Thank you for one of the most resourceful articles (with countless attachments) that I have seen in a long time.
Eloise

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From: Joseph Puentes
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Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Fwd: SOMOS PRIMOS May 2010 125th Online Issue

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Subject: SOMOS PRIMOS May 2010 125th Online Issue
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:04:31 EDT
From: Somosprimos@aol.com
To: Somosprimos@aol.com

Click here: Somos Primos
http://www.somosprimos.com/sp2010/spmay10/spmay10.htm

Dear Primos and Friends:

So much is happening currently pertaining to our history and heritage that, I've had to scrunch down quite a few articles. You'll find considerable information on Texas history. The issue is whether elementary and secondary textbooks, will include with accuracy and fairness, the Hispanic historic presence in U.S. history. On Sunday May 2 at 2-4 pm on the steps of theTexas State capitol, representatives from various groups, including Defend the Honor, the American GI Forum, the National Hispanic Institute, the Texas Freedom Network, Tejanos en Accion will give brief summaries on the significance of the key points the SBOE has rejected. The outcome in Texas will affect all of us.

A special feature, appropriate for Memorial Day is an article by Mercy Bautista Olvera, "Dignity Memorial Traveling Vietnam Wall: a Healing Process." Next month we will include a follow-up by Alfredo Lugo about the process of taking the Vietnam Wall from site to site. He and his son spent two weeks photographing the process of traveling the Vietnam Wall to different sites.

A couple of years ago Dan Arellano, at my request produced a very moving 4-minute musical video: El Soldado Olivado . This is a reminder that it is available at: http://www.somosprimos.com/heritage/heritage.htm It could easily be used to open or close a Memorial Day meeting. I have watched it many times, always moved to tears.
A big thank you to all who have submitted information or articles. The diversity and variety of information surely validates that we are over the world.

Warm regards, Mimi
www.SomosPrimos.com
714-894-8161

CONTENT AREAS

United States
The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire
NCLR National Conference, San Antonio, July 10-13, 2010
Soldados Olvidados 4-minute video
Daily Newseum
Nuestras Voces Latinas
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Return to Three Rivers, Texas, April 17, 2010 by Daisy Wanda Garcia
A Wise Latina, Sylvia Ann Carvajal-Sutton by Mercy Bautista-Olvera

Special: Dignity Memorial Traveling Vietnam Wall: A Healing Process by
Mercy Bautista-Olvera

Witness to Heritage
Four Tejanos who spoke before the Texas State Board of Education

History
The American Connection to Cinco de Mayo by Dan Arellano
A Piece of Texas history missing in traditional studies by Antonio Lopez
In Search of the truth in Texas History, The Goliad “Massacre”
Letter to Bishop David Fellhauer
Tejana Heroines at the Battle of the Alamo
Los Inocentes in Concert honoring Juana Navarro Veramendi Peres
Sylvia Ann Carvajal Sutton, on Family Connections to Siege of the Alamo

Honoring Hispanic Leaders
Ernest Aguilar, Veteran, Activist
Granville W. Hough, Ph.D., Veteran, Historian
Jaime Escalante, Outstanding Educator|
Ruben Vela, Conjunto legend

National Issues
Briefs . . . . .
Quick news from Hispaniclink
Study of Latino Catholics
Census projections for the Latino population
New birth certificates required of Puerto Ricans
Brief History of Social Security
Currently 80% of Latino children in the US, born in the US.
Criminal defendants entitled to know consequences of a guilty plea
March 31st, Cesar Chavez Day
Long Island man of convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime
Website for articles on farm labor and undocumented laborer issues

Action Item
Briefs. . .
The Latino Journal E-News Weekly
Video: Organize! The Lessons of the Community Service Organization

Business
Baby Abuelita to be Featured in Math Textbook
Women’s History Month Highlights Latina Entrepreneurs Impact on U.S. Business
NAD Bank Funds UTSA Institute for Economic Development
Spanish-language TV Networks Thriving

Education
The Harmonica Man
Chicago school gets all its seniors into college
Hispanic Scholarship Alliance of St. Louis
LULAC Education News, inaugural issue
Jovita Idar: Early activist for equal educational treatment for Mexican children
Hispanic Leaders Push for Education
Teach Kids to Love Learning, not Just to Learn How to Earn
Britain's Brainiest Family is Black and Has 9-Year-Old High School-Bound Twins
High school mural shows female role models
Examples of ¡Excelencia!

Culture
Paul Renteria in documentary, "Pancho Villa's Last Son"
Richly informative: www. Latinoteca.com
Luis Valdez play "Zoot Suit" performed in Mexico City
Priest-Turned-Scientist Wins $1.53 Million Prize
Restored retablo of St. Augustine in the church of Teopisca, Mexico
Swing Cat Enterprises
European Ethnic Minorities Impact South Texas Cuisine and Culture by
By Richard G. Santos
The Little League World Series' Only Perfect Game

Literature
Poem: Avatar by Armando Rendon
Poem: A Rose by Richard Esquivel
Tafolla, Morales honored with Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award

Books
Children’s Books at Target
Book published in Spain, 1636, digitized by Google.
Luis Ortega’s Rawhide Artistry, Braiding in the California Tradition
by Chuck Stormes, Don Reeves;
Mendez v. Westminster, School Desegregation and Mexican American Rights
by Philippa Strum
King of the Chicanos, A Novel of the Chicano Movement by Manuel Ramos
Organizing the Chicano Movement: The Story of the CSO by Humberto Garza
How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein
Beyond 50: American States That Might Have Been by Michael J. Trinklein

Military/Law Enforcement
Soldados Olvidados, 4-minute video
Diversity in the US Military
The Pacific and Adjacent Theaters in WWII
Un Orgullo Hispano de PR who received two Silver Stars.
People who fought the war in Cagayan Valley
Officer promotions announcements
Great enlarged photos of the top Military Medals
Interesting story about Monopoly's role in World War II
San Benito Veterans War Memorial
Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez
Filipinos WW II US Military Service
Civil War National Graves Registration Project
Members of the Five-Star Council

American Revolution Patriots
Forgotten Southern Heros, South Carolinians, Hispanics, and American Independence! film project
Galveztown Plaque
Lt.Col. (retired) Jack Cowan, Texas Connection to the American Revolution
Galvestown Bergantin 1779 Project
Search for Farragut site awaits launch
David G. Farragut Papers
Chronology of Events Surrounding Spain’s Participation in the American Revolutionary
War by National President Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr.

Surnames
Breakthrough in our Arzamendi research by Lauro Garza Arzamendi
Sescosse by Guillermo Padilla Origel
Yermo by Guillermo Padilla Origel
Spanish Surname Meanings & Origins: Uncovering Your Spanish Heritage

Cuentos
Breakfast Tacos went Mainstream, but it did not happen overnight by Juan Castillo
Moderate Earthquake in Southern California, 7/29/2008 by Viola Rodriguez Sadler
Recording family stories which tie into happenings by Mimi Lozano

Family History
"Who Do You Think You Are?"
Tampa Bay Roots
Center of Forensic Profiling, Training & Casework Worldwide Since 1987
Find a Grave
The Perfect Tombstone Rubbing From Kimberly Powell, your Guide to Genealogy
www.Archives.com: Family history made simple & affordable

Orange County, CA
Photo: 2009 Latino OC 100 honorees
May 1st: SHHAR Monthly Meeting: Maternal DNA, speaker Crispin Rendon
May 6th: Salsa with Sergio Contreras, Westminster School Board Trustee
Event and List of 2009 LATINO OC 100

Los Angeles, CA
Art, Activism, Access: 40 Years of Ethnic Studies at UCLA
Fowler Museum exhibition explores 40 years of ethnic studies
Los Angeles Public Library News from Mary McCoy
Alma Llanera-Spirit of the Plains
Hispanic prelate named L.A. archbishop

California
Oakland Museum of California Opening Celebration
URLs for California History
Video of San Francisco 1906 street scene
Telling Their Stories: Producing Web-Based Digital Oral History 5-Day Workshop
Mission Santa Clara Sacramental Records
Don’t Mexicans bleed like we do? By Patrick Osio

Northwestern US
Saturday, May 22: Hispanic Family History Conference in Salt Lake

Southwestern US
Chicanos connecting with Temazcal roots by way of Mexican sweat lodge
Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 57,000 pages online
Dunbar Family of Arizona
Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce hosts 52nd Annual "Black & White Ball
and Business Awards"
Barriozona Editor Receives Cesar E. Chavez Social Justice Award
New Mexico Genealogical Society Celebrates 50 Years
Cuisine of the Trans-Mississippi Colonists Goes West By Richard G. Santos

Indigenous
To Native Americans, naming is identity by Ines Hernandez-Avila
The Taino Tribe Seeking Recognition in the 2010 Census
Indian Tribes Go in Search of Their Lost Languages

Sephardic
The Jews of Spain: Past and Present
Dispersion of Iberian Jews by Gloria Mound

African-American
Afro-Native Americans: The Journey of Black Indians, Past and Present
Reporter seeks Afro-Latinos to Interview
On the US Census, there is no category specifically for mixed race or biracial.
Racial Profiling

East Coast
Taller Boricua
Uneasy Communion: Jews, Christians, and the Altarpieces of Medieval Spain

East of Mississippi
Kane County State Attorney's Office, From the Barrio to the Classroom project
Swedish Covenant - Taft High School, From the Barrio to the Classroom project
Canarian descendants in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
The Old St. Gabriel Church
They Come in Ships by Paul Newfield III

Texas
Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center
“Battle of Medina " Seminar May 15, 2010 - Laredo Texas, VSALGS Society
Tejanos in Action, Honoring May 28, 2010, the Johnston High 20
Casa Navarro seeking Friends, Preserve the past ~ Protect the Future
Kera's Little Mexico/El Barrio
Doctor continues push for Tejano monument
Defunciones del año de 1813 durante la Batalla del Alasan

Mexico
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Mexico City 1883
Don Ignacio Allende Unzaga 1769 –1811 by Clemente Rendón

Caribbean/Cuba
Viejas Fotos del Trolley de Puerto Rico...
Cemi Underground and Taller Boricua
Spanish "Cuban Papers "
Cuban-American Statistics.
The Birth of a Rican Manuel Hernandez Carmona

Spain
Parish of the Assumption of Our Lady in Cordova, Spain
Dona Sancha de Ayala
Revista Electronica: Genealogia Costa Rica
List of Officers & Sailors in the 1st Voyage of Columbus
Reyes Catolicos de España, Fernando II de Aragon e Isabel La Catolica
Consignatarios de Indias.

International
Great web sites on our Hispanic & Filipino connection
Caballeros Andantes, Historia y Leyendas
Primera expedicion desde los Cayos de San Luis, Venezuela
Simon Bolivar: Liberator of Latin America by Scott S. Smith
Nazi Plan for South America

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