Identifier: n03elpalacio12archuoft (find matches)
Title: El Palacio
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Archaeological Society of New Mexico Museum of New Mexico School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)
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Publisher: Santa Fe, N.M
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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n the termination of the Spanish sover-eignty, they were given enlarged politicaland civil rights by México, but itremamsan open queátion whether they have be-come citizens of the United States —Umted States v. Sandoval, 231 U Sp. 39. Be this as it may, continúes Mr Jus-tice Van Devanter, who delivered theopinión of the court (supra), they havebeen regarded and treated by the Unitedotates as requiring special considerationand protedtion.like other Indian commun-ities. Ihus pubhc moneys have beenexpended in presenting them with farm-ing implemenls and utensiis, and m theircivilization and inátrudion, agents and su^perintendents haVe been provided toguard their intereáls; central trainingschools and day schools at the puebloshave been eátablished and maintained forthe education of their children; damsandirrigahon works have been conélruc^ed toencourage and enable them to cultívatetheir lands and sustain themselves; publiclands, as before indicated, have been re- 32 EL PALACIO
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o. Lju z < CQ a served for their use and occupancy wheretheir own lands were deemed inadequate.Wilh one accord ihe reporls of the superintendents charged with guatding theirintereáls show that they are dependentuponthe fostermg care of the governmentlike reservation Indians in generah that,although induélrially superior, they arein-telle(f\üally and morally inferior to manyof them; and they are easy vidims to theevils and dsbasing influence of intoxi-cants. This judicial expression, in a leadingcase, may well be followed by anotherfrom the supreme court of New México,in which the opinión was wntten bya Justice having personal knowledge ofthe Pueblos, rather than informationgathered from reports and briefs aswas the case in the Sandoval case. Although the New México Court,in its opinión, unwittingly erred in manystatements of an hislorical characterfound elsewhere in its opinión, still EL PALACIO 33 ■wrth tlie íjources at its command orIbrought to its attention which weren03elpalacio12archuoft

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