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Reies Lopez Tijerina, leader of the Tierra Amarilla courthouse raid, dies at 88

Reies Lopez Tijerina, the land grant advocate who led the infamous raid on the Tierra Amarilla courthouse in 1967, died yesterday at age 88. The Albuquerque Journal has this obituary, written by Colleen Heild and Thom Cole. If you would … Continue reading

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