EVENT INFORMATION

15
December
1970

Taos Pueblo wins the return of Blue Lake lands

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📅 15 December 1970 📍 United States

A law restored Blue Lake and surrounding lands to Taos Pueblo after a long community campaign. Federal appropriation had deprived the Pueblo of control over a sacred landscape. The return linked territorial rights with religious freedom and cultural continuity. It challenged the assumption that federal land management could disregard Indigenous spiritual authority and collective ownership.

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People in this event

Paul Bernal

Quirino Romero

Richard Nixon

Organizations in this Event

Taos Pueblo