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.
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Transcripts
01: Alcario Tafoya Redirect, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
02: Alcario Tafoya-Cross Exam, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
03: Alcario Tafoya-Direct Exam.pdf (406.2Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
04: Floripa Northcutt-Cross Exam.pdf (79.53Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
05: Floripa Northcutt-Direct Exam.pdf (113.5Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
06: Herbert Martinez-Cross Exam.pdf (53.53Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
07: Herbert Martinez-Direct Exam.pdf (119.0Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
08: Patrick Gutierrez-Cross Exam, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
09: Patrick Gutierrez-Direct Exam.pdf (195.7Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
10: Florence Hawley Ellis-Recross.pdf (115.3Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
11: Florence Hawley Ellis-Redirect.pdf (196.3Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
12: Florence Hawley Ellis-Cross Exam.pdf (2.118Mb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
13: Florence Hawley Ellis-Direct Exam.pdf (740.1Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
14: Juan Chavarria-Redirect.pdf (102.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
15: Juan Chavarria-Cross Exam.pdf (351.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
16: Juan Chavarria-Direct Exam.pdf (191.1Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
17: Bill Baca-Cross Exam.pdf (64.12Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
18: Bill Baca-Direct Exam.pdf (164.6Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
19: Amarante Silva-Redirect.pdf (49.28Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
20: Amarante Silva-Cross Exam.pdf (191.1Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
21: Amarante Silva-Drect Exam.pdf (291.6Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
22: Jose Gene Naranjo-Redirect.pdf (156.1Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
23: Jose Gene Naranjo-Cross Exam.pdf (249.4Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
24: Jose Gene Naranjo-Direct Exam.pdf (319.7Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
25: Paul Tafoya-Redirect.pdf (201.2Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
26: Paul Tafoya-Cross Exam.pdf (618.9Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
27: Paul Tafoya-Direct Exam.pdf (546.0Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
28: Defendant's Case in Chief.pdf (58.83Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
29: Plaintiffs Rest-Defendant's Motion to Dismiss, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
30: Audrey Martinez-Redirect.pdf (161.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
31: Audrey Martinez-Cross Exam.pdf (271.9Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
32: Audrey Martinez-Direct Exam.pdf (143.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
33: Julia Martinez-Cross Exam.pdf (497.5Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
34: Julia Martinez-Direct Exam.pdf (472.5Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
35: Myles Martinez-Cross and Redirect, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
36: Myles Martinez-Direct Exam.pdf (374.8Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
37: Proceedings.pdf (118.9Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
38: Caption-Appearances-Index.pdf (229.4Kb), U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
