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JUNE 8, 2000

In a meeting held on Wednesday, Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior assured Santa Clara Pueblo and San Ildefonso Pueblo that legislation aimed to compensate victims of the Cerro Grande fire will not ignore their pueblos.

The fire damaged 15 percent of the Santa Clara land, threatening hunting grounds, economic livelihood, and cultural practices of the tribe. San Ildefonso land was also damaged by the fire.

Babbitt toured watershed lands owned by the U.S. Forest Service in New Mexico.

Get the Story:
Babbitt Assures Two Pueblos (The Albuquerque Journal 6/8)

Indianz.Com Fire Coverage:
Pueblo devastated by fire (Enviro 5/23)
Pueblo still affected by fire (Enviro 5/19)
Pueblo seeks fire aid (Enviro 05/18)
Fire burns Pueblo land (Enviro 05/16)
Sacred site saved from fire (Enviro 05/15)
Pueblo affected by fire (Enviro 05/11)
Fire closes National Laboratory (Enviro 05/09)
Pueblo monument fire out of control (Enviro 05/08)

Relevant Links:
From the National Parks Service: Bandelier National Monument - Cerro Grande Prescribed Fire Investigation Report