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GAO Report: Findings and Possible Options for Claimed Land Grants (2004)
Abstract: This report describes the confirmation process the US implemented and their results, identifies and assesses concerns about this process between 1854 to 1904, and outlines possible options that Congress may consider in response to remaining community land grant concerns.

Author: The General Attorney Office- Treaty Division

Response to 2004 GAO Report (2008)
Abstract: This report was created in response to the 2004 GAO report that claimed there was no violation to due process and provided no express opinion on whether the U.S. fulfilled the treaty obligations. This report challenges many findings and legal arguments presented in the 2004 GAO report and provide better legal agreements of why the Treaty was not fulfilled by the US.

Author: David Benavidez, New Mexico Attorney General

GAO Report: Definitions and List of New Mexico Land Grants (2001)
Abstract: This document provides a definition of what a land grant is in New Mexico as well as identifies and gives locations to all land grants within New Mexico.

Author: The General Attorney Office- Treaty Division



Land Grant Newsletters


Newsletters created by the UNM Land Grant Studies Program.