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Dear Primos, Friends, and Readers:

Recently, as I was finishing up the February article I got a telephone from Colorado artist, Eddie Martinez. His Cuauhtémoc,the Last Warrior King is on the front page of the February issue of Somos Primos. The link will take you to Part 2, "Walking the streets of Spain while sketching and listening for voices from the past."

Eddie shared his plans for him and his wife to travel to San Antonio, New Orleans, Pensacola, and St. Augustine to sketch, photograph, and record evidence of the earliest of Spanish presence in the United States in those locations. The goal,walking the streets of the United States, seeking early historical evidence of the Spanish presence, listening for those voices.
After we got off the phone, I started thinking of Eddie's selfless dedication and the dedication of many Hispanics, who individually are making huge contribution in presenting the truth about our ancestors.
All together our efforts are changing popular/preferred history with facts. The changes are through sharing and honoring the histories of our ancestors and the many heroes who have fought for our right to be included in the history of the United States. Our history is the history of the United States.
You will read in this issue many, many heritage project happening, projects headed by individuals and groups, with an endless expressions of sharing who we are . . . observing special historic dates with parades and community events, cemetery restorations, families and military statues, history and genealogy conferences, writing and oral history projects, restoration and site preservation, cultural events, lectures, class room visits, reenactors, historical plaques, books, articles, exhibits, murals, presentations, newspaper columnists . .
most importantly, they are activities of our history . . . told by us.
I hope as you read these stories and articles, you will be inspired with a project that you can engage in . . . your family and your history matter.
God bless you and your family, Mimi
www.SomosPrimos.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNITED STATES
Clips from 1970 July 4th TV special, hosted by John Wayne Why Is Hollywood Only Making One Film About Latinos in 2015? by Adam Hofbauer Gina Rodriguez Wins The Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy by Yvonne Villarreal SACNAS and "Spare Parts" movie by JV Martinez About Dr. Jose "JV" Vergara Martinez - Physicist A Renaissance of Hispanic Culture by Dr. Lino García The Star by Daisy Wanda Garcia Introduction to Construction Work Is Getting More Deadly, But Only For Latinos by David Noriega If you tell a lie often enough eventually it will be accepted as fact by Dan Arellano Harry Truman was a different kind of President.
Suggested money saving cuts from the National Budget

HERITAGE PROJECTS
Walking the streets of Spain while sketching and listening for voices from the past,
Part 2, Sevilla by Eddie Martinez, edited and translated in Spanish by Viola Rodriguez Sadler Oral history project: The Mexican side of Colton, California Equestrian statue of Bernardo de Galvez in Menard Park, Galveston Texas Statue of Col. José de Escandón y Helguera Descendant of rancho family seeks to mark historic graves by Martha Groves Chicano History Week (Feb 2-8) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
31 Rolls of Undeveloped Film Shot by an Unknown WW2 Soldier Latinos, the Voting Right Act and Political Engagement José Joaquín de Arrillaga (1750-1814) Gravesite Renovation

HISTORIC TIDBITS
January 9th, 1836 -- Frontier icon Crockett loses election, heads for Alamo January 26th, 1839 -- Republic passes homestead law, sets aside land for education The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848 by Dan Arellano English Policy in the New World: Plantation Settlements by Mimi Lozano

HISPANIC LEADERS
Peter Chacon: California Assemblyman and Educator, June 10, 1925 – December 14, 2014 Reies López Tijerina: Indo-Hispano Activist, September 21, 1926 - January 19, 2015 Michele Serros: Author, Poet, Comedic social commentator, February 10,
1966 - January 4, 2015

SURNAMES
The Royal Family of the Canary Islands by John Inclan

DNA
Many Whites Today Would Have Been Classified as Black in the 1940s by Annalee Newitz European Ancestors hailed from three different groups Asian Native American Dogs

FAMILY HISTORY
Rootstech Conference, February 12–14, 2015, Salt Lake City, Utah Find the right family history app for the job with the new FamilySearch App Gallery Top 50 Resources: Genealogy by Barry Newsletter

EDUCATION
The Condition of Latinos in Education: 2015 Factbook The Preuss School, UCSD, #1 Transformative High School in the Nation Walt Disney Company, Scholarships to Top Hispanic Students Nationwide Achievement First Global Latino Education Advocacy Days Summit, March 26, 2015 Future History Makers Award Application and Criteria Ryan Ruelas, One of the 100 2014 Influencer in Orange County, CA Education – The Recipe for Success by José Antonio López Free Texas Almanac Teacher’s Guide has

CULTURE
Conversation With Carlos Santana by Julia Bencomo Lobaco Coloratura soprano: Angel Ng The Real Face of Santa Claus by Ryan Scheel Three Kings of Orient Music from the Canary Islands To be or not to be, a Spanish speaker? by Margarito J. Garcia III, Ph.D.
Felipe Urrutia, singer, songwriter, and collector of Nicaragua’s traditional music dies BAJA California: California, February 28th, three internationally acclaimed performing groups Cuauhtli Academy of Cultural Arts and Literature, Austin
Murals Under the Stars by Gregorio Luke . . . 2014 Yearly Report

BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
International Latino Book Awards
National Association of Hispanic Publishers Gálvez/Spain - Our Forgotten Ally in the American Revolutional War: A Concise Summary of Spain's Assistance, by Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr.
Seeking Latino Newspapers for Digitizing Project LARED-L is a National Latino/Chicano Network Hidden Enemy by Jessey Munoz Patriots from the Barrio by Dave Gutierrez Champion of the Barrio: The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty by: R. Gaines Baty The World of the Mexican Worker in Texas; The World War I Diary of José de la Luz S The Adventures of Nolda and His Magical Scooter by Armando Rendon Rethinking the Chicano Movement by Marc Simon Rodriguez Backroads Pragmatists: Mexico's Melting Pot and Civil Rights in the United States By Ruben Flores Civil Rights: Is There More to the Story? by Shana Burg Democratizing Texas Politics: Race, Identity, and Mexican American
Empowerment,1945–2002 By Benjamin Márquez ‘Our America,’ by Felipe Fernández-Armesto

LATINO PATRIOTS
Korean War Veterans Memorial located on the Washington, DC mall.
Video: Vietnam, Service, Sacrifice, and Courage Ceremony to honor revived monument by Erika I. Ritchie A Beachside Retreat for Veterans
Video: The Longoria Affair
Her military mission in 1944 helped fellow Hispanic women by St. John Barned-Smith

EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
Book: Mexican Americans in the Making of America by Neil Foley Colbert's Raid: The Last Battle of the American Revolution between Spain and England
by Rueben M. Perez

ORANGE COUNTY, CA
David Belardes, historian, Juaneño activist, died December 29th February 14: SHHAR, Don Garcia, The Genealogical Services Offered by Family Search Author Alex Moreno Areyan SHHAR 2015 Calendar of upcoming Speakers National Hispanic Business Women's Association Northgate Market's Niche by Heather Skyler Preserving History by Stefan Weichert Chicano Heroes de Aztlan Exhibit, March 7th Reception ARCOS, Arts in Communities and Schools Santa Ana Deliberately Burned Down Its Chinatown in 1906 --And Let a Man Die to Do It
by Gustavo Arellano

LOS ANGELES COUNTY
The House of Aragón, Historic Novel of Los Angeles by Michael Perez National Institute for Baseball Studies, Whittier College

CALIFORNIA
Feb 26-28, 2015: Conference of California Historical Societies Sainthood announcement of Father Junipero Serra spurs hope to see Pope The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Mary Barrios, Early Years by Mary E. Garcia Pete Chacon paved way for Latinos in California San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission in Carmel, California
2015 National Hispanic Business Women Association California Educational Scholarship Program
1901 shipwreck near Golden Gate found by Carl Nolte Replica of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo's 500 year old flagship being built

NORTHWESTERN, US
1969 Map of Private Internet Connections Changing Latino Demographic in Utah Highlighted in New Book by University of Utah Professor Boulder County Latino History Project - City of Boulder resolution Oregon Was Founded As a Racist Utopia by Matt Novak

SOUTHWESTERN, US
Face of a movement: Reies López Tijerina fought for Chicano rights by Ramón Rentería "El Tigre" Reies López Tijerina, Por Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Tejano Land Grant Society Arizona to require civics test for high school Edward Rosenstock Alcantar Connecting with Arechabala Carrillo Family Members Laura K. Munoz, Romo v. Laird: Mexican American Segregation & Politics of Belonging in Arizona Why Do Farmworkers Still Lack Workers' Comp? by Marianne L. Bowers The St. James Hotel Monument by Louis F. Serna

TEXAS
Jose Antonio Navarro Cenotaph Unveiling
Signature Houston Mural Set for Restoration by Jayme Fraser Spanish Cannon Comes Home to the Alamo Settling Texas, Castroville Coal Mining in Las Minas, Santo Tomas Coal Field by Erasmo "Doc" Riojas Comments on the 1954 Laredo Flood by Gilberto Quezada Frank Nieto Lujan by Prima Elisa

MIDDLE AMERICA
Notre Dame Archives: Louisiana and the Floridas Source Some great facts about New Orleans, Louisiana Hector P. Garcia Centennial Birthday Commemoration, 2014, Omaha, Nebraska Kansas City, Kansas public library January 17, 2015 honors Dr. Hector P.
Garcia
Forum for Hispanics/Latinos in Ohio and their friends in the nation Building in Newton, Kansas which deserves attention Baton Rouge, Louisiana Historical Markers, Photos by Bill Carmena Our Views: Big honor for Galvez Helen Torrence Bey, “Mother Bey”

EAST COAST
Santiago Calatrava rebuilds St Nicholas Church on Ground Zero, "Out of the Ashes"

AFRICAN-AMERICAN
1915 First Incorporated Black City in Texas
1792 Spanish census records 247 male and 167 female mulattoes Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, 75: led black group to Israel Museum on slave trade planned for Episcopal Cathedral in Providence, Rhode Island The Selma Voting Rights Struggle: 15 Key Points By Emilye Crosby Forty Acres and a Mule By Rick Beard

INDIGENOUS
Let Us Not Accept Historical Myths by Mimi Lozano
120 Years of Lakota History on This Calendar A Genealogist Who Spent His Life Building a Cherokee Archive Retires American Indian tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands María Martínez: Story of an Indigenous Woman by Evelyn Puga Aguirre-Sulem ¿Y tú cómo te llamas?. Las voces de los pueblos indígenas por Benicio Samuel Sanchez

SEPHARDIC
The De Riberas, Chapter Three The New World by Michael S. Perez Genie’s Gifts: Part Two: “How I Found My 15 Grandmothers/Como Encontre a Mis 15 Abuelas” Reviewed by Chana Mendez After 522 Years, Spain Seeks To Make Amends For Expulsion Of Jews
Lauren Frayer and Emily Harris
Lobos y Perros Rabiosos: Legacy of the Inquisition in the Colonization of New Spain & New Mexico C. Michael Torres AMCHA is the Hebrew word meaning “Your People", Text extracts from Blog by Gary Fouse Erasing Israel by Yvette Alt Miller

ARCHAEOLOGY
Research finds Neanderthals probably weren't brutish, inferior cave men

MEXICO
Fotos Socidad de Genealogia de Nuevo León
Facebook: Sociedad Genealogica y de Historia Familiar de Mexico La Sociedad Nuevoleonesa de Historia Aztec App Brings Historic Mexico Codex Into the Digital Age Exploring Colonial Mexico: Stone Retablos: San José Chiapa El Índice Genealógico de Bautismos y Matrimonios sobre tu apellido Families of Saltillo, Coahuila, Volume Thirteen, 2014 Year End Report by Crispin Rendon Información matrimonial del Sr. Don Julio Gracida Somohano y Doña Rosario Porchini Gómez El natalicio de Don Francisco González BocanegraCARIBBEAN REGION La Revista del Instituto de Cultura Puertoriqueña

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
History and Mission of The Organization of American States Correspondence with OAS La cultura del Bosque. Alejandro Perez Becerra Boletín de Genealogias Colombíanas, Editor: Luis Álvaro Gallo Martínez

PHILIPPINES
The first Philippine and Asian President of a US Bar Association
by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
The Marines in the Philippines During Early 1900s’ to Late 30s’
by Poppo OlagSPAIN

SPAIN
Gran Canaria sand sculptures
Los Islenos of St Bernard Video
Teresa Valcarce by Ángel Custodio Rebollo La Batalla de la Isla de Saltés por Angel Custodio Rebollo Catedral de Sevilla con La Salve Rociera De Pedro Rivera al Marques de Rubi España perdió más de 30 barcos mientras ayudaba a la independencia de EE.UU.
Dr. Lino Garcia, Jr., a Grand Ambassador of Texas by Dr. Julio Cuesta Domínguez Levi Villarreal 27 de diciembre de 2014

INTERNATIONAL
Je Suis Charlie! Cartoon by Sergio Hernandez
Video: A look Inside Charlie Hebdo, Their Creative Process & the Making of a Fateful Cartoon Here is a perspective on Islamization by Dr Peter Hammond.
Mapping the Global Muslim Population
Center for Security Policy
Incredible WWI Tribute In London Looks Like A River Of Blood… Tens Of Thousands Of Germans Gather Together To Protest Against Islam European Life Died In Auschwitz by Sebastian Vilar Rodriguez WW II - British Military Cemetery in Libya Desecrated