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The Alianza had affiliates in Tierra Amarilla and San Luis, Colorado . Residents had settled in the area centuries before. Under the Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo , the United States Congress ostensibly guaranteed that current residents would retain their land rights after the New Mexico Territory was transferred to U.S. ownership. However, by the 1960s, many traditional Shepherds had lost their land to cattle ranchers and the U.S. Forestry Service . |
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