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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2002

A bill to settle Sandia Pueblo of New Mexico's land claim has still not been passed by Congress.

November 15 was the deadline to settle the 10,000-acre claim to the Sandia Mountains. If the bill isn't enacted, the Pueblo can seek to have the land added to its reservation.

Get the Story:
Deadline Passes for Sandias Ownership Deal (The Albuquerque Journal 11/16)
Alternate Link: Deadline Passes for Sandias Ownership Deal (The Albuquerque Journal 11/16)

Get the Bill:
The T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act (S.2018)

Related Solicitor Opinons:
Tarr Opinion (December 9, 1988) | Tarr Opinion Reconsidered (December 5, 2000) | Eastern Boundary of Sandia Pueblo (January 19, 2001)

Related Decisions:
Sandia v. Babbitt (December 1996) | Sandia v. Babbitt (July 1998) | Pueblo of Sandia v. Babbitt (November 2000)

Relevant Links:
Sandia Pueblo - http://www.sandiapueblo.nsn.us

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Pueblo makes key land purchase (9/11)
Pueblo wants changes to land claim bill
Pueblo land claim approaches settlement (8/01)
Pueblo wants changes to land claim bill (8/01)
Senate panel considers Pueblo land bill (7/31)
County criticizes Pueblo for 'ploy' (7/19)
Clinton-era opinion at center of Pueblo claim (4/25)
Pueblo settlement in hands of Congress (4/25)
Domenici opposes Pueblo land claim bill (4/24)
Bush nominee has no 'agenda' on Clinton decisions (6/21)
Interior nominees face Senate hearing (6/20)
Photo exhibit mixes art, history, politics (5/9)
Sandia Pueblo wins boundary dispute (1/23)
Clinton asked to delay Sandia Mountain decision (1/09)
Pueblo continues Sandia Mountain fight (12/13)
Domenici: Pueblo shouldn't own Mountain (12/12)
Interior seeks comments on Pueblo resurvey (12/12)
Landowners thrown out of Pueblo claim (11/20)