur and Socorro del Sur |
Settled by Governor de Vargas who recognized a common boundary between the two Indian pueblos. Tigua auxiliaries served frontier defense during Spanish period. |
Hendricks 1993
Houser 1994
Walz 1951 |
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1751 |
Ysleta Grant conveyed by Governor
Tomás Vélez Cachupín |
This grant is the accepted inception of title from the sovereign.
Spain exercised wardship to protect land and legal rights the Tigua Indians. |
Bowden 1971
Hendricks 1983
Houser 1994
Jenkins 1971
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1821 |
Mexican Independence from Spain |
Mexican Republic recognized & transferred Spanish land title. Indian ownership of the Ysleta Grant continues. Tigua granted Mexican citizenship. |
Campbell 1950
Hendricks 1993
Houser 1994
Jenkins 1989
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1825 |
Survey of Ysleta Grant |
Mexican recognition of Ysleta Grant with boundaries defined |
Bowden 1971
El Paso County
Hendricks 1993
Jenkins 1989 |
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1829 |
Survey of Ysleta Grant (boundary dispute between Ysleta and Senecú Pueblos) |
Mexican recognition of Ysleta Grant with boundaries defined |
Hendricks 1993
Jenkins 1989 |
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1835 |
Civil Records of Ysleta |
Tigua assert ownership of Ysleta Grant. Protection of Indian title confirmed. Tigua scouts continued to serve frontier defense. |
Campbell 1950
Hendricks 1993
Jenkins 1989
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1841 |
Survey of the Ysleta Grant (boundary dispute between Ysleta and Senecú Pueblos) |
Indian assertions of title to Ysleta Grant. Tribal leaders participate. Grant boundaries defined. |
Hendricks 1993
Jenkins 1989
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1846 |
War with Mexico |
US forces control El Paso area |
Keleher 1929
Houser 1994
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1847 |
Federal Census of Territory of New Mexico |
Included Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (Indian population). Ysleta continued under federal control until 1850 |
US Sen Ex Doc 1849-50
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1848 |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
Cessation of war. Mexico ceded New Mexico and west Texas (Ysleta included) to US.
Tigua recognized as Pueblo Indians are US Citizens. All land rights of former Mexican Citizens were inviolate (Spanish/Mexican grants)
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Brayer 1939
Houser 1994
Jenkins 1989
Keleher 1929 |
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