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History is often as controversial a subject as there is in American society. A person may be heroic to some people but villainous to somebody else. Controversy is to be expected when teaching New Mexico history. No matter what material is used to teach New Mexico history, someone will find it “controversial.” The teacher’s goal should be to have students study both sides of any controversy and let students make their own decision as to what to believe. The teacher's opinion should not be forced on students. It is also recommended that an author's bias, pro or con, be discussed openly whenever possible."

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FOREWORD

All items in the ACTIVITIES—QUESTIONS—ANSWERS sections are from the State adopted NEW MEXICO:  A BRIEF MULTI-HISTORY  by Rubén Sálaz Márquez.

The professional lesson plans provided herein for use with New Mexico:  A Brief Multi-History are extensive by necessity because they are intended to enable teachers to select materials for their level of students. The intent is to have students Read-Write-Speak on New Mexico history, not the mere memorization of “factoids.”

Do not become overwhelmed by the amount of material available for teaching New Mexico history in these lesson plans. Obviously, no single teacher will use all the strategies provided below because there would not be enough time in the school year. Their purpose is to enable the teacher to exercise SELECTION. By judicious use of  this guide, specific lesson plans/strategies/ideas can be utilized by professionals at the elementary, mid-school, high school, or college level. For example, for the one semester of New Mexico History required for high school graduation, the Profile Biography sections, 39 items in the STATEHOOD section alone, could suffice for the semester because 20th century New Mexico history is reflected in these biographies. If that is the choice, it should not be forgotten that the present can also be used to illuminate the past, and vice versa. Additionally, expect controversy because differing opinions in class can lead to topics that should be discussed/debated using documented evidence and sound logic. Understanding the New Mexican present and past is crucial to recognizing New Mexican realities, good or bad. The teacher should emphasize that ideas, not the person articulating them, are being discussed.

Use of the biographies are only one small part of lesson plan possibilities that could be selected by the teacher. For example, basics for the 9th grade course could be (1) Vocabulary building, (2) Biography as History, (3) specific, teacher assigned research topics, (4) and learning games like Jeopardy or Password.

. As you will recognize, these lesson plans were created by a career classroom professional. They will not be construed as “boring.” Compare them in scope, creativity, potential for productivity, etc.,  to any others provided with any other textbook.

Every effort has been made to organize these materials to facilitate their use in the classroom. Do not be overwhelmed by the amount of material presented in New Mexico:  A Brief Multi-History or in the lesson plans below. It would be good to review all strategies provided but it is not necessary to download the entire “Learning and Teaching Guide.” A good starting strategy would be to make a copy of the Table of Contents for the

ACTIVITIES—QUESTIONS—ANSWERS segments then decide what would be appropriate for your students. Copy those files and structure them for use in your particular classroom. Other items can be copied as necessary during the school year.

          Feel free to contact the author by email:  Saljustin@msn.com

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Introduction

          New Mexico:  A Brief Multi-History is intended as an overview of New Mexico’s long, rich history.  The essence of our lesson plans is a hands-on effort to have students read assigned material, write a report on it, then present the information orally to the class. The student will thus be required to  READ—WRITE—SPEAK on New Mexico history.

 

VOCABULARY BUILDING should be an integral part of any presentation, especially with younger learners. Depending on the teacher, the material can be used as a resource at all levels or as a basic text from Mid School through University classes. Students should be assigned according to their intellectual maturity. For example, elementary or Mid School students should review the vocabulary associated with the study of NM history and then could be directed to study the biography of certain New Mexicans in a particular period (Spanish, Mexican, Territorial, Statehood).  As knowledge of  basic information increases, High School students could be directed to study the sections labeled “Professions” or aspects like “Santero Art/Santeros” and “Penitentes.” University students might be directed to study and be able to discuss the Annotated Bibliography as a starting point then, after basic knowledge is achieved, dwell more on the Comparative History sections under the “TIMELINE” labels. Consult the ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY for additional sources when needed for a particular topic.

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INDEX for ACTIVITIES:

PART I:  BASIC VOCABULARY

Pages 1-100

Pages 101-200

Pages 201-300

Pages 301-400

Pages 401-500

Pages 501-610

GLOSSARY Vocabulary

 

PART II:  BASIC ACTIVITIES

          1. Create a chronological list of all biographies in the MULTI-HISTORY.

2. VOCABULARY BUILDING

3. Select the biographies above according to the following categories:

4. Based on the Biographies in the MULTI-HISTORY, write a comparison of the following personalities:

5. Create a map for the following EXPLORATIONS:

6.     Select a land grant and write a research paper on it in order to make an oral report to the class. Land grants introduced in the MULTI-HISTORY are as follows:

7. Lincoln County War

8. Surveyor General

9. Using the Profile Biographies

10. ON YOUR OWN

 

PART  III:  INTERMEDIATE  ACTIVITIES

A.   Create a written report

B.    Genealogy

C.   Statehood

D.   Religious Battles

                  E. Greatest Gunfight in the West

F.    Missionaries

G. Maps

H.   Book Reviews

I.   Important Events.

 

PART IV:  ADVANCED  ACTIVITIES

A.   Annotated Bibliography

B.    Comparative History:  TIMELINE

C.   Trobadores Festival

D.   Recommended Books and Authors

E.     

PART V:  INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

                     Activities

 

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PART I:  BASIC VOCABULARY

(All vocabulary words are defined according to the context in which they appear in the MULTI-HISTORY.)

 

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A.D.—In the Year of Our Lord (from Latin: Anno Domini)

Admiral of the Ocean Sea—title given to Columbus

allies--friends

America—from the Latin (name) “Americus” (from “Amerigo” Vespucci)

Angle—one of the Germanic (German) tribes who settled in England around     400 A.D.; “Angle” gives us “Anglo”

Amerind(s), Amerindian(s)—Indian(s) from the Americas

Anasazi—thought to be ancestors of the modern Pueblo Indians

annual—once a year; yearly

assimilation—to be absorbed and become a regular part of a culture

Athabascan—refers to Apache and/or Navajo people

B.C.--Before Christ

bison—buffalo

blasphemy—insulting speech or behavior directed at God

brink—on the edge of

ca.—around; about

cannibalism—eating human flesh

caravan—a group or line of wagons (or other wheeled vehicles)

carnage—bloody slaughter

censure—strongly criticize

Christianization—to make into Christians

chronicle—written record

colleague—a fellow worker who works in your kind of job

colonist—person who lives in a colony or group of people

conciliate—to become friends again

congregation—gathering

conjecture—maybe yes maybe no

Culture—anything having to do with how people live   (28)

Decree—an official order from  a court, Church, government, etc.

demise—death; the end

designation—name or label

disassociate—separate completely from

doctrine--belief

don/doña—initials from the Spanish phrase “de origen noble”  (of noble origin)

drought (drouth)—a serious lack of water for a long time

entrada—Spanish for “entry” into unknown land

etc.—et cetera; Latin for “and so on”

expedition—a group of people going somewhere for a definite purpose

extant—in existence

extermination—to kill all

extinction—no longer in existence

famine—when there is a shortage of food

festivities—happy behavior

feud—arguing and fighting for a long time

foraging—looking for food

founded—started; begun

Four Corners—place where the four States of NM, Az., Co., and Utah meet

fountainhead—the original or main source of something

friar—member of religious order (Franciscan, Jesuit, Dominican, etc.)

garrison—military troops, usually stationed in a fort

genízaro—person acculturating to Hispanic society, descended from (usually) plains Indians

“Golden Age”—highest development

heresy—a belief that goes against what is taught by a certain religion  (53)

Hispalis—Phoenician name for Spain from 3200 years ago

Hispani—people who lived in Spain 3200 years ago

Hispaniarium—Roman name for Spain/Portugal; from “Hispani” above

Hispania—later Roman name for Spain  (which gives us “España”)

Hispano—(Hispanic) person with blood or cultural ties to Spain

humanitarian—a person who does good for people

humiliate—to make fun of someone in a really cruel way

idolatry—worship of idols

illustration—picture or drawing

interdiction—strongly forbid

inscription—a name or short message

jeer—rude comment

junction—place where two things (streams, trails, highways, etc.) meet

launch—begin; start

livestock—farm/ranch animals like horses, cows, goats, sheep, etc.

literacy—being able to read and write

mandatory—required

martyr—person who dies for a good cause

medieval—from the Middle Ages (ca. 700-1492)

mestizaje—racial mixing

missionary—usually a religious person who teaches about religion

Mission—group of buildings (and activities) managed by missionaries

monasticism—having to do with monks living in monasteries

monk—a religious person who has taken certain vows to guide his life

“Multi-History:”  history about many things

Muslim—person who practices the religion of Islam

mutton—meat from sheep

neophyte—a new convert

noncombatant—person not in a fight; like a woman, child, grandparent

obligation—required

pacification—to make peace

pagan—person who isn’t a Christian, Muslim, or Jew

pageantry—with much ceremony

peril—danger

petition—to ask (usually in writing) for something

philosophy—system of beliefs

pioneers—the first people to settle an area   (90)

plot—an evil plan

polygamy (polygamous)—having more than one wife at the same time

precontact (prehistoric)—before being seen by people from Europe; before              being written about in a European language

prerequisite—required ahead of time

prohibit—to forbid by law or serious order

prejudice—believing something before you have any facts about it

prominent—well known

priest—minister who can perform religious duties like giving sacraments, etc.

proliferate—multiply rapidly; spread out

promote—to say good things about something

pueblo—Spanish for “village”

rampage—violent behavior

ransom—money paid to free a captive

razed—a building knocked to the ground

reconnaissance—military group sent to investigate

recruit—sign up; person who “signs up”

redoubtable—commanding respect; someone with a strong reputation

refugee—person who has had to escape from danger in his country

rivalry—close competition

royal—having to do with kings and queens

sedition—speaking up publicly against the Government

servitude—forced serving, as for a crime

Shibapu—place in the Earth from where Pueblo Indians emerged (has various spellings)

simultaneous—at the same time

smallpox—a disease that covers the victim’s body with sores full of puss

sorcerer—wizard; a male witch

subsistence—barely making it

sweatshop—a business where workers labor for very little money

testimony—what is said in court by a witness

textiles—items made by weaving

tolerant—not fighting ideas or beliefs  that are different from your own

throes—in the act of struggling with something unpleasant

tragic—bringing great harm and suffering

treachery—betrayal of trust or faith

unsavory—unpleasant; with a bad reputation

upstanding—respected

witchcraft—evil magic

vassal—person required to perform duties during the Middle Ages

vengeance—to “get even;” to return injury for injury

verge—almost

villa—a settlement developed enough to be legally declared a town

volatile—explosive; unstable

vow—a very serious promise

zenith—most advanced; the very top; apex    (133)

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abide (by)—continue to accept or put up with

abolish—get rid of; ended

abstraction—idea; something that exists in the mind

adversary—opponent; person fighting against you

antipathy—strong dislike

antiquated—so old it isn’t useful

antithesis—two contrasting or opposing thoughts

apprentice—person learning from a master craftsman

artisan—a skilled worker; craftsman

ascertain—to find out for certain

ban—to forbid; prohibit

barracks—living quarters for soldiers

barter—to trade one item for another (instead of buying with money)

blizzard—a heavy snow storm with driving winds

biblical—from or like the Bible

buffer—anything used to prevent or lessen any kind of force

cannon law—law which governs Church matters

cartographer—person who creates maps

competitor—someone who is trying to do the same thing you are

comply—to carry out a request, order, rule, etc.

conciliation—to be friends again; to soothe someone’s anger and win over

confirm—found to be true, valid, authentic

confluence—point where two streams meet and form one

contraband—things forbidden by law; unlawful trade items

corporal—the body; (military:  lowest ranking noncommissioned officer)

courier—messenger; someone sent with important messages

crucial—extremely important

decadence—something in decay or weakening

delirium—an extremely emotional mental state

designate—to point out; to appoint

diplomacy—dealing with people or nations

disband—to break up a group (so it isn’t one unit)

eccentric—odd; different in an uncustomary way

elliptical—not perfectly round

encampment—place where a camp is made

encounter—to meet unexpectedly

episcopal—having to do with a bishop

ewe—female sheep

ferry—a boat which takes you across a short distance of water

flagellation—a whipping or flogging

folkhero—hero of the people

forge—to move ahead steadily (another meaning:  fraud)

formidable—causing awe or fear; impressive

forthcoming—about to appear

forthwith—immediately

frayed—torn around the edges

harrowing—distressing

heir—someone who will inherit something

hinder—get in the way of

hospice—a place of shelter for travelers   (50)

hostile—unfriendly, warlike

immigration—(people) coming into a new country

immoderate—excessive; without restraint

immune—protected against something

individualistic—a person standing alone as opposed to in a group

industrious—work hard

innovate—to create something new from what is already available

innumerable—so many they can’t be counted

insurgent—person (or a movement) rising in revolt

integral—essential; absolutely necessary

interpretation—a personal opinion of what happened, of art, etc.

interpreter—person who translates one language into another

inveigh—attack in words

jerky—charquí; thin strips of dried meat

litigation—what happens in a court of law

magistrate—a civil officer with (limited) power to apply the law

maize—corn (from the Spanish maís)

mecca—said of a popular or important place where people gather

muleteer (mule packer)—arriero; person who transports goods on mules

mystical—having spiritual meaning or significance

notorious—famous for bad things

obtrusive—calling attention in an unpleasant way

oval—shaped like an egg

overthrow—get rid of, usually with force

palette—colors

parallel—going in the same direction

pertain—to belong, connected to, associated with something

picturesque—as in a picture

playwright—person who writes plays

predatory—living by taking what someone else has

premeditated—planned before it happened

presidio—fort   

prevail—to be victorious; to triumph over or against something

probation—a period of time during which a person’s behavior will be tested

prohibition—an order or law forbidding something

prolific—producing or creating a lot of something

prosperity—good fortune; wealth; success

quell—put an end to; crush (as an uprising); to quiet

queue—gathered hair worn hanging from the back of the head

recuperate—recover health

reparations—making up for a wrong or injury done

replenish—to supply again

resuscitate--revive

robust—very healthy and strong

renown—famous, well known

resentment—a feeling of having been hurt or injured

rugged—strong, robust; (describing land:  rough, uneven)

rural—country (as contrasted from “city”)

sally—to rush out and do battle

scarlet—a bright red color                                                           (100)

scribe—person who writes letters, copies documents, etc., for hire

scourge—a whip used to cause serious injury; severe punishment

sculpture—the art of forming a figure out of wood, stone, metal, clay, etc.

silt—a type of soil carried by flowing water

site—a physical place or location

solicit—ask for; seek

sporadic—happening from time to time; not regularly

strategic—planned

stylus—a needle-like pointed tool used for marking

survey—to make a map of the land; to take a long look at a subject

suppress—put down by force

syndic—lay person who handles business matters for a religious order

tactics—methods used to try to win something

technique--method

testament—statement of approval

thereafter—after that

theretofore—up until then

thereupon—immediately following that

traditional—according to custom

unconstitutional—illegal according to the constitution

utilize—use

vacate—to make empty; to leave

validate—to prove correct and proper; valid

versatile—talented in many activities

vagrant—person who wanders about from place to place

viking—raider

vilification—to say bad things about

wane—decrease; toward the end of something                     (128)

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aborigines—first native inhabitants

alienate—to cause to be unfriendly or against you

alternative—another choice

amid—in the middle of

ancestral—having to do with ancestors

annexation—to add on or attach, as a smaller country to a larger country

apathetic—not caring about (an issue, a situation, etc.)

aptitude--ability

apparition—appearance of something (like a ghost)

appropriation—money supplied and intended for a specific activity

appurtenant—(Law) an acknowledged additional right or privilege

artifice—trickery

ascetical—religious

assassinate—to murder (usually in cold blood)

assumption—to assume

astute—very clever and intelligent

aversion—deep rooted dislike

befriend—to become a friend

belle—pretty female (often the prettiest or most popular)

berate—to scold severely

bewildering—serious confusion; puzzling

bigotry—to be narrow minded; intolerant; prejudiced

birthright—what is automatically yours (due to family, country, etc.)

blatant—very obvious

calamity—disaster; extreme misfortune

calumny—a vicious lie; slander

carnage—slaughter

commandeer—to seize something for use by the government or military

commend—compliment; dedicate (as to God)

complicity—taking part in (usually) something wrong or illegal

compulsory--required

confiscate—to seize (implies use of force if necessary)

conspicuous—easy to see or notice

contingent—group

cultivation—develop; growing with proper care

curriculum—subjects to be studied in a school

denounce—to accuse or condemn publicly

deploy—to place troops according to a plan

depredation—serious damage

detract—something negative that takes away from

devout—sincerely religious

disbursement—money that is paid out

discernible—to recognize a difference

disenfranchise—take away the (power to) vote

distinctive—easy to recognize (as in a certain style, method, etc.)

donation—gift

dullard—someone who isn’t intelligent

duplicity—behavior planned ahead of time to fool someone; deceit

efficacy—effectiveness

embezzle—to steal money (while working from the inside)

encroach—to intrude upon what belongs (like land) to someone else

endeavor—effort

enhance—add to in a good way

entail--involve

etiquette—manners; what is proper

excoriate—to scold severely

exempt—exception to the rule; not required to follow a general rule

expulsion—being kicked out of a group or from an area

faction—group of people (who agree with each other)

fallacy—a belief that is totally incorrect

fertile--nourishing

forbearance—patience; restraint

franchise—the vote; contract to sell certain items

habeas corpus—(Law) an order requiring that a person be brought before the Court

heinous—extremely evil

heretic—(religion) a believer who now says the belief is not true

imprisonment—to be in prison

improbable—not likely to happen

incomprehensible—can’t be understood

infuriate—make extremely angry

insolent—aggressively disrespectful

insurrection—uprising

instigate—cause to start or begin

integrity—complete; honesty

intercept—to seize something before it arrives where it is going

intrigue—to plan or plot in secret

irrational—not based on reason

jeopardy—at risk

jubilant—extremely happy

largesse—generosity; generous giving

lust—overly intense desire

malfeasance—unlawful actions while in office

mastermind—very intelligent person who makes the plan for others

mediator—person who tries to get opposing people to come to an agreement

melee—fight with many people involved

mercantile—relating to merchants or the business world

meticulous—with great attention to detail

mutual—to feel the same way as the other person

obfuscate—to make unclear; to confuse

oppression—being kept down by evil use of power

obsolete—not modern; not useful anymore

par--even

parishioner—person belonging to a parish

partisan—person who favors a certain issue or person

patriot—person who believes in his country

perceptive—to be aware; able to notice something that isn’t too obvious

pillage—to steal and be violent at the same time

placate—to pacify; appease

potent--strong

predominate—to hold the most power

prelate—a high ranking religious person, as a bishop

pretext—excuse

privatization—to put into private ownership

proclamation—an important official announcement

profundity—depth

prospective—looking to the future; likely (to happen in the future)

provoke—first reason or cause for something happening

punitive—punish

ratio—(usually) a number of something in relation to another number of something else

rebut—to answer against what someone else is saying

recede—to move back; to become less

refute—to show how something is incorrect

regiment—a military unit

reinforce—to make stronger

reprehensible—deserving of criticism

residential—place where people live

resign—to decide to quit (a job, a position, etc.)

resumption—to restart something that had been active before

rubble—what is left from a building when it is knocked down

secede--withdraw

servile—like a slave

severity—harsh; cruelty

sordid—dirty; meanly selfish

speculator—person who buys something in hopes he can sell it for more than he paid for it

stability—steady; dependable; firmness of character

stigma—a mark of disgrace; a sign of something negative

subjugate—to gain complete power (over a people)

substantiate—show proof that something is true

swarthy—dark complexion (racism:  related to “dirty” or “filthy”)

tact—dealing with people without offending them

trafficking—dealing in something illegal

treacherous—someone who says he can be trusted and then proves the opposite

treason—betrayal of your country (usually punishable by death)

vagabond—person who wanders about aimlessly from place to place

verify—to show that something is true

victimize—to make someone suffer intentionally

vile--evil

witty—cleverly amusing with the use of language

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abscond—run away with something (usually) not yours

acquisitive—with a need to get or acquire

adjudicate—processed in a court of law

advent—arrival or coming

affiliation—associated with or a member of  (as a club, political party, etc.)

alienate—to cause to be unfriendly

align—associated with; straighten

ambitious—wanting to accomplish personal goals

“Anglo”—(racism) person who isn’t Hispanic or Indian but implies his ethnicity is from England of the year 500 A.D.

annuity—usually a payment of money no less than once a year

antagonism—serious dislike or hatred

appropriate—to take for yourself; designate something to be used for a specific purpose

arable—land suitable for farming

archaeology—the scientific study of ancient people and their culture

assess—to become aware of;  to charge (usually money)

audacity—bold courage; (negative) shameless or rude;  brazen

banister—railing to a stairway

bar mitzvah—a “coming of age” party for a male Jewish teenager

bas mitzvah—a “coming of age” party for a female Jewish teenager

battalion—military group

benevolent—kind

bias—prejudice

bigotry—intolerance (often related to religious issues)

bilingual—two languages

“bunko men”—swindlers; con artists

bribe—money paid to get someone to do something (usually illegal or immoral)

cabal—small group of people who plot in secret

cease—stop

centennial—one hundred years

chicanery—clever and tricky talk or action intended to deceive

colonialism—having to do with keeping a country in secondary importance

complex—opposite of simple

consecrate—to set apart as holy

converge—to come together at a certain point

cosmopolitan—international; not provincial

coroner—public official who investigates a death

corrido—Spanish language song that tells a story about something great

corrupt--rotten

craftsman—person who is very skilled in his (usually artistic) field

cubism—a style of abstract art that uses geometric forms

cuisine—style of cooking

decadent—decayed

deceased—dead

destitute—extremely poor; having nothing

detachment—a small group that is part of a larger group; not connected

deteriorate—to become less, like weaker and weaker

dignitary—person famous in his field

dispel—to scatter or drive away

elaborate—fancy; greatly detailed

elongated—lengthened

ethnicity—related to country of origin

evict—put out as from a house or property

expose—bring to public attention

exalt—to compliment highly; extremely complimentary

exploitation—to make use of what someone else has for your own benefit

felony—a major crime (murder, arson, etc.)

foremost—principal; the main one

“forked tongue”—liar

fortitude—firm courage

fraud—illegal deception

fusillade—many many bullets being fired

gazette--newspaper

“greaser”—(racism) a negative name used for Mexican/Spanish people

gross—flagrant; vulgar; obscene

“half-breed”--(racism) person who has blood from someone considered  “superior” as well as “inferior” in American society

henchmen—(low class) group of friends

heroic—like a hero

historiography—the writing of History

hydra—(mythology) nine headed serpent; a vile, complex problem

hypocrisy—pretending to be what one is not

hysteria—mass fear

illiterate—unable to read or write

impressionism—a school of art where the artist gives his impression of something

indignation—anger resulting from injustice, ingratitude, etc.

ineptitude—with no ability to accomplish anything

indict—to charge with a crime

infamous—famous for evil behavior

intellectual—relating to the mind (brain)

irate—angry

journalist—person who writes for a newspaper

launch—begin; start

legendary—like a fantasy, as the stories of King Arthur and his Knights who never actually existed;  so heroic as to seem out of a fantasy

literary—having to do with literature

litigation—court procedure

locale—place; area

lynch—to murder by hanging

mandate—a serious order or command

manipulate—to use something for your own purpose or gain

massacre—the act of killing unsuspecting, innocent people (such as those who died in the Pueblo Revolt or the Twin Towers of 9/11)

merit--deserve

mock—pretended; (also) to make fun of

narrative--story

nefarious—very wicked; villainous

notoriety—attention in the media

octagon—eight sided figure

omnibus—having to do with many things at once

pall—cloth used to cover a coffin; to become bored

patent—legal document that verifies ownership

paternity—having to do with being the parent of a child

perpetrate—to cause something (bad) to happen

personnel—a specific group of people

plead—to make an appeal; to present a case in court

pluck—pick (as from a tree)

posse—group of men working with an officer (sheriff or marshall) of the law

potential—possibilities

precedent—anything that establishes an example for present or future behavior

preservation—to keep in existence; to keep alive

pretext--excuse

prominent—well known

prosperous—doing well financially

rationale—reasoning

ravage—steal from and then destroy

reconnoiter—to go ahead (of the main group) and look for something; scout

recur—appear repeatedly

regalia—emblems which symbolize something like rank, membership, etc.

relegate--assign

reminisce—to think or talk about the past

rendezvous—meeting (usually secret)

renown--fame

repulsed—thrown back; defeated

requisite—required

retaliate—to “get even” for something done before

riffraff—people from the lowest classes of society

romanticize—to portray with more freedom of feeling, spirit, etc.

salubrious—healthy

secretive—keeping something secret; not publicized

separatism—to keep apart or separate

shackles—irons put around ankles and chained together

shiftless—lazy; lacking the will to accomplish something

socialite—someone (female) who is well known in polite society

sophisticated—highly developed

solution—answer (as to a problem)

squelch—to stop something from happening

stereotype—a popular image of something, usually a person or group of people, generally negative

stipulate—make clear; specify

strata—layer

subterfuge—anything used to hide what you are really trying to do

surrealism—art movement associated with the unconscious mind

surveillance—being watched

swindle—to cheat while appearing to be legal

transcontinental—across the continent

vast—so much it is almost beyond measure

venture—an effort at accomplishing a certain goal

vilify—to describe someone very negatively

vineyard—place where grapes are grown

vintner—person who makes wine

warrant—authorization; a document that gives legal permission to do something

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abet—to help

abolish—end; get rid of

acquiesce—finally accept

aesthetic—a sense for beauty

affidavit—sworn statement in writing

affirmation—something said positively

allegory—a story in which people, things, or events have a symbolic meaning

ample--plenty

anonymous—name unknown

anthropology—the study of manking

antipathy—bad feeling; hatred

architect—person who designs buildings

avid—enthusiastic

bankrupt—with no money

bona fide—valid; authentic

captivate—thoroughly impressed with

caste—a group which you can never leave

cause célèbre—a movement that many people join

censure--condemnation

commemorate—an item which will cause something to be remembered

compensation--payment

congenial—agreeable; friendly

conspiracy—plot to do something (usually illegal or negative)

consult—talk with someone for advice about a specific subject

consumption—for use by; the act of consuming

contemporary—in the present day

contemptible—full of contempt

convene—to get together as in a meeting

corroborate—something that supports or agrees with

definitive—the best of something (as a biography, etc.)

deviant—not considered normal or customary (as in behavior)

domestic—relating to the home

donor—person who gives or “donates”

eligible—qualify for

emerge—to come forth; to develop from

endow—provide with (usually money)

entrepreneur—person who organizes a business venture at his own cost

equitable—equal; fair

erode—wear away

eulogy—praise (usually about someone who has passed away)

exhibit—presentation; show

exile—forced withdrawal from (usually from your native land)

extemporaneous—spontaneous; without previous preparation

familial--family

forcibly—with force

foreclosure—to take something away because the bill isn’t paid

incompatible—can’t get along

hue-shade of color

hurdle--obstacle

imperialism—when a stronger country takes from a weaker country

incalculable—beyond being able to figure out

international—having to do with several nations

jingoism—slogans

jointure—joining together as one

kinship—related by blood

merge—to join and become as one

midwife—woman who helps a mother at the birth of her child

mobilize—to get ready

modicum—small amount

mortality—life that realizes someday it must die

municipal—having to do with a city

musicologist—person who studies music

myriad—many, many

novelette—short novel

overt—out in the open

parole—promise; promise a prisoner makes in order to be released from jail

pathology—the branch of medicine that studies the conditions caused by a disease; abnormal conditions caused by a disease

piecemeal—part by part

pretentious—full of pretense; posturing

primitive—not developed

procure—to get; to obtain

progressive—characterized by progress

Protestant—non-Catholic; a Christian of one of the many Denominational groups

punitive—intended to punish

radical—extreme

rampant—out of control; uncontrollable or violent

ratify—approve

rehabilitation

reclamation—reclaim; make productive again

restoration—to bring back to how it used to be

segregation—forced separation

spearhead—lead

stench—very bad odor

substantial—significant

symbolism—to use symbols to get a message across

tarnish—to make dull; spoil

terrain—land

trilingual—person who can speak three languages

whittle—carving on wood

wily—fully of tricks; sly; crafty

vociferous—very loud

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acquisition—any item that has been acquired

acquit—to be judged innocent in court

administer—to manage or direct

advocate—person who speaks or writes in support of something

airstrip—landing field for airplanes

aroma—good smell

ascension—going up

assault—violent attack, physical or verbal

assimilation—to be absorbed

bayonet—long knife attached to the barrel of a rifle

beleaguered—with many problems

besmirch—to make dirty; to bring dishonor to

blacklisted—identified as a target for something negative

boobytrap—an item which appears to be harmless but when activated will do great harm

breadth—the width of something

camouflage—items used to conceal or disguise

chronic—recurring or lasting a long time

cite—to quote or mention; to summon to appear in a court of law

civil—relating to a citizen;  civilized, cultured

civilian—relating to a citizen

collaborate—work together

compassion—to feel sympathy about someone else’s sorrow and wanting to help

convalescence—period of recovering one’s health

decathlon—a competition with ten different events

defamatory—degrading; slanderous

destiny—one’s fate;  what will happen to a person

discrimination—(racism) prejudice; being able to see differences; to distinguish

disseminate—cause to be distributed

emanate—come from

exorbitant—much too much;  (as in) greatly over priced

extortion—forced payment

extrovert—outgoing personality

exponent—person who promotes or represents something

evacuate—to leave

feasible—possible; can be done

ferocious—with great fierceness

fidelity--faithfulness

fundamental—basic

gallant—brave and noble

garner—to get or earn something

hierarchy—highest officials of a group people

hoax—a trick or fraud usually done as a practical joke

homicide—to kill a human being

horde—large wandering group (originally of Mongols from Asia)

imbedded—made a part of something as by force

incidence--occurrence

indentation—a pressure mark made by some object

indifference—not caring

inoperative—not functioning; not working

interdenominational—among multiple religious faiths

interval—space or period of time between two things

intransigent—refusing to agree to a settlement or to a compromise

intrepid—very brave; fearless

jurisdiction—authority

libel—a written false statement

marginal—not important; a sidelight

mechanization—the use of machines

mega—extremely large

metallic—like metal

militant—to demand aggressively

miniature—in a small size

mortar—cannon with a short barrel

motivate—causing a person to do something

mudslinging—to make ugly accusations against an opponent

mutilate—to cut up in a horrible manner

percentile—a numbered division of percentage

perk (perquisite)—a benefit that you get because of your status or position

pillbox—(military) structure built of concrete and steel from which to shoot guns or cannon

posthumous—after the death of

preclude—to make impossible, especially in advance; to shut out ahead of time

predate—(periods of time) to come before

prenatal—before birth

prevalence—existing widely and generally accepted

pro--professional

Procrustean—(of or like the actions of Procrustes) designed to produce a certain effect at any cost

pulmonary—having to do with the lungs

repertoire—the various roles or works that someone can perform

restitution—paying for something lost or taken away

retribution—deserved punishment for an evil done

rudimentary—not developed

sagacity—penetrating intelligence and sound judgment

simulate—give an appearance of; imitate

site—location; place

slander—a spoken false statement

skewed—twisted away from the truth; distorted

spoils—booty taken after your group is victorious

strain—type; variety of something; (also, an effect due to some kind of burden)

subsequent—happening after

swathe—the area cut by a scythe or other mowing device

syndication—an organization which sells special articles or features to many newspapers or magazines

synopsis—summary

synthesis—putting together all the parts to make the whole

tenacity—holding on firmly and persistently

transition—changing from one category to another

trend—general direction of behavior, events, etc.

trimester—a period of three months

valor—outstanding courage or bravery

villain—person who does evil

vocation—a calling to enter a certain career, especially a religious one

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Glossary

The following vocabulary list is from the Glossary section of NEW MEXICO:  A BRIEF MULTI-HISTORY. Review all words and concepts, especially those which might be new to students

 

acequia ‑ irrigation ditch

alcabala ‑ sales tax

alabado ‑ prayer or hymn associated with the Penitente Brotherhood

Alcalde Mayor ‑ chief magistrate with judicial and executive powers

alcaldía ‑ district of the alcalde mayor

arriero ‑ muleteer; transporter who used mules to move freight

Audiencia ‑ high court of appeals

ayuntamiento ‑ municipal council

 

Black Legend ‑ stereotypical villainies attributed to Spanish/Hispanic people (see White Legend)

BLR ‑ Bandelier‑Lummis‑Read

borreguero(s) ‑ shepherd(s)

bulto ‑ statue carved from wood

 

cabildo ‑ town council; meeting hall

cacique(s) ‑ leader(s)

Camino Real – King’s Highway, Royal Road

capilla ‑ chapel

carreta ‑ cart

Cibolero ‑ Hispanic buffalo hunter who generally used a lance

ciudad ‑ city

Comanchero ‑ Hispanic or Pueblo businessman who traded with Plains

             Indians

Cortes ‑ Senate and Congress of Deputies in Spain

corrido ‑ ballad that tells a story

curandera (‑o) ‑ healer who utilizes herbs

Cuaresma ‑ Lent

Custos ‑ Custodian (head of the Church in a certain area)

charquí (tasajo) ‑ jerky, carne seca

 

doctrinario ‑ an Indian boy who is educated by missionaries to help spread                          Christian doctrine

dicho ‑ saying; proverb

 

encomienda ‑ a formal grant of Indians entrusted to a certain Spaniard

escopeta ‑ flintlock musket

escultor ‑ sculptor

 

fandango ‑ a type of dance; the event of gathering for dancing

fanega ‑ a dry measure consisting of 1.5 to 2.5 bushels

farolitos ‑ brown bags with sand in which lighted candles are set (popularly referred to as luminarias in much of N.M.) during the Christmas holidays

fawner - someone in a targeted group who tries to “curry favor” from a dominant or “in-group;” “Token Tom Toady”

genízaro ‑ an Indian, usually from the plains, raised by or living among Hispanics

 

hacienda ‑ an estate or large ranch

hoaxistory ‑ misinformation presented as historical fact

horno ‑ outdoor baking oven

hypistory ‑ scripted writing, often characterized by “heroes vs. villains,”

presented as “history”

hypoics ‑ heroics created for effect; more “hype” than real

 

igug ‑ person who utilizes ignorance and ugly morality

indio(s) ‑ Indian(s)

Inscription Rock ‑ El Morro National Monument

 

jefe ‑ boss

 

KGD ‑ Kendall‑Gregg‑Davis (part of the White Legend cycle of writing)

kiva ‑ Indian ceremonial chamber

 

ladino ‑ an educated Native American who can read and write Spanish

luminarias ‑ bonfires; the name has been popularly applied to brown bags with sand in which lighted candles are set (which were referred to as farolitos in Hispanic N.M.)

llanero ‑ plainsman

llano estacado ‑ a plain with escarpments that from a distance could appear to be stockades (often mistranslated as “staked plains”)

 

maestro ‑ master

matanza ‑ to slaughter a pig or cow, usually with friends and  neighbors

mayordomo ‑ supervisor

mesteñero ‑ wild horse (mustang) cowboy

mesteño – mustang

Mt. Olympus history – to write history with the benefit of hindsight and maintain that the people of the past “should have known” that a situation would turn out the way it did (called “presentism” in academic circles)

 

nicho ‑ a hollow or shelf in a wall in which to locate a statue

Norte Americanos ‑ North Americans

novio ‑ betrothed; boyfriend

novia ‑ betrothed; girlfriend

 

partera ‑ midwife

pastor(es) ‑ shepherd(s)

patrón ‑ large land owner; patron; boss

peón ‑ (literally: foot soldier) worker; yeoman

peonada ‑ tradition of mutual work assistance

presidio ‑ fort; garrison of soldiers

punche ‑ homegrown tobacco

ranchería ‑ encampment (usually designating an Indian camp)

rancho ‑ ranch

reredo ‑ altar screen

residencia ‑ official investigation of a former official’s administration

retablo ‑ painting on a wood panel

rico(s) ‑ rich person (people)

Río Abajo ‑ down river; area south of La Bajada

Río Arriba ‑ up river; area north of La Bajada

santero ‑ saint maker

scriptography (see also White Legend) ‑ writing designed to promote certain   ends; it is characterized by hoaxistory (misinformation/disinformation), hypistory (promotion), hypoics (larger‑than‑life heroics), selectistory (pick and choose what you want readers to know and ignore everything even if documented), spinistory (to channel people’s thinking).

 

Semana Santa ‑ Holy Week

[sic] ‑ shows that a quoted passage, especially one containing some error or something questionable, is precisely reproduced

simpático ‑ likeable, winsome

spinistory ‑ to endow an historical event or personality with a designed portrayal or “spin”

 

Teniente Alcalde ‑ subordinate or assistant of the Alcalde Mayor

teguas ‑ hard‑soled moccasins

trovador ‑ poet who could rhyme

troubador - minstrel

 

Vaquero Apache ‑ plains Apache

vecino ‑ colonist (settler, neighbor)

visitas ‑ missions

 

White Legend ‑ “hype” promoted as history; “heroic good guys and villainous bad guys” scriptography with the usual groups in each category

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PART II:  BASIC ACTIVITIES

1. Create a chronological list of all biographies in the MULTI-HISTORY.

 

PERSON                                           PAGE        SECTION

Juan de Oñate (Conquistador)             19-20           Spain

(Fray) Andrés Juárez  (Missionary)      43-45           Spain

Sor María de Jesús de Agreda  (Nun)  48                Spain

(Fray) Estevan de Perea  (Missionary) 51-52           Spain

Diego de Vargas (Conquistador)         70-72           Spain

Clemente Gutiérrez (Trader)                116              Spain

Narbona (Chief)                                 121-22         Spain

Juan Bautista de Anza (Frontiersman)  134-36         Spain

Pedro Vial (Trail Blazer)                     143-44         Spain

Pedro Córdova (Patrón)                     147              Spain

Cebolla, Antonio Sandoval (Chief)      155-56         Spain

Mariano Medina (Mountain Man)        162-63         Spain

J. Rafael Aragón  (Santero)                 166-67         Spain

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Kit Carson (Mountain Man)                181-82         Mexico

Manuel Armijo (Governor)                  184-85         Mexico

Manuelito (Chief)                                196-97         Mexico

Fr. José Manuel Gallegos (Delegate)    214-16         Mexico

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Protestantism in N.M.                         235              American Occupation

Fr. Ramon Ortiz  (Priest)                    239-40         American Occupation

Jesús Arviso  (Navajo Advisor)           241-42         American Occupation

Pat Garrett (Lawman)                         245              American Occupation

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Billy the Kid (Outlaw)               271              Territorial

Huning Brothers (Business)                 276              Territorial

Manuel A. Chaves (Frontiersman)       287-91         Territorial

Thomas B. Catron (Politics)               298-99         Territorial

John Chisum (Cattle Man)                   301-02         Territorial

Benjamin Read (Historian)                  320-21         Territorial

Severino Trujillo (Journalist, Teacher)  338-339       Territorial

Elfego Baca (Lawman, Lawyer) 353-55         Territorial

Albert B. Fall (Lawyer, Politics) 358-60         Territorial

Felix Martínez (Journalist, Orator)       361              Territorial

Nestor Montoya (Journalist, Politics) 362                Territorial

Camilo Padilla (Editor)                        371             Territorial

José Escobar (Journalist)                    372-74        Territorial

Victor L. Ochoa (Journalist, Activist)  374-75        Territorial

Eusebio Chacón (Novelist)                 377-79        Territorial

Charles F. Lummis (Writer)                381-82        Territorial

Luis Tafoya (Poet)                             382-83        Territorial

Enrique H. Salazar (Journalist)             386-87        Territorial

J. Enrique Sosa (Journalist)                 388             Territorial

Albert Fountain (Lawyer)          390-395       Territorial

José Montaner (Journalist)                  398             Territorial

J. Francisco Chávez (Legislator)         411-12        Territorial

Felipe Chávez (Business Man)            413-14        Territorial

Isidoro Armijo (Journalist, Activist)     420             Territorial

Felipe M. Chacón (Writer)                  422-23)       Territorial

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Aurora Lucero (Teacher, Writer)         427-28        Statehood

African Americans in N.M.                 430-31        Statehood

Ezequiel C. de Baca (Journalist) 433             Statehood

José Dolores López (Wood Carver)    434-35        Statehood

J. R. Willis (Tourist Promoter)            435             Statehood

R. E. Twitchell (Historian)                  438-39        Statehood

Sabine R. Ulibarrí (Poet, Professor)    440-41        Statehood

Willa Cather (Novelist)                        455-56        Statehood

Nicolai Fechin (Artist)                         457-58        Statehood

Manuel Luján Jr. (Politics)                   459             Statehood

Robert H. Goddard (Scientist)            463-64        Statehood

George I. Sánchez (Educator, Activist) 465            Statehood

Alberto O. Martínez (Educator)          468-67        Statehood

Dennis Chávez (Senator)                     476-78        Statehood

Patrociño Barela (Sculptor)                 479-82        Statehood

Concha Ortiz y Pinto (Pioneer)           483-84        Statehood

Judaism in N.M. (Religion)                  486-88        Statehood

Pablo Abeita (Isleta Leader)                494-95        Statehood

Adelardo I. Sánchez (Soldier)             497             Statehood

James Williams (African American)     498             Statehood

Miguel Archibeque (Penitente)             504-05        Statehood

Paul Horgan (Author)                         523-24        Statehood

Nancy López (Golf)                           534-35        Statehood

Tony Hillerman (Author)                     539-41        Statehood

Rudolfo A. Anaya (Native Author)      541-43        Statehood

Sósimo Padilla (Community)               545-547      Statehood

Marc Simmons (Historian)                  551-52        Statehood

Tomás Atencio (Community)               553-55        Statehood

Simon J. Ortiz (Native Writer)             555-57        Statehood

Prison Uprising                                   558-59        Statehood

E.A. “Tony” Mares (Native Writer)     561-63        Statehood

Raymond G. Sanchez (Politics)          564-65         Statehood

Manny M. Aragón (Politics)                567-69        Statehood

M. Teresa Márquez (Librarian)            570-71        Statehood

John L. Kessell (Historian)                   571-72        Statehood

Erlinda Gonzales-Berry (Educator, Ed.) 573-74       Statehood

Manuel T. Pacheco (Administrator)     576-77        Statehood

Tey Diana Rebolledo (Profesor)                   580-81         Statehood

Joe S. Sando (Native Historian)           581             Statehood

J. Ronald Vigil (Cultural Affairs)         591-93        Statehood

Guadalupita Ortiz (Santera)                 594             Statehood

Loretta A. Armenta (Business)            605-06        Statehood

Millie Santillanes (Cultural Activist)      608-10        Statehood

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2.  VOCABULARY BUILDING

Assign each student a biography from the above list and have each student write down all words that aren’t readily understood. Have each student look up all such words and then write the words and meanings in a notebook. Use each word in a sentence.

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3. Select the biographies above according to the following categories and write your impressions on what they did in NM:

Conquistador

          Juan de Oñate, Diego de Vargas

Religious

Esteban de Perea, Andrés Juárez, Sor María de Jesús de Agreda, Fr. Manuel Gallegos, Fr. Ramón Ortiz, Protestantism, Judaism

Trader/Business

Clemente Gutiérrez, Huning Bros., Felipe Chávez, Loretta Armenta, Concha Ortiz y Pino

Native American

          Narbona, Cebolla, Manuelito, Jesús Arviso, Pablo Abeita

Patrón

          Pedro Córdova

Santero/Santera

          J. Rafael Aragón, Guadalupita Ortiz

Trail Blazer

          Pedro Vial

Frontiersman/ Mountain Man

          Juan B. de Anza, Manuel A. Chaves, Kit Carson, Mariano Medina

Delegate to Congress

          Fr. José Manuel Gallegos

Outlaw

          Billy the Kid

Politics

Gov. Manuel Armijo, T.B. Catron, J. Francisco Chávez, Manuel Lujan, Raymond Sánchez, Manny Aragón, Dennis Chávez

Ranching

          John Chisum

Lawman

          Pat Garrett, Elfego Baca

Journalist

Severino Trujillo, Félix Martínez, Nestor Montoya, José Escobar, Victor L. Ochoa, Enrique Salazar, J.E. Sosa, José Montaner, Isidoro Armijo, Ezequiel C. De Baca

Editor

          Camilo Padilla

Writer/ Author/ Novelist /Poet

C. F. Lummis, Felipe M. Chacón, Aurora Lucero, Willa Cather, Paul Horgan, Tony Hillerman, Rudolfo Anaya, Simon J. Ortiz, E.A. Tony Mares, Luis Tafoya, Sabine Ulibarrí

Tourism

          J.R. Willis

Historian

          Benjamin Read, R.E. Twitchell, Marc Simmons, John L. Kessell, Joe S. Sando

Artist

          Nicolai Fechin

Education

          George I. Sánchez, Alberto O. Martínez, Manuel T. Pacheco, Erlinda Gonzáles-Berry, Tey Diana Rebolledo

Wood Carver

          José Dolores López, Patrociño Barela

Military

          Adelardo Sanchez

African Americans

          James Williams

Culture /Community Activism

          Sósimo Padilla, J. Ronald Vigil, Millie Santillanes, Tomas Atencio

Librarian

          Teresa Márquez

Penitentes

          Miguel Archibeque

Sports

          Nancy López

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4. Based on the Biographies in the MULTI-HISTORY, write a comparison of the following personalities:

a.      Juan de Oñate/ Diego de Vargas

b.     Fr. Andrés Juárez/ Fr. Esteban de Perea

c.     Juan B. De Anza/  Manuel A. Chaves

d.     Kit Carson/  Mariano Medina

e.      J. Rafael Aragón/  Guadalupita Ortiz

f.       Pat Garrett/  Elfego Baca

g.     Select a pair from the following historians:  Benjamin Read, Ralph E. Twitchell, Marc Simmons, John Kessell, Joe Sando

h.     Thomas B. Catron/  Albert. J. Fountain

i.        Nicolai Fechin/  Patrociño Barela

j.        Simon J. Ortiz/  E.A. Tony Mares

k.     Paul Horgan/  Rudolfo Anaya

l.        Sósimo Padilla/  Millie Santillanes

m.   Tomas Atencio/  J. Ronald Vigil

n.     Select two (or more) from the following Native American leaders:  Narbona, Cebolla Antonio Sandoval, Manuelito, Jesús Arviso, Pablo Abeita

o.     Aurora Lucero/  Alberto O. Martínez

p.     Sabine Ulibarrí/  Tony Hillerman

q.     Choose two:  J. Francisco Chávez, Ezequiel C. de Baca, Manuel Lujan, Raymond Sánchez, Manny Aragón

r.       Erlinda Gonzáles-Berry/  Tey Diana Rebolledo

s.      Loretta Armenta/  Teresa Márquez

t.       Judaism/  Protestantism

u.     Adelardo Sánchez/  Miguel Archibeque

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5. Create a map for the following EXPLORATIONS:

(Suggested basic sources for these activities include

W.A. Beck and Y.D. Haase,  Historical Atlas of New Mexico;  J.L. Williams (ed.),  New Mexico in Maps;  R.L. Nostrand,  The Hispano Homeland.)

·        A.  Draw a map of the Coronado explorations of N.M. and the Southwest.

POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

H.E. Bolton, Coronado:  Knight of Pueblos and Plains.

S.L. Udall,  Majestic Journey.

·        B. Draw a map of the Oñate explorations.

POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

M. Simmons, The Last Conquistador.

·        C. Draw a map of the Camino Real (de Tierra Adentro).

POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

M. Simmons, The Last Conquistador.

·        D. Draw a map of the trails blazed by Pedro Vial.

POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

      N.M. Loomis and A.P. Nasatir,  Pedro Vial and the Roads to Santa Fe.

·        E. Draw a map of the  Dominguez-Escalante trail.

POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

      W. Briggs,  Without Noise of Arms.

·        F. Draw a map of what came to be known as the Old Spanish Trail(s).

POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

      R. Sálaz Márquez,  New Mexico:  A Brief Multi-History.

·        G. Draw a single map that includes the three best known trails of the     Southwest:  El Camino Real, the Santa Fe Trail, the Old Spanish Trail(s).

POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

      R. Sálaz Márquez,  New Mexico:  A Brief Multi-History.

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6.  Select a land grant and write a research paper on it in order to make an oral report to the class.

Land grants introduced in the MULTI-HISTORY are as follows:

Town of Las Vegas, 171, 195, 222, 274, 366

Tierra Amarilla, 191

Town of Mora, 195, 306-08

Grants by Gov. Armijo, 205

Beaubien-Miranda/Maxwell grant, 211

Ojo de la Cabra, 217

Small holding claims, 219

San Joaquín, 279-80

Polvadera, 324

Las Trampas, 325-28

Jacona, 331, 397-99

Cebolleta (Seboyeta) 345-46

Antón Chico, 347

Land fraud, 347, 347-50, 355-57, 364

Córdova, 379

Embudo, 382, 544

Land grant law, 397, 453, 548, 599

Cañon de San Diego, 410

Blue Lake, 415

La Joya, 442

Tomé, 600

 

POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

Malcolm Ebright, Land Grants and Lawsuits in Northern New Mexico.

Malcolm Ebright, The Tierra Amarilla Grant:  A History of Chicanery.

Malcolm Ebright, Spanish and Mexican Land Grants and the Law.

Victor Westphall, Mercedes Reales.

John R. and Christine M. Van Ness, Spanish & Mexican Land Grants in NM and Colorado.

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7. Lincoln County War

Research and write a short history on the Lincoln County War. Report on it to the class.

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8.  Surveyor General

Research and write a short history on the office of Surveyor General in N.M. Report on it to the class.

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9. Using the Profile Biographies for a specific period in NM history, for example STATEHOOD, create a written report and deliver orally to the class what you consider to be important aspects of NM history as judged by studying those biographies and related items in the MULTI-HISTORY.

Suggested Guidelines for studying NM history through Profile Biographies:

a. List the names of all NM Governors who served during the biographee’s lifetime.

          aa. Review those administrations in the MULTI-HISTORY and select what you consider to be the three (3) most important events in each administration.

b. Was New Mexican life rural or urban during the biographee's lifetime? Explain your observation.

c. What were the principal types of jobs available during the biographee's lifetime (agricultural, manufacturing, ranching, retail, transportation, animal husbandry, import/export, arts and crafts, Education, construction, politics, hotel work, food preparation, government employment, trades, newspapers, carpentry, religious, etc.)?

d. What kind of family life did the biographee have (as far as you can discover)?

          dd. Would you say the family was rich, middle class, or poor? Explain.

          ddd. Were there any siblings?

e. Was racism a factor in the biographee’s life?

          ee. State the biographee’s race/ethnicity and discuss how that may have affected the biographee’s life.

          eee. In how many languages was the biographee fluent?

f.  What was the state of the biographee’s health?

          ff. What could you say about the general health of New Mexicans?

g. What would you say was the accepted standard for personal appearance (style of dress, hairstyle, footwear, etc.) for New Mexicans during the biographee’s lifetime?

          gg. What kind of behavior was typical or expected during that time?

h. What were the basic modes of transportation during the biographee’s lifetime?

          hh. What changes in transportation, if any, took place during the biographee’s lifetime?

i. What would you say were the biographees principal or most important accomplishments?

          ii. Did they affect life in the State of New Mexico in general?

j. What kinds of entertainment were popular during the biographee’s lifetime?

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10.  ON YOUR OWN

1. Select two subjects of your choice from the BIOGRAPHY section above and write a comparison.

2. Choose personalities in the “Hall of Fame” section of the MULTI-HISTORY  and research biographical information for an oral report to your class.

3.     Draw a map that shows how close the Coronado expedition going east got to the De Soto expedition going west.

4.     Write a biography on Sheriff Pat Garrett.

5.     Write a biography on Billy the Kid.

6.     Write a biography on Elfego Baca.

7.     Make a list of the NM State Symbols.

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PART  III:  INTERMEDIATE  ACTIVITIES

A. Create a written report

1.     Create a written report on ARRIEROS (pp. 113-114) and present it orally to the class.

2.     Create a written report on CIBOLEROS (138-139; 329-330) and present it orally to the class.

3.     Create a written report on COMANCHEROS (133-137; 236; 302;303; 308; 309;316)  and present it orally to the class.

4.     Create a written report on MESTENEROS (156-157) and present it orally to the class.

5.     Create a written report on SANTERO ART (148-151; 306) and present it orally to the class.

6.     Create a written report on SANTEROS and present it orally to the class.

a.      “18th Century Novice,” p. 115.

b.     Bernardo Miera y Pacheco, pp. 115, 117, 118, 123, 127, 128, 130.

c.     Molleno, p. 150.

d.     J. Rafael Aragón, pp. 165; 166.

e.      Arroyo Hondo Santero, p. 180.

f.       Quill Pen Santero, p 189.

g.     Santo Niño Santero, p. 189.

h.     Penitente Santeros, pp. 341-342.

i.        Arlene Cisneros Sena, p. 586.

j.        Guadalupita Ortiz, p. 594.

k.     Contemporary santeros:  p. 600.

7.     Create a written report on PENITENTES, pp. 174-176, and present it orally to the class.

8. Create a written report on N.M. TINSMITHS (310; 311;318;323; 342;357;460) and present it orally to the class.

9. Create a written report on the SPIRAL STAIRCASE (p. 314-315) and present it orally to the class.

10. Create a list of the individuals awarded the CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR and make written/oral reports as assigned.

a.      Francis Oliver, p. 305 

b.     Ebin (Eben) Stanley, p. 316

c.     Robert McDonald, p. 330.

d.     Joe P. Martínez, p. 501.

e.      Kenneth N. Walker, p. 502.

f.       Robert S. Scott, p. 502.

g.     Harold H. Moon, p. 503.

h.     José F. Valdez, p. 507.

i.        Alejandro R. Ruiz, p. 508.

j.        Hiroshi H. Miyamura, p. 519.

k.     Daniel Fernández, p. 532.

l.        Franklin D. Miller, p. 537.

m.   Louis R. Rocco, p. 539.

n.     Alexander Bonneyman

o.     Raymond J. Murphy.

11. Create a written report on the “sheep kings of NM” and present it orally to the class. (This list would include people like Clemente Gutiérrez, Juan Miguel Álvarez de Castillo, Joseph de Reaño II, Mateo J. Pino, Manuel Delgado, Francisco Xavier Chaves, José Chaves y Castillo, Pedro José Perea, Juan Rafaél Ortiz, Manuel Armijo, Juan Est6van Pino, Antonio José Luna, Mariano Chaves y Castillo, José Leandro Martínez, Antonio Sandoval, José Jaramillo, Santiago Ulibarrí, etc. Among many others, the Otero, Luna, Ortiz, Pino, Perea, and Armijo families were masters of sheep husbandry.

12. Create a written report on one of the “rico” families of NM and present it orally to the class. (These families would include the Otero, Perea, Yrizarri, Armijo, Chávez, Luna, Baca, González, etc. families.)

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B.  GENEALOGY

1. Study the names of the settlers who came with Juan de Oñate (pp. 21-22) and Diego de Vargas (pp. 75-83,  85-87,  88-89).

a.      Which settlers have the same surname as you do? (Remember, spelling variations are still the same name. EXAMPLES:  “Chaves” is now generally spelled “Chávez;” “Martines” is now “Martínez,” “Barela” and “Varela” are alternate spellings to the same name, etc. Also, in previous times a person carried the surnames of both father-and-mother, as in “Roberto Gonzales-Sánchez”)

b.     Which settlers are you related to?

c.     Report on what you know about your ancestors.

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C.  STATEHOOD

1. Create a detailed outline on New Mexico’s quest for STATEHOOD.

(See the MULTI-HISTORY, pages 243, 359, 365-66, 368, 374, 383-85, 397, 402, 409, 412, 414-15, 418, 421, 424.)

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D.  RELIGIOUS BATTLES

1. Create a detailed outline on the battles of Bishop Lamy/Vicar Machebeuf and New Mexican priests like Fr. Martínez of Taos/Fr. Gallegos of Albuquerque. (See pages 214-216; 249-254.)

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E.  GREATEST GUNFIGHT

1. Create a detailed report on Elfego Baca and the GREATEST GUNFIGHT IN THE WEST (pp.351-352; 353-355).

2. Create a report on the work of soldier/cartoonist BILL MAULDIN and present it orally to the class. (Sources will have to be found in your library.)

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F.  MISSIONARIES

Using New Mexico:  A Brief Multi-history, compile a list of missionaries who served in Spanish New Mexico (1540-1821) and make a special list of those who were martyred and by whom.

SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL RESOURCE:

(Bishop) D. Arias,  Spanish Roots of America.

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G.  MAPS

Create a large map that shows major Spanish explorations in the Southwest and display it in the classroom.

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H.  BOOK REVIEWS

Create written reports on the following books mentioned in the MULTI-HISTORY and present them orally to the class.

·        Josiah Gregg,  Commerce of the Prairies.

·        W.W.H. Davis,  El Gringo, or New Mexico and Her People.

·        John E. Sunder (ed.),  Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail.

·        Sytha Motto,  More Than Conquerors:  Makers of History, 1528-1978.

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I.  IMPORTANT EVENTS

From the teacher assigned Governor administrations (all are listed below) select the five (5) most important events of the assigned administration to write about and present them orally to the class. Explain why you feel they were important to N.M. history.

 

GOVERNORS                                                               Years of their Administrations                                  PAGE

Juan de Oñate y Salazar                 1598‑1608                                     18

Bernardino de Ceballos                  1609‑1610                                     36

Pedro de Peralta                            1610‑1614                                     37

Bernardino de Ceballos                  1614‑1618                                     40

Juan de Eulate                                1618‑1625                                     41

Felipe Sotelo Ossorio                    1625‑1629                                     45

Francisco Manuel de Silva Nieto    1629‑1632                                     47

Francisco de la Mora y Ceballos    1632‑1635                                     49

Francisco Martínez de Baeza         1635‑1637                                     50

Luis de Rosas                               1637‑1641                                     51

Juan Flores de Sierra y Valdés                  1641                                    54     

Francisco Gómez                          1641‑1642                                     55

Alonso de Pacheco de Heredia       1642‑1644                                     55

Fernando de Argüello Carvajál       1644‑1647                                     55

Luis de Guzmán y Figueroa            1647‑1649                                     56

Hernando de Ugarte y la Concha    1649‑1653                                     56

Juan de Samaniego y Xaca.            1653‑1656                                     56

Juan Manso de Contreras               1656‑1659                                     56

Bernardo López de Mendizábal      1659‑1661                                     57

Diego Dionisio de Peñalosa (B y B) 1661‑1664                                     59     

Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza               1664                                     60     

Juan Durán de Miranda                  1664‑1665                                     60     

Fernando de Villanueva                  1665‑1668                                      61

Juan de Medrano y Mesia               1668‑1671                                      61

Juan Durán de Miranda                  1664‑1665                                      62

Juan Francisco de Treviño             1675‑1677                                      63

Antonio de Otermín                       1677‑1683                                      64

Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate 1683‑1686                                      69

Pedro Reneros de Posada              1686‑1689                                      70

Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate 1689‑1691                                     70     

Diego de Vargas Z. L. R de L.       1691‑1697                                     72     

Pedro Rodríguez Cubero               1697‑1703                                     91     

Diego de Vargas Z. L. E de L.        1703‑1704                                     93     

Juan Páez Hurtado                         1704‑1705                                     94     

Francisco Cuervo y Valdés            1705~1707                                    95     

José Chacón M. S. y V                  1707~1712                                    97     

Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollón        1712‑1715                                     98     

Félix Martínez                               1715‑1717                                     100   

Juan Páez Hurtado                                  1717                                              101   

Antonio Valverde y Cossio            1717‑1722                                     101   

Juan Domingo de Bustamante         1722‑1731                                     104   

Gervasio Cruzat y Góngora            1731‑1736                                     108   

Enrique de Olavide y Micheleña      1736‑1739                                     110   

Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza        1739-1743                                     110   

Joachin Codallas y Rabál               1743‑1749                                     111   

Tomás Vélez Cachupín                  1749‑1754                                     113   

Francisco Antonio Marín del Valle 1754‑1760                                               117   

Mateo Antonio de Mendoza                   1760                                               118   

Manuel del Portillo Urrisola            1760‑1762                                               118   

Tomás Vélez Cachupín                  1762‑1767                                     119   

Pedro Fermín de Mendinueta         1767-1778                                     121   

Francisco Trebol Navarro                       1778                                              128   

Juan Bautista de Anza                    1778‑1788                                     129   

Fernando de la Concha                  1788‑1794                                     139   

Fernando Chacón                          1794‑1805                                     145   

Joaquín del Real Alencaster           1805‑1808                                     153   

Alberto Maynez                                      1808                                     154   

José Manrique                               1808‑1814                                     156   

Alberto Maynez                             1814‑1816                                     164   

Pedro María de Allanda                 1816-1818                                     166   

Facundo Melgares                         1818‑1822                                     168   

 

MEXICAN   REPUBLIC

 

Francisco Xavier Chávez                         1822                                    172

José Antonio Viscarra                    1822‑1823                                     173

Bartolomé Baca                             1823‑1825                                     176

Antonio Narbona                           1825‑1827                                     177

Manuel Armijo                               1827‑1829                                     183

José Antonio Chaves                      1829‑1832                                     188

Santiago Abreú                              1832‑1833                                     190

Francisco Sarracino                       1833‑1835                                     193

Albino Pérez                                  1835‑1837                                     195

Manuel Armijo                               1837‑1844                                     200

Mariano Chávez                                      1844                                    208   

Felipe Sena                                             1844                                    209   

Mariano Martínez de Lejanza          1844‑1845                                     211   

José Chávez y Castillo                             1845                                    217

Manuel Armijo                               1845‑1846                                     218   

Juan Bautista Vigil y Alaríd                      1846                                    211             

 

AMERICAN  OCCUPATION

BG Stephen Watts Kearny                        1846                                   225   

Charles Bent                                  1846‑1847                                     226

Col. Sterling Price (Military)           1847‑1848                                     232

Donaciano Vigil (Civil)                                                 

Col. John M. Washington               1848‑1849                                     233      

Col. John Munroe                          1849‑1851                                     235

                                                    

TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT

James S. Calhoun                           1851‑1852                                     249

John Greiner                                           1852                                    256

William Carr Lane                          1852‑1853                                     257   

W.S. Messervy                                       1853                                              259

David Meriweather                         1853‑1856                                     261   

W.W.H. Davis                               1856‑1857                                     265   

Abraham Rencher                          1857‑1861                                     265   

Henry Connelly                              1861‑1866                                     279   

W.E.M. Amy                                          1866                                    297   

Robert B. Mitchell                          1866‑1869                                     300   

William A. Pile                               1869‑1871                                     304   

Marsh Giddings                             1871‑1875                                     311   

William G. Ritch                                     1875                                    318   

Samuel B. Axtell                            1875‑1878                                     318   

Lew Wallace                                  1878‑1881                                     331   

Lionel A. Sheldon                          1881‑1885                                     343   

Edmund G. Ross                           1885‑1889                                     352   

L. Bradford Prince                         1889‑1893                                     364     

William I. Thornton                        1893‑1897                                     385

Miguel A. Otero                             1897‑1906                                     395

Herbert J. Hagerman                       1906‑1907                                     414   

J.W Raynolds                                         1907                                              416

George Curry                                 1907‑1910                                     417   

William J. Mills                              1910‑1912                                     421   

 

STATEHOOD  TO  PRESENT

William C. McDonald                     1912‑1916                                     425   

Ezequiel C. de Baca                                1917                                    433   

Washington E. Lindsey                  1917‑1918                                     434   

Octaviano A. Larrazolo                  1919‑1920                                     438   

Merritt C. Mechem                         1921‑1922                                     444   

James E. Hinkle                              1923‑1924                                     448   

Arthur I. Hannett.                           1925‑1926                                     450   

Richard C. Dillon                           1927‑1930                                     453   

Arthur Seligman                             1931‑1933                                     467   

Andrew W. Hockenhull                  1933‑1934                                     470   

Clyde Tingley                                1935‑1938                                     475   

John E. Miles                                 1939‑1942                                     485   

John J. Dempsey                            1943‑1946                                     501   

Thomas J. Mabry                           1947‑1950                                     509   

Edwin L. Mechem                          1951‑1954                                     518   

John F Simms                                1955‑1956                                              521   

Edwin L. Mechem                          1957‑1958                                     524   

John Burroughs                              1959‑1960                                              528   

Edwin L. Mechem                          1961‑1962                                     529   

Tom Bolack                                            1962                                              529   

Jack M. Campbell                          1963‑1966                                     529   

David E. Cargo                              1967‑1970                                     536   

Bruce King                                    1971‑1974                                              541   

Jerry Apodaca                               1975‑1978                                     547   

Bruce King                                    1979‑1982                                     552   

Toney Anaya                                 1983‑1986                                     560   

Garrey Carruthers                          1987‑1990                                     564   

Bruce King                                    1991‑1994                                     574   

Gary Johnson                                1995‑2002                                              588   

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PART IV

ADVANCED  ACTIVITIES

A. Annotated Bibliography

1. Study the “Annotated Bibliography. ” List and be able to discuss the perspectives articulated by the Author in this section.

2. Comparative History:  Make a list of major themes for the TIMELINE segments in the Multi-History.

THEME                                                                PAGE

1. Ancient Spain, Greece, Carthage, Rome             1

2. Germanic tribes conquer Rome                          2

3. Muslims conquer Spain; Reconquest                  2-4

4. Charlemagne; Norsemen                                     4

5. Christianity, Monasticism                                   5-8

6. Printing                                                              9

 7. Amerigo Vespucci                                            12

8. First American university; first book                   13

9. Francis Drake                                                    16

10. Richard Hakluyt; Stewart Udall                         17-18

11. Proclamation by Felipe III                                31

12. Don Quijote de la Mancha                                32

13. Founding of Jamestown, Virginia                      33-36

14. Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec               37

15. Juan de Oñate leaves N.M.                               37-38

16. Sir Walter Raleigh                                            41

17. Lope de Vega;  slaves in Virginia                      41-41

18. Plymouth Colony                                             42-43

19. Indian war in Massachusetts Bay                      50

20. Dutch colony; extermination of Indians             52-53

21. Puritan New England and the Indians                59

22. Metacom (King Philip) in New England             62

23. British control the slave trade                            62

24. Indian war in New England                               63-64

24. Slavery and the English                                     68-69

25. Anarchy in Pueblo land                                    69

26. La Salle  in Texas                                             70

27. Witches in New England                                   73-74

28. Tribute to Diego de Vargas                               75

29. Mining in Chihuahua                                         96-97

30. Pontiac; smallpox and Sir J. Amherst                119

31. Louisiana; “First Rights”                                  120

32. Colonies declare independence; Spain’s role     125-127

33. N.M. contributions to American independence 131

34. USA “buys” Louisiana Territory                       151-152

35. Napoleon in Spain                                            157

36. Fr. Miguel Hidalgo begins rebellion                   159

37. USA attacks Canada                                        163

38:  Fernando VII and the crumpling empire            164

39. Indian traders coming to N.M.                          168

40. American immigration statistics                         169-170

41. Population numbers for USA and Mexico         171

42. Joel R. Poinsett; poinsettia                                178

43. Independence, Missouri settled                         186

44. Indian removal from east of the Miss. R.           188

45. Mexico abolishes slavery                                  188

46. Battle at San Jacinto                                         197

47. Council House murders                                    203

48. “Almost” start of Mexican War                        206

49. “Manifest Destiny;”  John Slidell, J. Polk 218

50. Mexican War                                                   219-220

51. James Magoffin and his bribe                           222

52. “We don’t want the people of Mexico”             227

53. Mexican War negotiations                                231-232

54. Senator Calhoun in Congress                            233

55. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo                            234

56. Statehood for California and Utah                     243

57. Money spent for peace and war with Indians     248

58. Slave population in the USA                             272

59. American Civil War begins                               280

60. Sand Creek                                                      296

61. Congress abolishes servitude in USA                300

62. Philip Sheridan:  “Good Indian”                        305

63. Birth of Italy and Germany                               310

64. Colorado is 38th State                                                324

65. Custer and the Little Bighorn                            328-29

66. Spanish-language newspapers                           343

67. Gunfight at the OK Corral                                344

68. Gerónimo                                                        352-53

69. Dawes Act                                                       361-62

70. Provisions of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo       365

71. Seventh Cavalry and the Sioux                          369-70

72. Plessy v. Ferguson, “separate but equal”           390

73. War against Spain                                            401

74. “The Greaser” in Atlantic Monthly          402

75. Bison extermination                                          402-3

76. First film:  “The Great Train Robbery”              409

77. Oklahoma is the 46th State                                417

78. Suffrage for women                                         428

79. WWI begins                                                    429

80. Anti-German prejudice                                     436

81. Navajo Tribal Council created                           448

82. Indian Reorganization Act                                475

83. WW II begins                                                  485

84. Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor                       495

85. Hiroshima                                                        508

86. Nagasaki                                                          509

87. President Truman integrates the Military            509

88. Viet Nam                                                         530

89. Native Americans and Census Numbers            545

90. Liberation of Kuwait                                        575

91. Adult Literacy Survey                                       584

92. Poll on Credibility of American Institutions       597-8

93. Demise of Affirmative Action                           602

94. Racism in Action                                             604

95. GOP Funding                                                  606

96. N.M. History scores                                         610

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B. HISTORY THROUGH ART

Draw a picture, create a sculpture, compose a poem or corrido, write a short play or skit, stage a debate or other forensic activities, on any of the following:

1. Juan de Oñate, Founder of NM.

2. The first Thanksgiving in NM on April 30, 1598.

3. The Oñate caravan into NM.

4. Oñate meeting with Pueblo leaders in 1598.

5. The founding of San Juan de los Caballeros (Knights of St. John).

6. The founding of San Gabriel.

7. Digging the first acequia, irrigating, planting, harvesting.

8. Hunting buffalo with a lance.

9. Zutucapán and the ambush at Acoma.

10. Hispanos dressing in gamuza (buckskin) clothing.

12. Weaving:  the Río Grande blanket.

13. Fray Esteban de Perea, Father of the NM Church.

14. Medicine Man:  “You Christians are crazy!”

15. Traditional NM hairstyles for men and women.

16. Witchcraft

17. Popé and other Pueblo leaders.

18. Poheyemo

19. Scenes from the Pueblo Revolt / St. Lawrence Day Massacre of August                  

10, 1680.

20. Bartolomé de Ojeda from Zía Pueblo.

21. Juan de Ye from Pecos Pueblo.

22. Frontier woman:  Antonia Moraga.

23. Apache.

24. Torreón (inside scenes).

25. Comanche.

26. Battle during the Villasur Expedition.

27. A Trade Fair between New Mexicans and Plains Indians.

28. Comanches attack Pecos Pueblo.

29. Arriero.

30. A santero at work.

31. Sheep ranching:  the pastor, sheepdog, camp.

32. Bernardo Miera y Pacheco.

33. Cuerno Verde, Comanche Chieftain.

34. Doctrinarios.

35. Juan Bautista de Anza.

36. Ecueracapa, Comanche Chieftain, friend of Gov. Anza.

37. Comanchero traders, Hispano and Pueblo.

38. Pedro Vial, trail blazer.

39. Captain Taschelnate from Isleta Pueblo.

40. Fr. Martínez of Taos.

41. Pedro Córdova, “Patron.”

42. Juan Candelaria, Sheep Rancher.

43. Navajo attack on Cebolleta (Seboyeta).

44. Vaccinating against smallpox in NM.

45. Cebolla, Antonio Sandoval from Cañoncito.

46. Mesteñero (Wild Horse Cowboy).

47. Cibolero.

48. Scenes from cibolero, mesteñero, or comanchero expeditions.

49. “Mountain Man.”

50. The Penitente Brotherhood.

51. Morada.

52. Bent’s Fort

53. Pony Express

54. A weaver at work.

55. New Mexican capture invading Texans in 1841.

56. Gertrudis Barceló, “La Tules.”

57. The NM Horseman.

58. James W. Magoffin bribing Col. Archuleta.

59. General Stephen W. Kearny

60. Susan Magoffin

61. Fort Marcy

62. Solomon Jacob Spiegelberg

63. Manuel A. Chaves charged with “Treason against the USA.”

64. Scenes from the Revolt of 1847.

65.  “Mountain Men”

66. William Becknell

67. Carlos Beaubien

68. Brothers of Our Father Jesus

69. Morada

70. Hermano Mayor

71. Velorio

72. La Cuaresma

73. Semana Santa

74.  “Missouri Mules”

75. Arroyo Hondo Santero

76. Christopher “Kit” Carson

77. Padre Martínez

78. Taos and Fur Trappers

79. Beaver

80. Manuel Armijo

81. U.S. Cavalry

82.  “Circle the wagons!” 

83. Bent’s Fort

84. Bishop J. Antonio López de Zubiría

85. Rafaél Chacón

86. El Crepúsculo de la Libertad (The Dawn of Liberty)

87. Felipe Chávez

88. Pony Express

89. American traders in Santa Fe

90. Revolt of 1837 (scenes from)

91. Trinidad Gabaldón

92. Texan-Santa Fe Expedition of 1841

93.  “Texian Invincibles”

 94. Higinio V. Gonzáles

95. Texas Bandits on the Santa Fe Trail

96. Kit Carson and Josefa Jaramillo

97.  Commerce of the Prairies (scenes from)

98. Lucien B. Maxwell and Luz Beaubien

99. NM Horsemanship

100. Status of Women in NM

102. Trobadores (Extemporaneous Poets)

103. Dance

104. Compadrazgo

105. Peón (peonada)

106. Panasiyave

107. James W. Magoffin

108. General Stephen W. Kearny

109. Charles Bent

110. Susan Magoffin

111. Fort Marcy

112. Solomon Jacob Spiegelberg

113. Manuel A. Chaves charged with Treason

114. Fr. Ramón Ortiz

115. Lobo Blanco

116. Andricus Trujillo

117. San Luis (Colorado)

118. Lamy and Machebeuf

119. El Gringo, or New Mexico and her People (scenes from)

120. African Americans in NM

121. José Benito Ortega

122. Manuel A. Chaves and Bishop Lamy

123. Nampeyo

124. First Yom Kippur in NM

125. El Millionario

126. Land Grant Chicanery (scenes from)

127. “So Patriotic in Nature

128. Gen. H.H. Sibley

129. Battle of Valverde (scenes from;1862)

130. Confederate flag in Santa Fe

131. Battle of Glorieta Pass (scenes from;1862)

132. California Column

133. Bosque Redondo

134. Giovanni M. Agostini (The Hermit)

135. Stephen B. Elkins

136.  “Prince of Comancheros”

137. Sisters of Charity

138. Elfego Baca

139. Marian Russell

140.  “Buffalo Soldiers”

141. African Americans in NM

142. John Chisum

143. Rev. Donato M. Gaspari

144. Vicente Romero

145. Capitán Vigil

146. Capitán Corona (Comanche)

147. Gov. William A. Pile (1869-71)

148. Francis Oliver

149. Indian Wars (scenes from)

151. Mora Octagonal Tinsmith

152. Pablo Abeita

153. John Hittson

154. Spiral Staircase

155. Felipe M. Chacón

156. Horrell War (scenes from)

157. Charles Ilfeld

158. A “General Store” in NM

159. Eben Stanley

160. Jean B. Lamy, Archbishop of Santa Fe

161. José María Apodaca

162. Flora Langermann Spiegelberg

163. Kwahadi Comanches

164. Reverend F.J. Tolby

165. Santa Fe Ring 

166. Lincoln County War (scenes from)

167. Río Abajo Tinsmiths

168. First bar mitzvah in Santa Fe

169.  “Elkins Handshake of 1876”

170. Sotero Ortiz

171. Manuel Jesús Vásquez:  Cibolero

172. Jesuit College

173. Robert McDonald

174. Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe Railroad

175. Severino Trujillo

176. Victorio

177. Adolph Bandelier

178. Penitente Santeros

179. The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid

180. Miguel Archibeque

181. Albert B. Fall

182. “Greatest Gun Fight in the West” 

183. Isleta Tinsmith

184. Temple Montefiore

185. “Land Stealing in New Mexico” 

186. Adolf Didier, Vintner

187. Solomon Bibo

188. Fr. Juan B. Railliere

189. Nestor Montoya

190. “Gorras Blancas” White Caps

191. Ta-Key-Sane

192. “La Banda Lírica

193. Public Education Law of 1890

194. Mesilla Combed Paint Tinsmith

195. New Mexico Military Institute

196. A New Mexico David and Other Stories (scenes from)

197. Court of Private Land Claims

198. Eusebio Chacón

199. “Ranchero Lifestyle” 

200. Vicente Silva

201. Aurora Lucero

202. X.X.X

203. Borrego Murder Case

204. Henry O. Flipper

205. Albert Fountain

206. Andrew Van der Wagen and wife Effa

207. US v. Sandoval (1897)

208. Miguel “Gillie” Otero II

209. Hayes v. United States (1898)

210. Cosme Herrera

211. Los Ocho Pintores, The Taos Society of Artists

212. First New Mexico Cavalry (Rough Riders)

213. Carlos Vierra

214.  THE GREASER

215. Alejandro Gallegos, Master Carpenter

216. “Hispano Homeland”

217. Art Colonies

218. Religious Crimes Code (1900-1920)

219. Blackdom

220. Jim White (discovers Carlsbad Caverns)

221. Tenos Tabet

222. Felipe Chávez School

223. Alvarado Hotel

225. Blue Lake

226. Women and Law

227. Edgar Lee Hewett

228. Saturnino Baca

229. Priest v. Town of Las Vegas

230. Forty Years as a Legislator, or the Biography of Casimiro Barela (scenes from)

231. Rodríguez v. La Cueva Ranch Co.

232. John W. Brink and wife Bertha

233. January 6, 1912 (Statehood celebration)

234. “Sanatoria”

235. College of St. Joseph

236. Bursum Bill of 1921

237. Severo Jaramillo Weaving Shop

238. Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial

239. Indian Citizenship

240. Obras de Felipe Maximiliano Chacón  (scenes from)

241. Poets’ Roundup  (scenes from)

242. Revista Ilustrada (scenes from)

243. Santa Fe Indian Detours

244. Elizabeth DeHuff

245. Zozobra

246. Celso Gallegos

247. Nicolai Fechin

248. Willa Cather

249. John Collier

250. Francisco Delgado

251. E. (Elizabeth) Boyd

252. University of New Mexico Press

253. Georgia O’Keefe

254. Infant Mortality Rates

255. Mabel Dodge Luhan Memoirs

256. Robert H. Goddard

257. Okies & Arkies

259. Francisco Sandoval

260. Jesús Pallares

261. “Tewa Basin Study” (scenes from

262. Discrimination at UNM (1933)

263. Patrociño Barela

264. Lorin Brown

265. “Un-American Activities” 

267. Bill Mauldin  (scenes from cartoons)

268. Forgotten People:  A Study of New Mexicans (scenes from)

269. Angélico Chávez

270. Kirtland Air Force Base

271. 200th Coast Artillery and the 515th Coast Artillery

272. Navajo Code Talkers

273. Manhattan Project

274. NM Boys Ranch

275. Trinity Site

276. Saints & Saintmakers of New Mexico   (scenes from)

277. Georgia Lusk

278. Sandía Laboratories

279. Roswell Incident

280. Monastery of Via Coeli 

281. Flavia Waters Champe 

282. Paddy Martínez

283. Smokey Bear

284. Brother Mathias

285. We Fed Them Cactus (scenes from)

286. NM Chile: 

287. Gadsden Museum

288. Santa Fe Opera

289. NM Mortality Rates

290. Hispanics and Poverty

291. Tinker Town Museum

292. UFO Sighting

293. Sister Cities Program

294. Dennis Chávez Statue 

295. Tierra Amarilla Court House Raid (1966)

296. Nancy López 

297. The Pit

298. N. Scott Momaday

299. Alvarado Hotel 

300. Luis R. Rocco 

301. Rudolfo Anaya 

302. Balloon Fiesta 

303. Popular Arts of Spanish New Mexico  (scenes from)

304. Hispano Chamber of Commerce

305. Very Large Array (VLA)

306. “Crime Stoppers”

307. Marc Simmons 

308. Brotherhood of Hispanic Arts and Artists (La Cofradía de Artes y Artesanos Hispánicos)

309. Tomás Atencio 

310. “Worst Radiation Accident in American History” 

311. Vargas Project 

312. Earth First!

313. “This prison is going to blow!”

314. Hispanic Culture Foundation

315. E.A. “Tony” Mares 

316. Contemporary Hispanic Market

317. Noches de Cultura – Culture Evenings 

318. Hispanic Women’s Council

319. Las Mujeres Hablan:  An Anthology of Nuevo Mexicana Writers

          (scenes from)

320. Carlos Lopopolo 

321. Astronaut Sidney Gutiérrez 

322. Pueblo Nations:  Eight Centuries of Pueblo History (scenes from)

323. La Herencia Del Norte  (scenes from magazine)

324. Gaming Compacts 

325. Bill Richardson 

326. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 

327. Loretta Armenta 

328. Angel Espinoza 

329. Calendar of the Great Southwest:  The New Mexico Edition 

330. Hispanic Culture Preservation League

331. Ed Romero 

332. Studying NM History

333.  MAKE A CHOICE OF YOUR OWN.

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C.  TROBADORES  FESTIVAL 

Trobadores were highly talented men and women who could improvise rhymed verse. They were popular and well known throughout N.M. Sponsor a festival activity in which participants create (any of) the following:

adivinanzas:  guessing word games;

alabados religious hymns and chants especially popular with the Penitente Brotherhood and religious gatherings;

autos:  short plays on religious themes;

canciones songs, the most popular of all forms;

coplas poetry in the form of a four‑line stanza;

corridos narrative ballads descended from romances;

cuandos accounts of adventures like buffalo hunting, always starting with “cuando--when”;

cuentos:  short stories;

decimas popular poetry structured in an introductory quatrain called a planta, then followed by four 10 line stanzas, each of which ends with a line from the planta, respectively;

 

dichos:  sayings, proverbs;

folk theater;

inditas witty and amusing variants of corrido forms, characterized by dancing between sung verses and the use of drums and Native American Indian rhythmic patterns; among others, sheepherders often composed inditas;

love poetry;

romances narratives sung to a catchy melody; one of the oldest New Mexican romances is La Aparición, “The Apparition,” which tells about a bereaved husband’s encounter with his wife’s ghost who counsels him that he must adjust, find a good wife and seek happiness.

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D. Recommended Books and Authors

Select an author from the following list and research at least one of that author’s works. Present your research orally to the class.

 

R. Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima; Tierra (ed.).

A. Arellano: Las Vegas Grandes on the Gallinas.

J.E. Arellano: Entre Verde y Seco.

M. Austin: Earth Horizon.

E. Baca: Santa Fe Fantasy: Quest for the Golden City.

J.S. Baca: Black Mesa Poems.

M. C. de Baca: Vicente Silva and his 40 Bandits.

H.H. Bancroft: History of Arizona and New Mexico.

A. Bandelier: The Delight Makers.

J.E Bannon: Bolton and the Spanish Borderlands.

I. Barraza Sánchez, G. Sánchez Yund: Comida Sabrosa.

J.O. Baxter: Las Carneradas: Sheep Trade in New Mexico, 1700‑1860.

T.M. Becker (ed., et al.): Racial and Ethnic Patterns of Mortality in New Mexico.

H.E. Bolton: Coronado: Knight of Pueblos and Plains.

E. Boyd: Popular Arts of Spanish New Mexico.

C.L. Briggs, J.R. Van Ness: Land, Water, and Culture.

H. Bryan: Wildest of the Wild West.

F. Cabeza de Baca: We Fed Them Cactus.

S. Calafate Boyle: Los Capitalistas: New Mexican Merchants and the Santa Fe Trade.

A. Campa: Tales of the Sangre de Cristos.

B. Candelaria: Inheritance of Strangers.

F.M. Chacón: Works of F. M. Chacón.

F.W. Champe: The Matachines Dance of the Upper Rio Grande: History, Music, and Choreography.

A. Chávez: Origins of New Mexico Families.

D. Chávez: The Last of the Menu Girls.

R. Cobos: Refranes: Southwestern Spanish Proverbs.

G.B. Córdova: Abiquiú and Don Cacahuate, A Folk History of a New Mexican Village.

R. Cutter: Protector of the Indians.

M. Ebright: Land Grants and Lawsuits in Northern New Mexico.

A. Espinosa: Los Comanches: A Spanish Heroic Play of the Year 1780.

G. Espinosa, T. Chávez: The Río Abajo.

J.E. Espinosa: Saints in the Valleys.

J.M. Espinosa: The Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1696 and the Franciscan Missions in N.M.

M. Evans: Blue Feather Fellini.

E. Fergusson: Dancing Gods.

L. Frank: New Kingdom of the Saints.

M.G. Fulton: History of the Lincoln County War.

E.J. Gallegos: Jacona: An Epic Story of the Spanish Southwest.

M. García: Recuerdos de los Viejitos: Tales of the Río Puerco.

E. Gonzales‑Berry (ed.): Pasó Por Aquí: Critical Essays on the N.M. Literary Tradition, 1542‑1988.

E. Gonzales, D.L. Witt: Spirit Ascendant: The Art and Life of Patrociño Barela.

A. Griego: Good‑bye, My Land of Enchantment.

A.C. Henderson: Brothers of Light.

G. Hill: Americans All/Americanos Todos.

T. Hillerman: Coyote Waits.

V. Hoffman, B.H. Johnson: Navajo Biographies.

J.E. Holmes: Politics in New Mexico.

B. Jaramillo: Shadows of the Past/Sombras del Pasado.

O.L. Jones: Pueblo Warriors and Spanish Conquest.

W.A. Keleher: Turmoil in New Mexico, 1846‑1868.

C.L. Kenner: A History of New Mexican‑Plains Indians Relations.

J. Kessell: Kiva, Cross, and Crown.

J. Kutz: Grassroots New Mexico.

R. Larson: New Mexico’s Quest for Statehood.

A.S. López: Blessed Are The Soldiers.

C. Lopopolo: The New Mexico Chronicles.

A. Lucero‑White Lea: Literary Folklore of the Hispanic Southwest.

C.F. Lummis: A New Mexico David.

H. Luna: San Joaquín del Nacimiento.

E.A. Mares: The Unicorn Poem.

A.G. Meléndez: So All Is Not Lost: The Poetics of Print in Nuevomexicano Communities, 1834‑1958.

J. D. Meketa: Legacy of Honor: The Life of Rafaél Chacón.

D. Meyer: Speaking for Themselves.

S. Motto: More than Conquerors: Makers of History, 1528‑1978.

R. Morris: The Devil’s Butcher Shop.

S. Niederman, M. Sagan (eds.): New Mexico Poetry Renaissance.

R. Nostrand: The Hispano Homeland.

M. Otero: My Life on the Frontier.

N. Otero: Old Spain in Our Southwest.

S.J. Ortiz: Fight Back: For the Sake of the People, For the Sake of the Land.

A. Ortiz: The Tewa World.

G. Padilla: My History, Not Yours.

Pasó Por Aquí Series, University of New Mexico Press.

A. Peña: Memories of Cíbola.

B. & M.R. Porter; J. Sunder (eds.): Matt Field on the Santa Fe Trail.

L.V. Quintana: Sangre.

B. Read: Illustrated History of New Mexico.

T. D. Rebolledo, E. Gonzáles‑Berry, T. Márquez (eds.): Las Mujeres Hablan: An Anthology of Nuevo Mexicana Writers.

E. M. Rhodes: The Little World Waddies.

C. Robinson: With the Ears of Strangers: The Mexican in American                                          Literature.

O. Romero: Adobe.

J. Sando: Pueblo Nations.

R. Sálaz M.: New Mexico: A Brief Multi‑History.

G. I. Sánchez: Forgotten People.

M. Simmons: The Little Lion of the Southwest.

A.R. Sunseri: Seeds of Discord.

L. Taylor, D. Bokides: New Mexican Furniture: 1600‑1940.

H.J. Tobias: A History of the Jews in New Mexico.

S.L. Udall: Majestic Journey.

S. Ulibarrí: My Grandmother Smoked Cigars and Other Stories.

A. Vigil: Una Linda Raza: Cultural and Artistic Traditions of the Hispanic Southwest.

J.J. Vigil: Arse Poética.

E. Waters: People of the Valley

D. Weber: Foreigners in Their Native Land.

M. Weigle: The Lore of New Mexico.

V. Westphall: Mercedes Reales.

N. Wood: Many Winters.

N. Zollinger: Riders to Cíbola.

 

*Most authors will have several books that readers will find interesting. Many of these volumes will contain a wealth of additional bibliography. For example see the “Bibliography of New Mexican Hispanic Literature” by Teresa Márquez in Pasó Por Aquí mentioned above.

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PART V

INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1. Research and write a comparison of the SPANISH INQUISITION  and the ENGLISH STAR CHAMBER.

2. Research and write a comparison of the Coronado and Lewis & Clark expeditions.

3. Research and write a comparison of Indian welfare and/or survival under Spain, England, and the USA.

4. Research and write a comparison of Christian missionary activity under Spain, England, and the USA.

5. Research and write a comparison of the trailblazing and colonizing activities of Juan B. de Anza with the Lewis & Clark expedition.

6. Research and write a comparison of the trailblazing achievements of Pedro Vial and John Charles Fremont.

7. Research and write a comparison of Indian slavery in N.M. and black slavery in the USA.

8. Investigate peonage as exhibited in N.M.

9. Research and write on the Spanish horse as it came through N.M. and proliferated through the USA.

10. Research and write a comparison of the well known “Gunfight at the OK Corral” with Elfego Baca’s famous gunfight in 1884.

11. Research and write a comparison of the lives and careers of Col. Albert J. Fountain and Albert B. Fall.

12. Research and write a comparison of the writings of C.F. Lummis/Adolph Bandelier and those of Josiah Gregg/W.W. H. Davis.

13. Research and write a short history of the Court of Private Land Claims.

14. Research and write comparative biographies on Patrociño Barela and Nicolai Fechin.

15. Research and write a comparison of racism in NM under Hispanic law and American law.

16. Research and write a history of the Santa Fe Ring.

17. Research and write a comparison of the careers of Gov. Manuel Armijo and Gov. Bruce King.

18. Research and write a comparison of NM peonage and black slavery in the American South.

19. Research and write a comparison of Manuel A. Chaves and Kit Carson as frontiersmen.

20. Research and write a comparison of an Hispano cibolero hunt and a hide man’s (American) hunt.

21. Research and write a comparison between the Hispanic encomienda system and American black slavery.

22. Research and write a comparison of witchcraft in NM and on the east coast as in Salem, Massachusetts.

23. Research and write a comparison of August 10, 1680 as the “Pueblo Revolt” and as the “St. Lawrence Day Massacre.”

24. Research and write a comparison of Diego de Vargas and Col. Sterling Price.

25. Research and write a comparison between the historical role of women in (regular) Hispanic society and American society.

26. Research and write a comparison on impressions of Comanches as held by Hispanos and Americans.

27. Research and write a comparison of Comanche Cuerno Verde and Apache Victorio.

28. Research and write a comparison between Fr. Martínez of Taos and Gov. Charles Bent.

29. Research and write a comparison between Juan B. De Anza and Manuel A. Chaves.

30. Research and write a comparison between the “Mountain Men” and the NM llaneros (plainsmen:  ciboleros, mesteñeros, comancheros).

31. Research and write a comparison between the Territorial Press and print journalism today.

32. Research and write a comparison between  Hispano “arrieros” and American traders on the Santa Fe Trail.

33. Research and write a comparison between  Billy the Kid and Juan Patrón (of the Lincoln County Rifles).

34. Research and write a comparison between  Pat Garrett and Wyatt Earp.

35. Research and write a comparison between  the Penitente Brotherhood and the Ku Klux Klan.

36. Research and write a comparison between  the writings of Benjamin Read and those of Ralph E. Twitchell.

37. Research and write a comparison between  the careers of Mary Austin, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Alice Corbin Henderson.

38. Research and write a comparison between  the careers of Paul Horgan and Angélico Chávez.

39. Research and write a comparison between  the careers of Bronson Cutting and Dennis Chávez.

40. Research and write a comparison between  the careers of George I. Sánchez and Harvey Fergusson.

41. Research and write a comparison between  the Hispano “mission system” designed for Indians and the American reservation system.

42. Research and write a comparison between frontier  Hispanic views on Indians and those held by frontier English/American people.

43. Research and write a comparison between  the Hispano “northward movement” and the American “westward movement.”

44. Research and write a comparison between  the fate of the “Five Civilized Tribes” from east of the Mississippi R. and the Pueblo People of NM.

45. Research and write a comparison between the Pueblo leader  Popé and the Ottawa  chieftain Pontiac.

46. Research and write a comparison between the wars waged by Anza against the Comanches and that of R. Mackenzie of  the U.S. Cavalry.

47. Research and write a comparison between  the Acoma War of 1599 and the Council House Massacre (1840) in Texas.

48. Research and write a comparison between  the St. Lawrence Day Massacre of 1680 (“Pueblo Revolt”) and the Sand Creek Massacre (1864) in Colorado.

49. Research and write a comparison between  the role of the priest in Hispanic New Mexico and that of the lawyer in American society.

50. Research and write a comparison between  the aftermath of the Acoma war of 1599 and the 1847 revolt in NM against American occupation.

51. Research and write on how New Mexicans were executed (1847) for treason against the USA during the Mexican War (1846-48).

52. Research and write on Col. Sterling Price as Military Governor (1847-48) of New Mexico.


 

53. Research and write a comparison of the Hispanic mission system and the American reservation system.

54. Research and write a comparison between  life for people of African descent in Hispanic New Mexico and under the USA.

55. Research and write on why the Apache chief Victorio decided to make war instead of staying on the reservation.

56. Research and write a comparison between  the political careers of T.B. Catron and S.B. Elkins.

57. Research and write a comparison of perspectives held about Indians by the Spanish/Mexican governments and English/American governments.

58. Research and write on the patrón-peón system.

59. Research and write on the “Dodge City” gang led by Hoodoo Brown who came into Las Vegas, NM, because of the railroad.

60. Research and write a comparison between Concha Ortiz y Pino de Kleven and Millie Santillanes.

61. Research and write a comparison between the Acoma War of 1599 and the Philippine Insurrection of 1898.

62. Research and write a comparison of the careers of Erlinda Gonzales-Berry and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

63. Research and write a comparison of the careers of Mary Austin and Tey Diana Rebolledo.

64. Research and write a comparison of the political careers of Georgia Lusk and Heather Wilson

65. Research and write a comparison concerning banditry in Hispanic New Mexico and under the USA.


 

66. Research and write a comparison between the activities of the Gorras Blancas and the members of the Alianza Federal de Mercedes.

67. Research and write a comparison between  the careers of Octaviano Larrazolo and Ezequiel C. de Baca.

68. Research and write a comparison between  Harvey Fergusson and Nestor Montoya.

69. Research and write a comparison between  the careers of Bronson Cutting and Dennis Chávez.

70. Research and write a comparison between  the careers of Alice Corbin Henderson and Loretta Armenta.

71. Research and write a comparison between  the political careers of

          Soledad Chávez Chacón and Rebecca Vigil-Girón

72. Research and write an analysis of cultural bias, pro or con, as shown by various publications issued from UNM Press.

73. Research and write about how Popé got selected to represent NM in Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C.

74. Research and write a comparison between  use of the labels “Hispanic” and “Anglo.”

75. Research and write a comparison between  the careers of Marc Simmons and John L. Kessell.

76. Research and write a comparison between  the careers of Tony Hillerman and Max Evans.

77. Compile a list of New Mexican writers who used the Spanish language and investigate where their works can be obtained.

78. Research and write a comparison between  the activities of the Englishman Francis Drake and those of Osama bin Laden.

79. Research and write about the cultural bias, pro or con, exhibited by the Museum of New Mexico in dealing with Native Americans and Hispanic New Mexicans.

80. Research and write about the cultural bias, pro or con, exhibited by the Department of Tourism in its publications and/or “Historical Markers.”

81. Trace the development of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.

82. The Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque contracted and spent $43,500 to publish NEW MEXICO:  A BRIEF MULTI-HISTORY then voted not to publish the book. Through personal interviews with HCC personnel of that period (Ed Luján, Eugene Matta, Carlos Vásquez, Michael Miller, and author Rubén Sálaz), investigate what happened.

83. Trace the development of the NM Hispanic Cultural Preservation League based in Albuquerque.

84. Investigate the controversy caused by the “CyberArte” Exhibit put on by the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe.

85. Research and write an investigation of Ku Klux Klan activities in NM.

86. Research and write about the Lincoln County War from the Hispanic point of view.

87. Research and write about how the Federal Government owns more than half of the land in the State of NM and what impact that ownership has on State poverty.

88. Research and write a comparison between  the political careers of Raymond Sánchez and Manny Aragón.

89. Research and write your impressions of the designations used in New Mexico:  A Brief Multi-History to focus on how American history is often written and give possible examples out of New Mexico or American history:

scriptography (see also White Legend) ‑ writing designed to promote certain ends; it is characterized by

hoaxistory--misinformation/disinformation;

hypistory--promotion;

hypoics--larger‑than‑life heroics;

selectistory--pick and choose what you want readers to know and ignore everything else even if documented;

spinistory--to channel people’s thinking.

 

90. Investigate (any of) the following books for “cultural bias” (pro or con):

Bancroft, H.H.  History of Arizona and New Mexico.

Beck, Warren A.  New Mexico:  A History of Four Centuries.

Davis, W.H.H.  El Gringo, or New Mexico and her People.

Gregg, Josiah.  Commerce of the Prairies.

Read, Benjamin.  The Illustrated History of New Mexico.

Reeve, Frank.  History of New Mexico.

Roberts, Calvin A. and Roberts, Susan A.  A History of New Mexico.

Sálaz Márquez, Rubén.  New Mexico:  A Brief Multi-History.

Simmons, Marc.  New Mexico!

Simmons, Marc.  New Mexico:  A History.

Sando , Joe.  Pueblo Nations.

Stuart, David.  Anasazi America.

Twitchell, Ralph E.  Leading Facts of New Mexico History.

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