Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, 436 U.S. 49 (1978) is a landmark case in the area of federal Indian law as it involves the meanings of tribal sovereignty in the United States. This collection only contains transcripts from the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

ABOUT THE CASE: Martinez claimed that the tribe's membership ordinance denying tribal membership to the children of female members who marry outside the tribe was discriminatory on the basis of both sex and ancestry. The case was brought in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. They found that the balance between equal protection and tribal self-determination was best left to the Pueblo's judgment. Then, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed this decision in favor of Martinez. Finally, Santa Clara Pueblo appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court which reversed the 10th Circuit's holding and sustained the ordinance.

ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY: This is a collection of PDF documents scanned from typewritten records. The quality of these documents does not allow the text to be machine readable. If you need assistance in accessing content, please contact the Law Library reference desk by email - libref [at] law.unm.edu - or phone, 505-277-0935.

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01: Alcario Tafoya Redirect, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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02: Alcario Tafoya-Cross Exam, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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03: Alcario Tafoya-Direct Exam.pdf (406.2Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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04: Floripa Northcutt-Cross Exam.pdf (79.53Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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05: Floripa Northcutt-Direct Exam.pdf (113.5Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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06: Herbert Martinez-Cross Exam.pdf (53.53Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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07: Herbert Martinez-Direct Exam.pdf (119.0Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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08: Patrick Gutierrez-Cross Exam, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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09: Patrick Gutierrez-Direct Exam.pdf (195.7Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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10: Florence Hawley Ellis-Recross.pdf (115.3Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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11: Florence Hawley Ellis-Redirect.pdf (196.3Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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12: Florence Hawley Ellis-Cross Exam.pdf (2.118Mb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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13: Florence Hawley Ellis-Direct Exam.pdf (740.1Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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14: Juan Chavarria-Redirect.pdf (102.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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15: Juan Chavarria-Cross Exam.pdf (351.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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16: Juan Chavarria-Direct Exam.pdf (191.1Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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17: Bill Baca-Cross Exam.pdf (64.12Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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18: Bill Baca-Direct Exam.pdf (164.6Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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19: Amarante Silva-Redirect.pdf (49.28Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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20: Amarante Silva-Cross Exam.pdf (191.1Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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21: Amarante Silva-Drect Exam.pdf (291.6Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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22: Jose Gene Naranjo-Redirect.pdf (156.1Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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23: Jose Gene Naranjo-Cross Exam.pdf (249.4Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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24: Jose Gene Naranjo-Direct Exam.pdf (319.7Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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25: Paul Tafoya-Redirect.pdf (201.2Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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26: Paul Tafoya-Cross Exam.pdf (618.9Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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27: Paul Tafoya-Direct Exam.pdf (546.0Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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28: Defendant's Case in Chief.pdf (58.83Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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29: Plaintiffs Rest-Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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30: Audrey Martinez-Redirect.pdf (161.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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31: Audrey Martinez-Cross Exam.pdf (271.9Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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32: Audrey Martinez-Direct Exam.pdf (143.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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33: Julia Martinez-Cross Exam.pdf (497.5Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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34: Julia Martinez-Direct Exam.pdf (472.5Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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35: Myles Martinez-Cross and Redirect, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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36: Myles Martinez-Direct Exam.pdf (374.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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37: Proceedings.pdf (118.9Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

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38: Caption-Appearances-Index.pdf (229.4Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico