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Chilili Land Grant, New Mexico (U.S.)

image located by Daniel Rentería, 15 October 2024
Source: http://www.chilililandgrant.org/

Chilili Land Grant
The flag
Seal

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Chilili Land Grant

El Comite para Reformar y Preservar Las Tierras de la Merced de Chilili was created in 1973 to reclaim the lands given in 1841 by the Mexican Government. Although the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo stated that Mexican landowners could retain or dispose of their lands as they pleased "without their being subjected...to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever", the State of New Mexico ended up taking this land in the '30s due to unpaid property tax. The Chilili Cooperative Association, Inc. ended up gaining this land from the state, from which the committee formed in the '70s reclaimed the land.
Daniel Rentería, 15 October 2024

The flag

Chilili, identifying itself under the Land Grant of 1841, has a flag and seal; an image of its flag can be seen at https://gentleartofwandering.com/wandering-east-of-albuquerque/. According to http://www.chilililandgrant.org/index.php/2019/07/24/hello-world, the shape on the flag shows the borders of the Chilili Land Grant, with the mountains inside it in green, the eastern lowlands in brown, and the roads of today outlined in red. The spring of Ojo de Los Casos secures the western border of the grant and is represented by the clay water pot. The pronghorn on the right points the way to Antelope Springs. The buffalo secures the eastern border, the gateway to hunting buffalo on the plains. The eagle watches from the ridges on the northern border. An image of the church of San Juan Nepomuceno is contained within a Zia sun symbol. Beside the map on both sides are words in red, reading "LA MERCED DEL PUEBLO DE CHILILI 1841". The flag and seal are not of Chilili itself; rather, it is a community flag for the entire land grant, at least those that chose to identify under it.
Daniel Rentería, 15 October 2024

Seal

image located by Daniel Rentería, 15 October 2024
Source: http://www.chilililandgrant.org/