Taos Blue Lake Bill, 1968-05-04

Item — Box: 67, Folder: 11

Identifier: CAC_CC_009_2_67_11_0015

Staff Only

This text discusses the Taos Pueblo Indians' use rights to the Blue Lake Area, which was upheld by the Indian Claims Commission in 1965. The Commission provided that the United States pay the Taos Indians $297,684.67, but that the value of the use permit be deducted from this total. The text also mentions the Pueblo's request that Congress return the land to them, for the reasons of religious privacy, preservation of natural ecology, and community progress.