Index
| Abiquiu: 1770 dispute, 35, 44-45; 1832 dispute, 38-39 | |
| acequia administration, 6-7, 47-48, 49-52; colonial, 53-54; and democratic principles, xxi, 86, 185, 201; Mexican period, 54; origins, 5-8, 33 Acequia and Community Ditch Fund, grants, 165, 196 | |
| Acequia and Community Ditch Fund Act, 165, 199-200 | |
| acequia associations: 1903 structure, 60; alliances of, 195-96, 200; bylaws, 85-86; censure of members, 99-101; and conservancy districts, 156-57, 215-16n40; as corporate bodies, 51, 59-60; endangered by transfer of water fights, 158-60; evolution, 52-54; maintenance, 39-40, 183; minutes, 98-103; modern governance, 77; officers, 26-27, 60; as political subdivisions, 147-49; preservation of, 161-62; rules and regulations, 79-86 (See also specific acequias; specific ditches); sustainability of, 171-72; voting rights, equal to acreage, 90-91; water rights of, 61-62, 150, 197-98 | |
| Acequia Commission Executive Order, 1988, 149-50 | |
| acequia communities, as historic treasures, 194, 201 | |
| acequia culture, xx, 43, 147, 155, 200-1; baseline studies, 196-99; and economic development, 190; endangered by development, 162, 185, 187-90; and geographic identity, 147-48; as keystone populations, 193-94; and public policy, 192; research topics, 196-98; social organization, xvii-xx, xxiv-xxv | |
| Acequia de Chamita at San Gabriel, 41-42, 208n8 | |
| Acequia de Corrales, 111-19; minutes, 99-101, 112-15, 118-19; record keeping, 86-87, 89-90; rules and regulations, 31, 84-85, 90-91, 116-17; treasurer's ledger, 93, 97, 115-16; voting rights, 90-91 | |
| Acequia de El Rito y La Sierra, 12 | |
| Acequia de la Abra de los Cerros, rules and regulations, 83-84 | |
| Acequia de la Cuchilla, 20 | |
| Acequia de la Sierra, 12 | |
| Acequia de Nuestra Señora de Belén de la Ladera. See Belen. Ditch | |
| Acequia de San Antonio, 159-61, 188-90; posted signs, 189, 202-3; records, 138-40; rules and regulations, 189 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Acequia Culture:Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest.
Contributors: José A. Rivera - Author.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press.
Place of publication: Albuquerque.
Publication year: 1998.
Page number: 237.
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