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Dear family, primos, and friends:
2016 is really starting out with a bang for Hispanic heritage activists.

Chicano Week, February 2-8: In 1985, Dr. Refugio Rochin, while at The Julian Samora Research Institute Michigan initiated a move for the state of Michigan to recognize February 2-8 as Chicano Week. He said during a telephone call that his goal was to promote more awareness of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo February 2, 1848 as the point in time when Mexicans in the Southwest became Chicanos.

Thanks to the effort of Dr. Margarito Garcia, Rio Grande College, Texas, after years of lying dormant, Chicano Week has become relevant again.
On January 29, 2014, the State of Michigan House of Representatives passed Resolution No. 295 which declared February 2-8, 2014 once again, Chicano History Week in the State of Michigan.

Dr. Garcia, Rio Grande College, Texas has been advocating for all states, but in particular, all the states west of the Mississippi to also recognize Chicano Week. Let us hope that the movement grows because it will certainly clarify a history, whose lack of visibility has caused confusion concerning the Mexican presence in the Southwest.

For those interested in starting their family history research, Somos Primos in collaboration with Arturo Cuellar, on staff with FamilySearch.org and a LULAC member, is coordinating with his LULAC Council 44019 in Salt Lake, the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research, and the Salt Lake Family History Library, to plan for a 3-day gathering, September 15-17, focused on support for Spanish heritage researcher. If you have always thought of searching your family history and have not, do plan on attending this event.

SPAR, The Spanish Presence in America's Roots is the name of the steering committee for a major effort to promote more awareness of the big gap in the history of the Spanish presence between 1500-1750. It is a 250 year Spanish presence which receives little coverage in US history, yet it was when our Spanish roots and blood were mingled and planted with our indigenous ancestors in the Americas.

During a recent conference call, committee member, Monica Smith, on the Tucson Presidio Board [whose ancestor Juan Manual Ortega served at the Tucson Presidio, 1790-1819] shared the fact that US currency which we all use daily is based on Spanish currency. Judge Edward Butler, SPAR co-chair with me, added that the United States first currency was Spanish currency.

So much to learn about our place in history . . . but together we can do it.
May the Lord Bless us in the effort . . . Mimi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNITED STATES
Fate of civil rights leader’s clinic at risk by Natalia Contreras Educator Jaime Escalante Being Honored in US Postage Stamp Richard Montañez , first Latino to serve on Southern California Leadership Conference Board
ISLA: The Empowering Speaker's Bureau
Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble
From Stilettos to the Stock Exchange by Tina Aldatz
33 Below: The Story of the Chilean Miners Four New 2016 American Latino Television Series My good friend, William F. Buckley Jr. by Gilberto Quezada Examples of City Governments' Action Against Christian's Civil Rights Here Are the Police Officers the Media Should Have Talked About in 2015 The United West Luis W. Alvarez, Ph.D.: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1968 US Congressman Ruben Hinojosa to retire in 2016 LULAC Applauds Confirmation of Luis Felipe Restrepo to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Son Walter L. Alvarez, Ph.D. Geologist, theory on extinction of the dinosaurs La herencia española en las banderas y los escudos de los Estados Unidos Por Guillermo Carvajal

HERITAGE PROJECTS
Committee on the Spanish Presence in America's Roots Discovery Museum and Rancho Del Sueno Galvez Opera Celebrating Chicano History Week and not Hispanic Heritage Month, February 2-8th Arizona House of Representatives. 56th Legislature resolution HCR 2034 Chicano History Week

HISTORIC TIDBITS
Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir laid the groundwork for our National Park Service Descubren el asentamiento europeo más antiguo de Estados Unidos American Panorama: An Atlas of United States History The Black Legend according to Wikipedia Amazing Story about Morris "Moe" Berg

HISPANIC LEADERS
Tribute to Robert S. Weddle, Texas Historian, dies at 94 Joe Vargas Aguirre, Placentia, California Civil Rights Activist, dies at
91

LATINO AMERICAN PATRIOTS
Vets on Storytelling Mission
The National World War II Museum
Joe Sanchez salutes Army Sgt. Joseph Lemm

EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
The ‘Other’ European Ally of the Continental Army By Hon. Edward F.
Butler, Sr.
Galvez Opera in the Planning Stages

SURNAMES
Blasones y Apellidos por Fernando Muñoz Altea

DNA
Revisiting Race in the Genomic Age
Defrosting a mummy reveals a lot about germs — and human history

FAMILY HISTORY
Five Steps to Verifying Online Genealogy Sources by Kimberly Powell, Genealogy Expert The Royal Basque Society of the Friends of the Country and America Wanting to Connect with Family Researchers in Mexico

EDUCATION
About us Mexican Americans . . . Chicanada A Step Ahead, year-old SOAR program encourages and motivates Rachel Mauro, receives $1,500 scholarship, CSU Global Campus, Colorado Springs Emmanuel Gutierrez, Why-he's a-whiz-kid:- and Overcame great odds to be selected a Simon Scholar New school named for slain Newtown teacher Victoria Soto Check out Disposable diapers could save ton of water The Revolution Must be Accessible

CULTURE
Emigdio Vasquez, Chicano Art and Expression in Orange, January 14, 2016 Jan 16 - Feb 13: Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra, We didn’t cross the border, the borders crossed us”
Poems from the Rio Grande By Rudolfo Anaya Cal State East Bay Professor Teaches Students To 'Decolonize Your Diet'
Words and Phrases Remind Us of the Way We Word

BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
America's Oldest Spanish-Language Newspaper Struggles for Survival
Pictures of diversity for early readers
The Toltec Art of Life and Death by Don Miguel Ruiz
Click to "Poems from the Rio Grande" by Rudolfo Anaya [Culture]
Click to "Decolonize Your Diet" by Lus Calvo and Catriona Rueda
Esquibel [Culture]
Click to "From the Porch Steps" by Esther Bonilla Read [Texas]
Click to " From Stilettos to the Stock Exchange" by Tina Aldatz
[United States]

ORANGE COUNTY, CA
SHHAR February 13, 2016: Sylvia Mendez and the Orange County Landmark
Desegregation Case
SHHAR, 2016 Calendar of speakers
Soccer Sisters by Brian Whitehead
She's Got Spear-It by Chris Haire, staff writer, The Garden Grove
Journal, November 12, 2015
Latino Americans, Shared Orange County Heritage

LOS ANGELES COUNTY
The House of Aragon, Chapter 15, The College Years, by Michael S. Perez
30,000 Pray for Peace during 84th annual Our Lady Of Guadalupe
procession in East LA
From South LA to Venice Beach, SPARC is restoring history.
Insurgency: 1968 Aztec Walkout by Victor Gonzalez: Chapter 12, Walkouts
are Firme
L. A.'s Alley Galleries: About 80 artists from around the world are
helping turn "blight into bright"

CALIFORNIA
Ballad of the Paniolo On the slopes of Mauna Kea, Hawaii's cowboys,
developed a culture all their own by Samir S. Patel
February 25-27, 2016: Conference of California Historical Societies,
Spring Symposium
Mariano Vallejo Timeline
A Juaneño memorial and mystery in Los Rios Park by Kathleen Luppi
Margaret Cruz, died 2015, La Ballona Rancho
Mission Mural Honors Legacy of Chata Gutierrez
Heritage Discover Museum, Rancho El Sueno

NORTHWESTERN, US
A Man Called Aita by Joan Errea

SOUTHWESTERN, US
Border Angels
Ghost Memories and New Mexico Folklore by Ray John de Aragon
Images of America: Lincoln, New Mexico by Ray John De Aragon
Trail Dust: Some Hispano Civil War heroes now forgotten
Frontera NorteSur: History in an E-Box

TEXAS
February 7th 2016: Ft Saint Louis massacre of 1689, Bob Bullock Texas
History Museum
Henry B. Gonzalez and J. Gilberto Quezada
February 27, 2016: Summerwood Family History Conference
Rosters of Tejano Patriots of the American Revolution 1776-1783
First Reyes to migrate to New Spain by Joel Reyes
Harlingen unveils new downtown mural by Maricela Rodriguez
From the Porch Steps by Esther Bonilla Read
La Junta de los Ríos, believed to be the oldest continuously cultivated
farmland in Texas
El Alacrán Barrio Newsletter, Houston

MIDDLE AMERICA
Chicano History Week, First recognized in Michigan in 1985 by Margarito
J. Garcia III, Ph.D.
Detalle de la Épica Expedición de Hernando de Soto, 1538-1543
Exploración de las Carolinas y Tennessee Por José Antonio Crespo-Francés

EAST COAST
Jamestown's VIPs by Samir S. Patel

AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PBS airing: Bridging the Divide, Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race
Dedication of More Rosenwald Schools
Independence Heights is independent no longer
The Baobab Tree Notes Web

INDIGENOUS
Los Indios Tlaxcaltecos by Dan Arellano
Quanah Parker
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
January 8th, 1865 -- Kickapoos rout Confederates in battle of Dove Creek

SEPHARDIC
Jewish Patriot Joins South Carolina Legislature, January 11, 1775
This Country that Resembles You
Saving Ladino by Robin Keats
Song of the Week: El Eliyahu
When we were in Egypt! Exhibition shows Jewish life after the pharaohs

ARCHAEOLOGY
Tracing Slave Origins- - Philipsburg, St. Martin [under Caribbean]
Jamestown's VIPs by Samir S. Patel [under East Coast]

MEXICO
Hathcock History: The famous Don "agua dory" Chencho Story
Historiador Dr. Carlos Recio Dávila y su apreciable familia, por Ricardo
Palmerín Cordero.
Bautismo de Lucia Ana Salinas Crusen
¿Sabías que la virgen de Guadalupe es la patrona de las Filipinas?
Durante la Revolución de Independencia el año de 1813, murieron en la
Cd. de Monterrey
Defunción de varias personas que fueron ejecutadas el año de 1813

CARIBBEAN REGION
Tracing Slave Origins- - Philipsburg, St. Martin
La Enciclopedia de la Presencia Española en Estados Unidos, Pedro
Menéndez de Avilés

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
Untangling an Accounting Tool and an Ancient Incan Mystery
Exploradores Españoles en el Pacífico
News on the Archivo de "Lenchita" Maria Guardado

OCEANIC PACIFIC
Guaján--Guam
Españoles Olvidados: Los Olvidados de Hawaii
Iñigo Ortiz de Retes Intento de Regreso a Nueva Expaña
La historia robada del Pacificio Español
Exploraciones de la Nueva España a la actual Costa Oeste de Canadá
Guadalcanal, Nation of Solomon Islands in the south-western Pacific
Multiples Hazañas Españnoles en el Sigo XVI

PHILIPPINES
Tango delle Rose by Eddie Calderón, Ph.D.
The English Language in the USA by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.

SPAIN
Heritage Discovery Center in California and its connection with Spain
Carlos IV Financed a Expedition to Vaccinate Subjects in the Americas,
1803-1806
La batalla por Cartagena en 1741, según el diario de Blas de Lezo
Researching the Canary Islands
Historia de la alimentacion en las Naos del siglo XVI

INTERNATIONAL
Iceland Event Lays an Infamous 1615 Event to Rest,
"It's no longer legal to kill Basques on sight in Iceland...!"
Tet, Take Two: Islam’s 2016 European Offensive by Matthew Bracken
Muslims "Have Nothing Whatsoever to do with Terrorism" ????