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Dear Family and Friends:

Hope you all enjoyed some Hispanic Heritage Month activities in September; we still have two weeks in October to complete our month. It is nice to identify a time period to ask for recognition of our heritage. Our population keeps increasing in size and public awareness is good for all.

You'll enjoy a map showing the distribution of Latinos in the United States. Viewing the map made an impact on me.

It turns out that half of all Hispanics/Latinos in the United States live in California and Arizona, neither of which state has ever had a Latino United States Senator in Congress.

You'll find quite a few articles on immigrants and government amnesties.

You'll enjoy a special article on the Summer Olympics by Mercy Bautista Olvera on Hispanics who won an Olympic Medal, not only United States winners, but Hispanics from Spanish speaking countries, Mexico, Puerto Rico Cuba, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain.

A surprise support for Rancho del Sueno came from a song, Soldier's Song, sung by David Meza. Do listen to it. It is very touching:
https://youtu.be/XR2EV4B7BLo. The composer, Mel Harker will send a CD copy to anyone that donates to Rancho del Sueno, the herd of horses whose DNA ancestry goes back to the earliest horses brought into the Americas by our Spanish ancestors. Mr. Harker action is in strong support of Resurrecting Lives whose mission is to help returning Veterans deal with the traumatic effects of war, a focus of concern and involvement in which Rancho del Sueno has also been involved.

Thank you Mel, who can be reached at 1 562 477 8575.
audio2visual@gmail.com

The California drought has greatly increased the burden of caring for the herd.
So a very special thank you to Steve and Jane Shanahan, who applied, requested and received a large grant from the Nebraska Lincoln Community
Foundation for Rancho del Sueno. Thank you to the Shanahans and
Lincoln Community Foundation.

God bless America, Mimi
www.SomosPrimos.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNITED STATES
Two different counter-terrorism measures amendments unanimously approved authored by
U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) Latino Representation in the US Senate non-existent for Californians, historically unfair.
New Survey Today: U.S. Latino Population Growth Dramatization of 1849 Debates which resulted in the Bilingual Document for the 1849 California Constitution
2016 Hispanic-Owned Businesses in the U.S. and Educational Attainment The first Wal-Mart store opened in 1962 Mexican-American civil-rights conference meets in Laredo, September 14th, 1911 Recollections of the 48th Anniversary of the 1968 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Hearing Civil Rights--How Far We Have Come!
The Lost Mexicans of t he Bastanchury Ranch , the Deported by Gustavo Arellano AB 146: New California Law Urges Schools to Include a Lesson on Mexican “Repatriation”
Congress tried to fix immigration back in 1986. Why did it fail? by Brad Plumer
1986 IRCA Amnesty Failed for Mexicans, but not for Over-Stayed Visa Holders by Mimi Lozano The Seven Amnesties Passed by Congress Undocumented students go “back home” to Mexico for the first time

SPECIAL
Hispanic Olympian Medal Winners Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2016 by Mercy Bautista-Olvera

HERITAGE PROJECTS
Ramon "Chunky" Sanchez
Rancho Del Sueño: Home of the Endangered Wilbur-Cruce Mission Horses Random Act of Mendez Month, RAM, September 15 - October 15 National Historic Landmark Site of Mendez v. Westminster

HISTORIC TIDBITS
Details of the expeditions of Hernando de Soto Rare Film from 1932 Isabel de Castilla, la primera mujer en aparecer en monedas y sellos de los Estados Unidos

HISPANIC LEADERS
San Juanita Martinez-Hunter, Ph. D.
Juan Gabriel’s Ashes, Purple Rains and the Rebirth of the Pachuco

LATINO PATRIOTS
Soldier's Song
Inside The Army’s Spectacular Hidden Treasure Room Lest We Forget: Latino/Chicano Veterans

EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
The Gathering Storm by Judge Edward Butler September 1779 by Joe Perez

SURNAMES
The Mendez Family . . . La Familia Mendez by Mike Mendez The Illustrious House of Mendez de Sotomayor by John D. Inclan Meaning of the Suffix EZ or ES: Posted and written by Jaron J. Cortez

DNA
Worlds Within Us by Samir S. Patel
click to Book review of: In Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America

FAMILY HISTORY
Salt Lake New Collections Update: Week of September 19, 2016 Top 100 Genealogy Sites Traductor - sugerencia para revista bilingue

EDUCATION
UTRGV student reflects the lessons learned at MOSTHistory Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) actively recruiting for ethnic minority and woman candidates VE . . VolcomEducation LLC There IS room for faith in public schools XICAN, Institute for Teaching and Organizing

CULTURE
Juan Gabriel, superstar Mexican songwriter/singer dies at 66 in California Luis Valdez, 2015 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Recpient The Poetic Nun: Sor Juana: feminist, intellectual, advocate Xochitl Morales, Young Latina Poet's Ode to Her Heritage Goes Viral The #1 Quinceanera Magazine in the Nation!
23 Theatre Companies That Tell Black and Latino Stories Familia Social Club

BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
New Books in Latino Studies is a podcast available on iTunes Mestizo Genomics: Race Mixture, Nation, and Science in Latin America The Mexican Frontier 1821-1846" by David J. Weber Pesos and Dollars: Entrepreneurs in the Texas-Mexico Borderlands
1880-1940 by Alicia M. Dewey
Kappo Storias, website focused on Spanish perspective on world history:
13 Jinetes (horsemen) contra el Imperio Azteca (Otumba 1521) Bastardos, Ilegítimos e Incluseros en la Historia de España por Vicenta Márquez de la Plata

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ORANGE COUNTY, CA
Amin David - A Celebration of His Life & Legacy!
Oct 8: Spanish Patriots during the American Revolution, DAR/ SAR Connection by Letty Rodella
Photo: Westminster Clothing, April 02, 1953 First Sunday of the Month Free Writers' Lab: Breath of Fire, Latina Theater Ensemble

LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Los Angeles Southwest College Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month October 7, 2016, Documentary Truth Seekers on California Repatriation Book presentation: The Four Seasons of Muralism by Raul Anguiano

CALIFORNIA
October 20-23, 2016: Conference of California of Historical Societies Fall Symposium Residents of Pueblo de las Juntas (in the Fresno area), by Stanley A.
Lucero, Madera, CA

SOUTHWESTERN, US
Edward Alcantar shares a memory of his mother . . . A bag with three onions.
I'm From Here': Not All Hispanics Are Recent Arrivals by Jessica Montoya Coggins YouTube collection features over a hundred free stories told by master storyteller Joe Hayes.
Presidio of Tucson, Arizona Fall Happenings
15 dragones de Cuera contra 300 apaches, Tucson 1779 José Antonio López: The Promise of New Mexico

TEXAS
Alayah Benavidez: Miss Texas United States 2016 October 6-8, 2016: The Texas State Hispanic Genealogical Annual Conference
Connecting the Past to the Future October 21-22, 2016: The Hereditary Societies of Texas 2016 Annual Meeting VOCES Oral History Project, University of Texas, Austin Museum of South Texas History Hispanic Heritage Month, a free eBook, and more TSHA news San Fernando de Bexar Municipal Records, 1770-1832 Sam Houston elected first president of the Republic of Texas, 1836 Jaybirds order black leaders out of Fort Bend County Report of my research to Los Bexarenos, Oct 1st 2016

MIDDLE AMERICA
Mural honors UMOS legacy, connects past and current movements for equal rights The Learning Years, 1945-1950, Churning butter and dust storms:
Memories, Number 2 by Rudy Padilla

EAST COAST
Study: 57 Million Hispanics Living in the US by Jason Devaney Portugal, The Last Hope: Sousa Mendes’ Visas for Freedom “Juan de Miralles Trayllón, en el 300º aniversario de su nacimiento”
Smithsonian Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, September 1, 2016 Cerámica de los Ancestros, at the National Museum of American Indian

AFRICAN-AMERICAN
Take Interactive Tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Black in America, Smithsonian September 2016 magazine Issue: Black in America

INDIGENOUS
Los Espanoles dando honor a las culturas precolombinas decidieron poner estatuas de sus reyes en el palacio real.
Annual New Mexico Hispanic Fiesta Draws Native American Ire By Russell Contreras

SEPHARDIC
Recommended Websites: (1) On Spanish Jewry and (2) Brief History of Jews in Mexico Portugal, The Last Hope: Sousa Mendes’ Visas for Freedom < under East Coast

ARCHAEOLOGY
October 15: International Archaeology Day Maya calendar is Americas’ oldest manuscript Scientists just discovered a secret American manuscript that was hidden under paint for 500 years

MEXICO
Amigos de la Batalla de Monterrey de 1846 Bautismo del General Insurgente Don Vicente Guerrero Saldaña. Benemèrito de la Patria.
Matrimonio del Excelentìsimo Señor Don Juan Pedro, Elisidoro, Alfonso, Conde Dubois de Saligny Matrimonio del Sr. Lic. Don Juan Nepomuceno de Garza y Evia con Doña Marìa de Jesùs de la Garza.
Defunciónes de Sr. Lic. Don Juan Nepomuceno de Garza y Evia con Doña Marìa de Jesùs de la Garza Bautismo de don Rosendo Ocañas Ocañas, Autor de la popular Radio novela y don Rodulfo Garcìa
Cuellar; Autor del corrido de don Rodulfo Garcìa Bautismo y defunción de Don Josè Antonio Pelagio Labastida y Dàvalos Arzobispo de Mèxico

OCEANIC PACIFIC
Ruta de Andres Nino, 1519, 1522, 1524
La verdad histórica del descubrimiento de las Islas Hawaii por José Antonio Crespo-Francés

PHILIPPINES
Baguio City, the Summer Capital of the Philippines by Eddie AAA Calderon, Ph.D.
Castilian Accents and Letters and the Words Tú, /Ustedes, and Vosotros
by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.

SPAIN
La amnesia internacional sobre el Imperio naval Español. La necesidad de historia by Javier Noriega

INTERNATIONAL
Mercado de Trajano, Roma, precursor de nuestros centros comerciales
Photo: Pre-Taliban days in Afghanistan when women enjoyed professional careers Voting records in the United Nations of various Arabic/Islamic States Against the United States A Spanish Connection, Descendents of William the Conqueror, King of England by John D. Inclan