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1850 |
Texas Compact
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Federal control and
Jurisdiction of Ysleta
Transfer to State of Texas (Indian rights ignored). Present day boundaries of Texas established.
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Texas State Leg. 1850 |
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1850 |
People of Ysleta complained to Governor Bell of Texas about American abuses (bogus land surveyors and bullies)
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Ysleta Indians and Ysleta Grant are unprotected
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Texas State Archives
Winfrey & Day 1966.
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1850
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El Paso County created
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Ysleta subject to jurisdiction of El Paso County which threatened tribal sovereignty
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Texas State Leg. 1850
Houser 1994
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1852
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International boundary survey completed.
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Ysleta Grant formally bisected almost in half by international boundary, which was fixed at mid-stream.
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Bowden 1971
Houser 1994
Gammel 189 |
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1853
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Survey of Ysleta Grant by W.L. Diffenderfer
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Recognized the 1751 Grant and attempted to establish grant boundaries |
Bowden 1971
El Paso County Records
Houser 1994, 1996 |
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1853
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People of Ysleta petition to Bishop of Durango against abuses of Anglo-Americans (signed by Indians and non-Indians). |
People of Ysleta, Indians included, formally complain against America abuses |
Houser Research File (Photocopy of document).
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1854
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Ysleta Relinquishment Acts:
Act for Relief of Inhabitants of Ysleta (Senecú Grant north of River)
Act to Relinquish to Inhabitants of Ysleta (Town Grant or Ysleta Grant)
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Recognition of 1751 Ysleta Grant |
State of Tex Leg 1850
Bowden 1971
Houser 1994
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1858
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The Inhabitants of Ysleta Grant patented to the Inhabitants of Ysleta (but not issued until 1873)
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Communal lands protected by this act. Indian rights ignored by non-Indian politicians and State of Texas |
Bowden 1971
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1858
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General Act to Incorporate Towns and Cities Approved by Texas Legislature
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Communal lands are
Protected (Indian rights ignored)
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State of Tex Leg. 1858
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1859
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First Incorporation: Ysleta Incorporation under 1858 Act
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Created by non-Indians ("free Males") includes the Town & the entire grant. Non-Indians attempted to perfect titles (lands subject to taxation)
(Indian rights ignored) |
Dexter Papers
Houser 1994
Texas State Leg. |
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1861
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Civil War disrupts tranquility of Ysleta and places region under Southern control |
Confederacy Assumed brief control of El Paso area (first incorporation continued)
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Broaddus 1963
Houser 1994
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1862
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Union troops control El Paso. Military occupation followed by decade of Reconstructionist Control |
Tigua Indian sovereignty
Threatened. Federal and Reconstructionist governments controlled El Paso area (first incorporation continues)
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Houser 1994:I;II
Houser 1996 |
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1863
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Tigua Tribe petitions to El Paso del Norte Town Council to relocate their pueblo to the Mexican side of the river (Zaragoza) to avoid abuses of American Government. Petitioned signed by tribal members.
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Tribal request not realized and several Indian families relocate to Zaragoza, Mexico.
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Ayuntamiento Archives
Houser 1994
Jenkins 1989
Phillips 1926 |
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1869
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Texas Constitution of 1869 Art. 12, Sect. 40, Prohibited Spec. Acts of Incorporation of towns and cities
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Ignored by 1871 and 1885 incorporations of Ysleta |
Sayles 1888
Wallace 1960 |
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1871
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Second Incorporation of Ysleta (includes town and the entire grant) Initiated by State Legislation without local election. Incorporation prohibited by 1869
Texas Constitution.
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Town of Ysleta attempted to alienate Indian title, & attempted to perfect title and to acquire Ysleta Grant. Indians began to lose possession to the lands and Old Pueblo. Tribal sovereignty threatened. Incorporation permitted conveyancing of "public land". This quasi-legal vehicle attempted to acquire most grant lands for non-Indians. State of Texas aided/abetted process of dissolution of grant lands. Indian land subject to taxation and confiscation. After 1874 expiration of incorporation, a so-called interim incorporation continued to perfect title for non-Indians. |
El Paso County Records
Houser 1994, 1996
Jenkins 1989
State of Tex Leg. 1871
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1873
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Texas Governor issued patent of Ysleta Grant to the Inhabitants of Ysleta (non-Indian incorporation)
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Recognized 1751 Ysleta Grant.
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Bowden 1971
El Paso County Records
Houser 1994 |
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1874 |
Disincorporaton of Ysleta
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Cover-up attempted conversion of Indian title. Non-existent incorporation Ysleta continued to convey lands and perfect title during the interim period between the second and third incorporations.
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El Paso County Records
Houser 1994, 1996
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1880
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Tigua scouts served Texas Rangers and US Army (began with US Army in the 1850's).
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Recognition of Tigua Tribe by US Army and State of Texas |
Houser, 1989, 1994, 1996
National Archives
Texas State Archives |
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1885
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Third Incorporation of Ysleta by non-Indians to attempt to perfect titles and acquire remaining portion of Ysleta Grant.
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Tigua Indians were, for the most, part landless and employed as laborers and domestics.
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El Paso County Records
El Paso Herald Post
El Paso Times
Houser 1994; 1996
US Census Records |
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1889
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Special Relief Act
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Attempt to perfect titles within Ysleta Grant
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Bowden 1971
Houser 1994
State of Tex Leg
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1892
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Tribal Power of Attorney for La Prieta Grant Claim
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Tribal autonomy asserted and attempted to reclaim traditional lands
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El Paso County Records
Houser 1994, 1996
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1895
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Tribal Compact created by Indians of Ysleta del Sur
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Tribal autonomy asserted (includes signatures of male tribal members).
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Fewkes 1902
Houser 1995
Jenkins 1989
Tribal Compact |
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1930
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Ysleta Block Grant Survey approved by El Paso County
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Surveyed for efficient tax collection and created technical survey of 56 Blocks of the Ysleta Grant. It is a base line for making chain of title.
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El Paso County Records
El Paso Herald Post
El Paso Times
Houser 1996
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1968
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Tigua Indian Act
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Reorganized the Tigua Indians of El Paso and Hudspeth County Texas as an Indian Tribe and transferred Trust Responsibility, if any, to the State of Texas.
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U.S. Code.
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1987
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Restoration Act
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Restored Trust Status to US.
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U.S. Code |
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