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The protector de indios in colonial New Mexico, 1659-1821 / Charles R. Cutter.
- Title
- The protector de indios in colonial New Mexico, 1659-1821 / Charles R. Cutter.
- Author
- Cutter, Charles R., 1950-
- Publication
- Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press, c1986.
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- Additional Authors
- Historical Society of New Mexico.
- Description
- xii, 129 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- In the provision for justice in Spain's colonies, perhaps the highest expression of idealism came in laws concerning the treatment of native peoples. Colonial authorities, however, often failed to uphold well-intentioned legislation. One notable exception, though, was in the work of the officials appointed by the Spanish government to represent Indians in legal matters--the protector de indios. Cutter provides in his study a valuable glimpse of the life of Native Americans as well as their dealings with various agents of Spain on her colonial frontier. The Indians in New Mexico, through the protector, gained entry to the Spanish legal system. On occasion, they even initiated litigation to uphold their rights. A key role played by the protector was vigilance toward Hispanic encroachment upon the pueblos' land. The impact of the protector's role remains a part of the Pueblo Indian legacy, for it helped to establish precedents that are crucial to the native peoples' ability to defend their territorial integrity today. This study is indispensable for all who are interested in the Indian and Hispanic cultures of the Southwest, and especially the clash of those two groups over land rights.--Jacket flap
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "Published in cooperation with the Historical Society of New Mexico."
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 111-121.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Genesis and development -- The protector in early New Mexico -- The eighteenth century : the new order -- Other channels -- The nineteenth century : continuity and change.
- ISBN
- 0826309062 (pbk.)
- 0826309054 (hard)
- LCCN
- ^^^86007033^
- OCLC
- 13424533
- SCSB-10146161
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library