HM 43 — "GUADALUPE HIDALGO TREATY DAY"

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 43DECLARING 53RDFEBRUARY LEGISLATURE2, -2018 STATE"GUADALUPE HIDALGO TREATY DAY" AT THE HOUSE OF NEWREPRESENTATIVES, MEXICORECOGNIZING -THE SECONDTWENTY-FIRST SESSIONANNUAL ,CELEBRATION 2018OF INTRODUCEDGUADALUPE BYHIDALGO MiguelTREATY P.DAY AND COMMEMORATING THE ONE-HUNDRED-SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO.

Garcia9 andWHEREAS, Sarahon MaestasFebruary Barnes2, 61848, 8the 10United AStates MEMORIALand DECLARINGthe FEBRUARYRepublic 2,of 2018Mexico "GUADALUPEsigned HIDALGOthe TREATYTreaty DAY"of ATPeace, THEFriendship, HOUSELimits OFand REPRESENTATIVES,Settlement, RECOGNIZINGknown THEas TWENTY-FIRSTthe ANNUALTreaty CELEBRATIONof OFGuadalupe GUADALUPEHidalgo, HIDALGOat TREATYthe DAYmain ANDaltar COMMEMORATINGof THEthe ONE-HUNDRED-SEVENTIETHold ANNIVERSARYcathedral OFof THEGuadalupe SIGNINGat OFthe THEVilla TREATYHidalgo OFto GUADALUPEend HIDALGOthe BETWEENwar THEbetween UNITEDthe STATEStwo ANDnations; THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO.

eand t 17 w l n d 18 WHEREAS, on February 2, 1848, the Unitedlands Statesrelinquished andor theceded =by =Mexico, 19totaling aover lseven Republichundred ofninety Mexicothousand signedsquare themiles, Treatynow ofconstitute Peace,all Friendship,or iparts a e r 20 Limits and Settlement, known as the Treaty of Guadalupeeight astates tin m m 21 Hidalgo, at the mainAmerican altarwest, ofincluding theArizona, oldCalifornia, cathedralColorado, ofNevada, GuadalupeNew atMexico, dTexas, rUtah eand 22Wyoming; the Villa Hidalgo to end the war between the two nations;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, the lands relinquished or ceded by Mexico, e a n b 24 totaling over seven hundred ninety thousand square miles, now u [ constitute all or parts of eight states in the American west, .209881.2 including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming;

and WHEREAS, Spanish and Mexican community land grants and HM 43 Native American pueblo communities throughout New Mexico have Page 1 relied on the provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to protect their current remaining common lands and as the basis to pursue a just recovery of their traditional, former common lands;

and e e 17 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12-5-10 NMSA 1978, the second e e n d 18 of February is set apart each year and known as "Guadalupe = = l ] 19 Hidalgo treaty day" in New Mexico;

and a l r i 20 WHEREAS, February 2, 2018 marks one hundred seventy years t e a t since the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo;

and m m 21 e d r e 22 WHEREAS, over generations, New Mexico's land grant c e r c 23 communities have experienced phenomenal changes in government, e a n b 24 culture and economy, and their resilience is demonstrated by u [ their growing vitality as political subdivisions of the state;

.209881.2 - 2 - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 2, 2018 be recognized as the twenty-first annual commemoration of Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty day;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that state and federal legislative support for all Spanish and Mexican community land HM 43 Page 2 grants and Native American pueblos should continue far into the future.

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