Concepcion (Connie) Gonzales gathers together family members from the United States and Mexico to speak about the Padre Island law settlement, which their ancestors, the Ballí family, used to own. Interviews with family members are shown, as well as B-roll clips of family members conversing and checking in to the event. Hector Cardenas, attorney of the case, shares that the claim is about recovering the mineral rights of Padre Island. Other interviewees include Lupe Madrigal, Amado Juarez, Aurora Juarez, Rosa Rodgers, Raquel Raquel Solis, Juan Suarez, Elia Suarez, Benito Suarez, Jacobo Solis, Isabel Solis, Elba Solis, Solia Reyes Garza, Santos Garcia, Jose Garcia Jr, and Don Cuate.
Mexican Americans, Texas--Social conditions, Mexicano americanos, and Texas--Condiciones sociales
Place Name:
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America and Brownsville, Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Assigned production number 412. Duration of content within the file is 22 minutes, 21 seconds. All intellectual property rights are retained by the legal copyright holders. The University of Texas at Austin does not hold the copyright to the content of this file. Formal permission to reuse or republish this content must be obtained from the copyright holder. Material copyrighted to Dr. Manuel F. Medrano and The University of Texas at Brownsville. The assets of UT Brownsville are now held by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
Origin Note:
Los del Valle oral history recordings transferred from The University of Texas at Brownsville to The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. Digitized with funds from the Latin American Materials Project (LAMP), Center for Research Libraries.