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Dear friends and family:
This is the last issue of 2009 , the 120th issue. As we start another decade, Somos Primos in January 2010 will be making a few changes. You’ll see two of them are already being implemented.
With the recent deaths of many outstanding Latino leaders in various fields of endeavor, instead of identifying them in their regional area of service, a separate column has been added: Honoring Hispanic Leadership.
Also, a Calendar Page has been added. In addition to listing the upcoming event, your follow-up article on the event will be posted, with at least one photo, please. Since SomosPrimos is archived online, your event will become part of a historical collection available for public viewing online.
Please note, I am including this high school scholarship information (just received) because the submission must be posted
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$10,000 Education Grant and $1,000 Awards by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Colgate-Palmolive for high school juniors and seniors. Apply on-line go to: www.colgate.com/hazlau For additional information email: hazlau@verizon.net
Submissions must include a completed application and a short essay (500 words or less) on : How can Education impact the Heritage of Hispanic generations to come?
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas Season. . . Mimi
Content Areas
United States
United in our Spanish Surnames Connections
Short Bios of José Antonio López , Mimi Lozano, Jose M. Pena
Letter and distribution of paper, United in our Spanish Surnames Connections
Creating Mexican American Identities: Multiple Voices, Shared Dreams
A Daughter’s Perspective by Daisy Wanda Garcia
Hispanics Breaking Barriers, Part XII by Mercy Bautista-Olvera
Ensign Manuel Gonzalez, Navy pilot, first American WWII fatality
First Texas Latina Supreme Court Justice, Judge Eva M. Guzman, a Wise Latina
Mental Menudo, Los Angeles Group
Repatriation Video on YouTube
Task force for the Creation of a National Museum for the Latino Community
Witness to Heritage
Discovering the Legacy of Valor
Honoring Hispanic Leadership
Col. (Ret) Ernest A. Montemayor: Father of Hispanic Heritage Month by Mimi Lozano
Michael Kabotie: Famed Hopi artist
Armando Ayala, Ph.D.: Tireless Promoter of Bilingual Education
Bidal Aguero: Newspaper Publisher and Civil Rights Leader
Rodrigo Escobar Restrepop: International Historian and Genealogist
José Cisneros: Iconic World-class El Paso artist
Ramiro Gonzalez, A Saginaw, Michigan Mexican-American pillar
Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz: Medal of Honor Recipient
Carlos Martin Herrera de la Garza: Mexican Historian and Genealogist
National Issues
Few Latinos in leadership positions at California nonprofits
Land of Day Laborers, Farm Workers and Guest Workers
Immigrants in the Military, Eight Years After 9/11
I Speak Spanish: Sorry About That by Pilar Marrero
Migrant Memories Surround the Days of the Dead
Intolerance, poor conditions scaring off migrant workers
Action Item
A Reflection of the Changing Latino Population in the Northeast ( activities of change)
Business
Walmart Reaching Out to Latinos
Education
Dr. Rodolfo AcuÑa Awarded MALDEF Lifetime achievement award
Becas/Scholarships for Latinos, regardless of status
Art seeks to do justice to courts’ history
Bilingual/Bicultural Education
Progress Report by Jose R. Reyna, Ph.D.
Books
Lorenzo and the Pirate by Lila and Rick Guzman
Anywhere, but L.A. by Daniel Olivas
Origins of LULAC: No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed by Cynthia E. Orozco
Rebellion in Chiapas: An Historical Reader by Mark L. Grover
Suzanna by Irene Blea
To the Line of Fire Mexican Texans and War I by Jose A. Ramirez
Lost Architecture of the Rio Grande Borderlands by W. Eugene George
Latino History and Culture, An Encyclopedia by Leonard, D. J., & Lugo-Lugo, C. R.
Historia de Alhaurín de la Torre en la Edad Moderna,
por José Manuel de Molina Bautista
Culture
Bianca Collins, Professional Actress
Santa Cruz River Band
Photo: Shopping in preparation for tamale making
Mezcla: Art & Writing from the Tumblewords Project
Los Texas Wranglers and Los T-Birds
Sacramento boy wins Mexican art contest
Trailer of documentary: The Rose, A Sense of Place
Literature
Troncoso: Why is Texas Library Association ignoring Latino authors?
José Martí Publishing Awards
Military/Law Enforcement
Send a Christmas greeting to Our Men
After 58-year search, former Marine finds heroic Hispanic pilot by Sara Puig Laas
Retired General Sanchez talks on patriotism in Southern California
Images of Valor: U.S. Latinos and Latinas of World War II, traveling exhibition
The Enemy Within: the story of Supercop Joe Sanchez, by Tony Santiago
Patriots, American Revolution
SAR President General Ed Butler Sends Letter to the Texas Education Agency
Annual Order of Granaderos y Damas de Galvez Conference
Flags used by Spanish military forces in America
Genealogical Repot on George Washington’s Ancestry by John inclan
Surnames
Un Apellido: Garcia by Angel Custodio Rebollo
Frank Garcia, We Give Thanks Foundation
How the adventurous Italian Schiapapría family became Nuevo León’s ‘Chapas’ by
Dr. Lino García Jr.
Cuentos
Dinero isn’t Dinner by Margarita B. Velez
Amarillo Had a Snowstorm by Viola Rodriguez Sadler
Orange County,CA
Networking Strategies for Family History Research
Photos go online offering glimpse into old O.C.
Presentation by John P. Schmal: History and Heritage of Indigenous Mexico
Los Angeles,CA
Dec 5th: Eugene A. Obregon Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial Monument
Tikkun Olam – To Repair the World by George Yepes
California
Gardeners of Identity: Basques in San Francisco Bay Area
A Cuban family’s lucky ticket – to California
Juana Briones Heritage Foundation
Vida En El Valle, interview with René Aguilera
Northwestern US
Mestizo Institute of Culture & Arts in Salt Lake City
Southwestern US
2009 De Colores Leadership Award Recipients
Indigenous
Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Legend of the Cherokee Indian youth’s rite of Passage?
National American Indian Heritage Month Resources
What’s Your Tribe? Find out through DNA
Mexico’s full-blooded Indigenous people
Cahokia Mound Savages? Who knew?
Coleccion de Lenguas Indigenas Biblioteca
Boy’s recovery from flesh-eating bacteria could lead to Indian saint canonization
Role of women in pre-Columbian Native American societies.
Archaeology
Mysterious ruins may help explain Mayan collapse
U. of Michigan to Review Policies on Returning Indian Remains
Sephardic
Sephardic Cuba, Your Family Tree
Exiles of the Heart: Two Sephardic Women from Egypt Share of Loss & Connections
DNA Research of Dr. Wesley Sutton: No “Crypto-Jews” in New Mexico
The Jewish Genealogy Blog
Texas
Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project
National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference
New Opera about José Antonio Navarro, Friends of Casa Navarro
Tejano Land Grant Movement
Memories of the art of sheep Carding
A Link to the Past—Historian Harbert Davenport by Norman Rozeff Recommendations by Jose M. Pena for Texas State School System
TexasTejano.com Hosted the 5th Annual Tejano Vigil in The Alamo Shrine
The Broader Picture of the Battle at the Medina by Richard G. Santos
Why was the Battle of Medina fought? by Joe Lopez
East of MississippiHistory of the Cajuns: Canary Island Settlers of Louisiana
Canary Islanders Heritage Society of Louisiana, established in 1996
Festival invites attendees to discover aspects of Hispanic culture in Lorain
History of Louisiana by Charles Gayarréa
Louisiana State Archives
Diocese of Baton Rouge
Mexico
Acatzingo, Puebla Baptismal Font
Personajes en la Historia de Mexico por Jose Leon Robles De La Torre
Manuel Gómez Pedraza and Valentin Gomez Farias
The Genealogy of Mexico
Baseball Historian: o Béisbol
La Sociedad de Genealogía de Marín, Nuevo León, México
Caribbean/Cuba
Cuban, with a detour in Mission Viejo
Association of Puerto Ricans in San Antonio, Texas
General Santa Anna in Saint Thomas By Aimery Caron
Contacts For Caribbean researchers
Digital Library of the Caribbean
Spain
Templarios en America by Angel Custodio Rebollo
International
El Dia de los Muertos celebrated in Germany
Asunto: Fallecimiento de Don Rodrigo Escobar Restrepop
International Men’s Global Website
Emigracion Forzosa, El Winnipeg por Angel Custodio Rebollo
Monumento al zancudo caído, "único en el mundo"
Luis Xavier Grisanti // Venezuela Canaria
Homenaje a Don Pedro Grases
History
La presencia histórica del hispano en Estados Unidos: don Bernardo de Gálvez
por Justo S. Alarcón
Family History
New home page for Generaciones.com
The Joy of Helping Family Researchers on the Internet
Archivo General de India in Seville, Spain
Paying for assistance in family research
Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors in Passenger Arrival Records
The Crowley Imaging Company
Newest free online records
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