Reies López Tijerina led the Alianza Federal de Mercedes (Federal Alliance of Land Grants) to focus on which issue?
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Correct answer: The reclaiming of ancestral lands lost after the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Tijerina argued that the U.S. government had illegally seized land from Hispano families in New Mexico. His movement included the 1967 raid on the Tierra Amarilla courthouse, which drew national attention to the land grant issue.
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