{"product_id":"pablo-abeita-the-life-and-times-of-a-native-statesman-of-isleta-pueblo-1871-1940-9780826366313","title":"Pablo Abeita: The Life and Times of a Native Statesman of Isleta Pueblo, 1871-1940","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first biography of a Pueblo leader, Pablo Abeita, a man considered the most important Native leader in the Southwest in his day. Abeita was a strong advocate for Isleta and the other eighteen New Mexico pueblos during the periods of assimilation, boarding schools, and the reform of US Indian policy. Working with some of the most progressive Indian agents in New Mexico, with other Pueblo leaders, and with advocacy groups, he received funding for much-needed projects, such as a bridge across the Rio Grande at Isleta. To achieve these ends, Abeita testified before Congress and was said to have met, and in some cases befriended, nearly every US president from Benjamin Harrison to Franklin D. Roosevelt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbeita dealt with many issues that are still relevant today, including reform of US Indian policy, boarding schools, and Pueblo sovereignty. Pablo Abeita's story is one of a people still living on their ancestral homelands, struggling to protect their land and water, and ultimately thriving as a modern pueblo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalcolm Ebright\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian, an attorney, and the director of the Center for Land Grant Studies. His books include \u003ci\u003eAdvocates for the Oppressed: Hispanos, Indians, Genízaros, and Their Land in New Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFour Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePueblo Sovereignty: Indian Land and Water in New Mexico and Texas\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Hendricks\u003c\/b\u003e served as the New Mexico State Historian from 2010 through 2019. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Navajos in 1705: Roque Madrid's Campaign Journal\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFour Square Leagues: Pueblo Indian Land in New Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePueblo Sovereignty: Indian Land and Water in New Mexico and Texas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779369730322,"sku":"9780826366313","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_72768360-8962-4666-8ceb-15f771be0be8.jpg?v=1765366749","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pablo-abeita-the-life-and-times-of-a-native-statesman-of-isleta-pueblo-1871-1940-9780826366313","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}