A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, second from the left, helped Pueblo of Jemez Gov. Peter Madalena, center, unveil a poster showing Valles Caldera National Preserve in north central New Mexico, during the event on December 22 celebrating the settlement upholding the pueblo’s entitlement to its ancestral land, including Banco Bonito, inside the national preserve. Credit: Noel Lyn Smith/Inside Climate News

JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M.—Expressions of excitement and relief filled the room as Pueblo of Jemez leaders and community members joined the U.S. Department of the Interior to celebrate a settlement agreement that upholds the pueblo’s entitlement to ancestral land inside the Valles Caldera National Preserve. “This is our church, the Valles Caldera,” Jemez Pueblo Gov. Peter … Continue reading A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve

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