On territory held by religious missions, there were around 20,000 Indians living and working in California.
10,000 Pueblo Indians, 30,000 people of Spanish ancestry, and an unspecified number of nomadic Indians made up New Mexico.
<h3>What is independence?</h3>
Generally, Independence is the condition of a person, nation, region, or state in which residents and citizenry, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government and, typically, sovereignty over its territory. Independence can refer to a person's political status, a nation's political status, a country's political status, or a state's political status. The position of a dependent territory is the polar opposite of that of an independent nation.
Around 20,000 Native Americans made their homes and maintained their livelihoods on property that was controlled by several Catholic missions in the state of California.
In the early 16th century, the population of New Mexico included 30,000 people of Spanish descent, 10,000 Pueblo Indians, and an unknown number of nomadic Indians.
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