Mexican-American Pentecostal preacher led land grant struggles during 1960s & 1970s
Spiritual influences: Bible, dreams, and messianic visions
Studied Laws of the Indies and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo—claimed U.S. law repurposed Spanish law; land taken for imperial, religious project of Spain
Legacy: became a symbol of resistance and refusal against assimilation, prominent figure in New Mexico, use of religion for civil disobedience at Kit Carson and Rio Arriba