Pedro Rodíiquez Cubero was born in Huéscar, in the southern province of Granada, Spain, baptized on July 29, 1656 to Antonio Rodríguez Cubero and María González Solá. Much of his early life is missing from the written record, but on June 20, 1674, he began his career in the…
12 1 1789 Born near Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania on December 1, 1789, the son of Presley, a well-to-do farmer, and Sara (Stephenson) Lane. Of English ancestry, Lane had seven brothers and three sisters. An Episcopalian and later a Baptist, he married Mary Ewing of Vincennes, Indiana on February…
A designation based on one’s regional home territory. Like the terms Tejanos or Californios, Nuevomexicanos recognizes more localized cultural similarities than the broader terms Hispano, Hispanic or Latino do. The use of the Spanish, as opposed to New Mexicans, reflects the Spanish heritage of the individual. A designation based…
The term Anasazi came into wide use about 70 years ago. Here is an excerpt from Dr. William Lipe's comments on the subject: "The earliest published reference was by Kidder in the mid-1930s…. J.O. Brew (1946) rails against the use of the term 'Anasazi' on the grounds that a…
1 13 1929 David Francis Cargo was born in Dowagiac, Michigan, on January 13, 1929. He received a B.A. (1951), M.A. (1953) and LL.B. (1957) all from the University of Michigan. He served with the United States Army in Germany from 1953 to 1955. He was a member of…
TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, LIMITS, AND SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES CONCLUDED AT GUADALUPE HIDALGO, FEBRUARY 2, 1848; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE, WITH AMENDMENTS, MARCH 10, 1848; RATIFIED BY PRESIDENT, MARCH 16, 1848; RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT QUERETARO, MAY 30, 1848; PROCLAIMED, JULY…
2 2 1848 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848 at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city to which the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S. forces. The treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55…
550 548 Perhaps no other educational institution has played a more prominent role in the development of New Mexico's Indian people as the Santa Fe Indian School. First established in 1890 as a venue to assimilate Indians into mainstream American culture, the Santa Fe Indian School has evolved significantly…
1917 by Matthew Martinez San Juan Pueblo For centuries, the art of painting and drawing has always been a fundamental practice of indigenous peoples across the Americas. Evidence of recording through drawing can be seen in the petroglyphs found throughout the Southwest, which date back thousands of years. Art,…
