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http://www.somosprimos.com/sp2015/spmar15/spmar15.htm Dear Primos and Friends:
The March 2015 issue of Somos Primos is filled with the latest heritage
projects, events, and celebrations, but also archived articles , tidbits
and essays 10, 20, and even 30 plus years old.
Since the mid 1980s when I started editing a print quarterly of Somos
Primos, I have been saving
historical items that enlarged my understanding or gave me a new
perspective. My files are full.
and I plan to continue sharing.
I think many of us are beginning to realize that only upon reflecting on
our past, within the framework of society of that time, can we fully
grasp what we experienced and why.
A documentary by Hector Galan about the 1955 movie, `Giant' will be on
PBS stations in April, and will help to clarify the prejudice Mexican
Americans were experiencing. We all can remember incidents, but cannot
be buried under them. We must use our increased historical
understanding to be enlighten and uplifted.
I continue to receive fascinating articles of personal histories,
reflecting time periods and locations. Refugio Salinas Fernandez wrote
about the Globo Theater in Corpus Christi, Tx. His father owned and
ran the theater, and he as a youth, worked it. (In high school student,
I was an usherette in the single theater in Manteca, CA) Samuel Saenz,
Jr. writes about the importance of the trains in the Mexican community
of Alice, Tx. (Trains and Union Station in Los Angeles were a big part
of life in Los Angeles) Galal Kernahan writes about arranging to bring
Cook Island dancers to perform in Garden Grove in 1983. (I live in the
city right next to Garden Grove.) Though different from my life, I find
I can always relate in some way to the life stories I receive.
Hopefully as you read through this issue, you will be touched and moved
to write your own stories and memories. A good example of writing and
compiling life stories is that of a dear friend, Viola Rodriguez Sadler
. Her blog is at:
http://memoriasymemories.blogspot.com. Do check it
out. Her stories are darling and abundant.
If you don't feel you have enough stories to mount a blog, send them to
Somos Primos and share yourself that way. Your story and life is
unique. You are the only one that lived it.
God bless, Mimi
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
UNITED STATES
Alejandro Inarritu wins best director Oscar for 'Birdman'
Can South Pacific Islanders be "Primos"? by Galal Kernahan, 1983
Current Administration Using Century-Old Racist Case Law to Block
Citizenship
American Samoans born on US soil, but denied birthright
citizenship.
Children of "Giant" Documentary screened in San Antonio, February 21
Hispanic scientists and inventors, 1995 List
Ed Roybal, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, November 24,
2014.
Latino elected officials by state: 1996 and 2004
American GI Forum of Texas, Inc. The Beatrice T. Perez Robstown, Women's
Chapter
Hispanic Population in Select U.S. Metropolitan Areas
The Spanish Presence in the Americas, Government Report, July 2001
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: The New Norm by Kathy Escamilla, Dec
1988
A New Perspective on History by Jana Rivera, (circa 1990)
University of Texas at Austin call for Submissions to the LULAC Archives
Why we speak Spanish in Texas by José Antonio López
No Nopales yet by Gustavo Arellano
Hollywood's Latino Problem: By the Numbers
Dying Communities, Forgotten Memories by Rodolfo F. Acuña
HERITAGE PROJECTS
Walking the streets of Spain while sketching and listening for voices
from the past
by Eddie Martinez, edited and translated in Spanish by Viola
Rodriguez Sadler
Justice for Menchaca: Project to Correct spelling of Menchaca in Austin
street signs
Help us Save a Historic Place you Love!
The Blue Lady, Sor Maria of Agreda, 4th Annual Pilgrimage
HISTORIC TIDBITS
February 8th, 1830 -- Last Franciscan in early Texas relinquishes
missions
February 16th, 1599 -- Lone Survivor of the Bonilla Expedition Found
This Day in History Website
Phrases you probably use, but never knew why
HISPANIC LEADERS
Arthur L. Alarcon: 9th U.S. Circuit's first Latino judge
August 14, 1925 – January 28, 2015
Tomás Mendirichaga Cueva falleció el día 5 de diciembre de 2014
Wallace R. Davis: March 21, 1935 – November12, 1994
Alfonso Texidor: Poet, Friend, Mission Icon 1946 - December 25, 2014
AMERICAN PATRIOTS
Congressional Gold Medal Recipients, "The Devil's Brigade"
Portraits of Valor: Sgt. Roy Benavidez
War memorial separates dead by race, divides Southern city By Jeffery
Collins
9/11 Hero Rick Rescorla Statue Unveiled
Networking, Networking, Networking
My Patriot Supply . . We want your Family's Story
EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
Elba Zaida (Sanchez) Ramos November 4, 1933 - January 30, 2015
SURNAMES:
Almeida , 1993
Salvador. . . Millan . . . Becerra . . . Redondo . . . < all 1991
DNA
Scientists debate concept of race
CNBC: Powerful men may have fathered big chunks of world:
DNA study by Robert Ferris
DNA and Pedigree Data Combined
Augment DNA data with John Inclan Pedigrees
FAMILY HISTORY
Javier Tobón Gónima New Year card, a way of Celebrating Family
Pedro Saldivar and the Grandfathers of Refugio Fernandez
Portuguese research Collection, US Library of Congress
Billion Graves Index
United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925
EDUCATION
The Importance of school vouchers by Alan Bosteel and Larry Sand
March 26th: Global Latino Education & Advocacy Days Summit
"Bridging Latino Education in Latin America and U.S."
A Latina/o K-12 and Higher Education Policy Agenda in Texas
Dr. Estela Lopez Tackles New Challenge As Interim Head of State's
University System
The UTRGV Vaquero is only the beginning by José Antonio López
CULTURE
Flaco Jimenez, Grammy Award Winner
Artist Martín Ramírez US Postal stamps
A South Texas Christmas by José Antonio López
BOOKS, PRINT and MEDIA
Preserving Early Texas History by Jose Antonio Lopez
Reluctant Dawn, Biography of Padre Martinez by Santiago Valdez
Marine Sgt. Freddy Gonzalez, Vietnam War Hero by John W. Flores
New Somos en Escritos homepage
McFarland, USA is a Latino Themed Movie Worth Seeing
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
March 14: SHHAR, John Schmal, Finding Your Ancestors in Mexico
March 7, 2015: Reception, Chicano Heroes of Aztlan, Exhibit up until
April 4, 2015
March 12, 2015: PTSD Forum, 6 -8:30 PM
Dr. Fruchter - a global leader in treatment of Trauma; plus
Panel discussion
Modern California Mirrors the World, Agustin Gurza, June 22, 1999
Twin Towns on the Santa Ana by Shefrah Ann Rozenstain, October 1993
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
The House of Aragon, Chapter 3, The Making of a Warrior by Michael S.
Perez
El Sereno Veterans Monument-flagpole named in honor of
WWII Hero Guy Gabaldon
March 25th: Eugene A. Obregon Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial
Event
March 6, 2015 - April 12, 2015: Chicanas, Cholas y Chisme
Progressive Cultures
UCLA Institute of American Cultures: 45 Years of Ethnic Studies
Research
El Clamor Publico by Shefrah Ann Rozenstain, April 1995
Edward R. Roybal, Papers archived at the UCLA Chicano Ethnic Studies
Center
Play: Chavez Ravine
LatinoLA invites submissions of articles and events pertaining to Los
Angeles
CALIFORNIA
Los Californianos support the upcoming canonization of Fray Junipero
Serra
From Spanish Soldier to California Ranchero,
A Migration of People and Culture by Mimi Lozano 1996
The Rancho Camulos by Josefa (Lopez) Romero LeRoy
Lucretia del Valle, "Typical California Girl." Sunset magazine, July
1914.
Lucretia del Valle Grady Obituary & Death Certificate. 1972.
Logan Heights: Progressive Era Spirit of Reform in Activism, Culture,
Education
by Maria E. Garcia
Eddie Grijalva contacted His Holiness, Pope Francis
Hart of the West Powwow in Newhall. September 28th, 2014
NORTHWESTERN, US
Family Search Discovery Center Opens in Salt Lake, Utah
SOUTHWESTERN, US
Silver City, New Mexico proclaims February 19, "Iwo Jima Day"
National Hispanic Cultural Center: exhibit on the Penitente heritage of
New Mexico
New Mexicans Treasure the Palace of the Governors
New Mexico Acequia Association
Ringside at the Revolution: Underground Cultural History of El Paso and
Juarez, David Dorado Romo
Blowout at UT, El Paso, forty years in the vineyards of the muses by
Felipe de Ortego y Gasca
El Paso Hispanic Leaders Press City Council on Cultural Center
TEXAS
Childhood Memories: Train Robbery by Samuel Saenz Jr.
March 21, 2015: The Lady in Blue and the Founding of the First Texas
Missions
October 8-10, 2015, Annual Texas State Hispanic Genealogical Conference,
Laredo
Southern Jewish Communities - Laredo, Texas
MIDDLE AMERICA
An Afterward to the Michicano by Margarito J. Garcia III, Ph.D.
Ethnolinguistic connection - Nahuatle language in Mexico with the
indigenous peoples of Michigan
French castaway in Natchitoches Atakapa Indian slave
EAST COAST
Earliest colonization of the Americas were by Spain and Portugal.
Florida Living History
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
Having Our Say, Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth
Finding the Way to Freedom
Principles of Kwanzaa
INDIGENOUS
Fr. Antonio Margil's Contribution to the Birth of European Texas
A 'Lady in Blue' Instructs Indians in the Southwest by Margaret C.
Galitzin
SEPHARDIC
Portugal Approves Citizenship Plan for Sephardic Jews
Sephardic Jews founded key cities in Mexico
Reclaiming Sephardic music, culture on road to Spanish citizenship
ARCHAEOLOGY
A 13,000-Year-Old Skeleton Confirms The Origin Of Native Americans
An Immaculate Tomb Shines A Light On The Mysterious Wari People of Peru
Our lost cousins, the Neanderthals
MEXICO
Genealogía y Antropología del Parentesco por Carlos Martín Herrera de la
Garza
Zacatecas, Colonial Jewel in the Desert
Tenochtitlán
Catálogo de bautismos en el estado de Nuevo León
Investigó y paleografió.Tte. Corl. Intdte. Ret. Ricardo R. Palmerín
Cordero.
Bautismo de José Primitivo Salinas de la Garza
Matrimonio de mi tatarabuelo materno Don José Ramón Salinas
Fernández
Matrimonio de Don Francisco Grande y de Doña Angela Ampudia Cortés
Descendientes de la familia Garza Herrera-Genealogistas e
Historiadores.
Matrimonio del Coronel Don Antonio Ma. Jauregui y de Doña Victoria
Facha.
Registro del bautismo de José de Jesús Guadalupe Romo Espinosa
CARIBBEAN REGION
Working To Preserve The Legacy Of A Puerto Rican Leader Lisa S.
Lenkiewicz
War Against All Puerto Ricans by Nelson A. Denis
Agramonte/Agramont Surname in Cuba by Peter Carr
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA
A Hemispheric SOMOS PRIMOS by Galal Kernahan
Boletín de Genealogías Colombianas
Guatemala Civil Registration
PHILIPPINES
The Miss Universe of 2015 and My Memories of Days with My Hispanic
Friends
SPAIN
Synopsis: The De Riberas, Chapter Four: The Old World - Iberia,
Pre-Spain
by Michael S. Perez
Las Canarias
Joâo Gonçalves Zarco y Tristâo Vaz Teixeira
INTERNATIONAL
Lady Plumber Remember this lady? Irena Sendler
La batalla de Kinsale: españoles en la defensa de Irlanda por José
Antonio Crespo-Francés
High Horses and Low Blows by J.L. Robb
