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A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve
In her last visit to her home state as Interior Secretary, Deb Haaland joined leaders of Jemez Pueblo celebrating the return of its ancestral lands within Valles Caldera.
JEMEZ PUEBLO, N.M.—Expressions of excitement and relief filled the room as Pueblo of Jemez leaders and community members joined the U.S. Department of the Interior to celebrate a settlement agreement that upholds the pueblo’s entitlement to ancestral land inside the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve