0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 14
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND
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0003|     SESSION, 1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                        TOM R. BENAVIDES
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR RECOGNITION OF LA
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0013|     HERENCIA EN SANTA FE.
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0014|     
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0015|       WHEREAS, a meeting of the open forum of Indian peoples at
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0016|     the ninth inter-American Indian institute in November 1985
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0017|     addressed the need of Indian peoples to effectively defend the
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0018|     exercise of their human and political rights and the right of
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0019|     self-determination; and
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0020|       WHEREAS, it is the wish of these Indian peoples to
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0021|     contribute to the defense of their political rights and their
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0022|     right to self-determination; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, as long ago as territorial days and as recently as
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0024|     1987, the legislature gave recognition and legal credence to
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0025|     land grants, acequia associations and small claim exceptions, as
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0001|     well as to the rights of the people of La Herencia en Santa Fe;
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0002|     and
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0003|       WHEREAS, in 1991 and 1992, the United States congress
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0004|     deliberated over the Indian Tribal Justice Recognition Act of
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0005|     1991, which if enacted will provide legal grounds for
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0006|     recognizing La Herencia en Santa Fe as an Indian tribe;
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0007|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0008|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the local governments of New Mexico be
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0009|     urged to take the first step in giving recognition to La
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0010|     Herencia en Santa Fe as Indians through all appropriate
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0011|     ordinances, budgets and administrative actions; and
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0012|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all land grant heirs, acequia
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0013|     associations and small claim exceptions be requested to comply
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0014|     with all applicable state laws; and
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0015|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0016|     transmitted to the New Mexico municipal league and the New
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0017|     Mexico association of counties for distribution to their
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0018|     respective members.
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