Today, more than 20 years later, Taos Pueblo continues in much the same way as it has for hundreds of years and provides inspiration for other native people to maintain their spiritual and natural heritage. The victory of the Taos Pueblo in regaining tribal land has set the precedent for other Indian land disputes across the nation. Some tribes have been compensated as a result of the Taos legislation and others are seeking the return of sacred relics and ancestral remains that are housed in museums. In the words of Taos Cacique Juan de Jesus Romero,

"If our lands are not returned to us, if it is turned over to the government for its use, then that is the end of Indian life. Our people will scatter as the people of other nations have scattered. It is our religion which holds us together. We are the people who live on top of the world, we are the sons of our Father the sun, and with our religion we help our father every day to make his journey across the sky. We do not do this for ourselves only, but for the whole world."