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1	Title: 1910 Source(s): Chants Author(s): Pat Mora (Author) A poem about discrimination along the Texas-Mexico border. In Mexico they bowed their heads when she passed. Timid villagers stepped aside for the Judge's mother, Doña Luz, who wore her black shawl, black gloves whenever she left her home— at the church, the mercado, and the plaza in th... Show Keywords:
2	Title: Solomon Bibo Source(s): Trail Dust Author(s): Marc Simmons (Author) Historian Marc Simmons sketches the life of Solomon Bibo, a German Jewish American who served as Governor of Acoma Pueblo. Solomon Bibo, born in German Prussia in 1853, was one of eleven children. Right after our Civil War (1861-1865), two older Bibo brothers, Nathan and Simon, immigrated to the United States. They came to Santa Fe, where Nathan worked for the Spiegel... Show Keywords:
3	Title: Traditional Apache Life Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight An overview of some important events and themes in the lives of Apaches. The Athapaskan peoples migrated south from Alaska and Canada and eventually split into seven distinct groups. By 1500, they occupied a vast expanse of territory in the American Southwest. The extreme environments they inhabited—mountains, deserts, ... Show Keywords:
4	Title: Hopi Religion and the Missionaries Source(s): Hopi Voices: Recollections, Traditions, and Narratives of the Hopi Indians Author(s): Nuvayoiyava (Albert Yava), Tewa Village (Author); Harold Courlander (Editor) We old-timers can see that there has been a steady drift away from our traditional attitude toward nature and the universe. What I’m talking about is not the dancing and the kiva paraphernalia, all those visible things. They are only a means of exp... Show Keywords:
5	Title: A Voice Source(s): My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults Author(s): Pat Mora (Author) A poem describing the narrators mothers struggle to learn English. Even the lights on the stage unrelenting as the desert sun couldn’t hide the other students, their eyes also unrelenting, students who spoke English every night as they ate their meat, potatoes, gravy. Not you. In your house that smelled lik... Show Keywords:
6	Title: A Mexican War Author(s): Captain William French (Author); Recollections of a Western Ranchman Recollections of ranching in southwestern New Mexico, near the town of Alma, 1883-1899. After Thanksgiving we settled down to our usual routine. Things were going along smoothly when one afternoon we were startled by a messenger from our friends at the SU (ranch). This man brought word that there was trouble between the Mexicans and the... Show Keywords:
7	Title: Whitewater Gila Source(s): Gila Descending: A Southwestern Journey Author(s): M. H. Salmon (Author) The author canoes down the Gila River of New Mexico and Arizona with his dog and his cat. I hadn’t been close to a canoe or held a paddle in my hands for many years. The first thing I did was misjudge the current and was nearly swept into the pilings under the East Fork Bridge. Recovering in time (“steady all”) I waved my paddle at ... Show Keywords:
8	Title: Salt of the Earth Author(s): Michael Wilson (Author); Deborah S. Rosenfelt (Author); Michael Wilson (Author) This script for a movie describes staging a strike by Mexican-American workers against the Empire Zinc Mine in Hanover, New Mexico, 1950-1952. The strike really happened, and the movie made it famous. Medium shot: the first truck. The Anglo scabs standing in the back of the truck react in fear and consternation. But they stay where they are. Medium long shot: miners on hillside. A group of them start coming down the hill. We can see Charley an... Show Keywords:
9	Title: February 7 Source(s): They Called Me King Tiger: My Struggle for the Land and Our Rights Author(s): Reies López Tijerina (Author); José Gutiérrez (Translator) In the 1960s, Reies López Tijerina organized the northern New Mexico descendants of original land grantees to recover their rights to the land. February 7 Hoping to finalize the resolution, I made my seventh trip to Santa Fe today. I brought warriors from throughout the state: Tierra Amarilla, Canjilon, Coyote, Española, Taos, Las Vegas, Tecolote, Chilili, Santa Rosa, Bernalillo, Cuba de... Show Keywords:
10	Title: The Taking of San Joaquin, October 1966 Source(s): They Called Me King Tiger: My Struggle for the Land and Our Rights Author(s): Reies López Tijerina (Author); José Gutiérrez (Translator) In the 1960s, Reies Lopez Tijerina organized northern New Mexico villagers as descendants of original land grantees in a series of protests and demonstrations to recover their rights to the land. That the government would question the right of the people to their land was a cruel and unjust violation of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. I now sought to open a new door to the halls of justice. When Ed Stanton fought for the grant in Socorro, he... Show Keywords:

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