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The Taos Indians and the Battle for Blue Lake
by R. C. Gordon-McCutchan The dramatic story of the Taos Indians' sixty-year struggle to regain their sacred tribal lands |
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Choice's Outstanding Academic Books, 1993In this dramatic story, R. C. Gordon-McCutchan chronicles an intense and accelerating drama, beginning with the bloody territorial conflicts between Spanish settlers and the Indians and continuing with the long history of U.S. Government intervention. For decades, tribal leaders contended with unenlightened or frankly acquisitive incursions on their land by private exploiters and administration representatives. The book, a tribute to the stubborn courage of a people, shows how this battle became the focus of national debate and the centerpiece for an entirely new governmental approach to Indian affairs. R. C. Gordon-McCutchan, Ph.D., a scholar in religious studies, was research associate at the School of American Research. For four years he was a tribal planner for the Taos Indians, assisting the tribe's interface with the larger community. The Taos Indians confirmed their warm association with him through the gift of an Indian paint pony. Engagingly and fairly written,
and complemented by numerous fascinating and informative graphics, this
is one of the finer studies available on political, bureaucratic, and legal
maneuvering underlying Indian rights in the U.S. |
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