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History of New Mexico and the Southwest. Dr. Roy E. Howard New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education . 1598. Thanksgiving Juan de Oñate has Thanksgiving Dinner at Socorro on the Rio Grande with the Pueblo People, April 30. 1680.
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History of New Mexico and the Southwest Dr. Roy E. Howard New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education
1598 • ThanksgivingJuan de Oñate has Thanksgiving Dinner at Socorro on the Rio Grande with the Pueblo People, April 30
1680 • Pueblo RevoltThe Pueblo Revolt casts out Spanish influence for thirteen years
1810 • Mexican RevolutionSeptember 16: Miguel Hidalgo initiates freedom from Spain for our part of New Spain
1848 • Mexican WarJuly 4: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: the U.S. promises rights of language, religion, education to those who stay in the North
1862 • Cinco de MayoGeneral Ignacio Zaragoza leads the townspeople and Indian tribes to victory over the French Invaders at Puebla
1866 • Emancipation19 June - The slaves of New Mexico and Texas learn of the Emancipation Proclamatio
1867 • End of French Intervention19 June - Benito Juárez executes Emperor Maximiliano, restoring the democratically elected government to México
1868 • Long Walk18 June - The Navajo people leave Fort Sumner (Hwééldi) for the long walk to return to Dinétah within the sacred mountains
1868 • Navajo Treaty1 July - the U.S. Government signs a treaty with the Navajo Nation, recognizing sovereignty and promising support
1898 • The Phillipines12 June - The Phillipines is liberated from Spanish control (becomes independent in 1948) • Other countries include Cuba, Puerto Rico, Marianas Islands, etc.
1912 • StatehoodJanuary 6, President Taft signs Proclamation admitting New Mexico as a state into the Union
1948 • The Right to VoteMiguel Trujillo (Isleta Pueblo) takes action to secure voting rights for NM Indians
2001 • September 11 • Foreign attacks on America awaken the Nation to a sense of history, with a subsequent increase of unity, sacrifice, patriotism, and preparedness.
September Dates • 11, 2001 Attack on America • 14, 1812 Star Spangled Banner (attacked by England) • 16, 1810 Viva la Independencia(New Mexico’s War for Independence) • 18, 1783 U.S. Constitution
More Dates • 30 April, 1598 (The first Thanksgiving) • 5 May, 1862 (Mexico attacked by France) • 1 June, 1868 (Navajo treaty with U.S.) • 18 June, 1868 (Navajo leave Ft. Sumner) • 19 June, 1866 (Slaves learn of Emancipation) • 19 June, 1867 (End of French Intervention) • 4 July, 1848 (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo)
Dr. Roy E. Howard • cantos@cantos.org • http://www.cantos.org/consulting.htmlCantos Para Todos • http://www.wnmu.org/nmabe/ New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education • http://www.wnmu.org/ Western New Mexico University