HM 76 — NEW MEXICO AS MULTICULTURAL STATE

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 76CELEBRATING 54TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO -AS FIRSTA SESSION,MULTICULTURAL 2019STATE. INTRODUCED BY Sheryl Williams Stapleton and Linda M.

Trujillo4 andWHEREAS, Anthonythroughout Allisonits andlong Tomáshistory, E.New Mexico has meant many things to many people;

Salazarand WHEREAS, ancient peoples, Native Americans and Abbasearly Akhilsettlers 7saw 9a Apristine MEMORIALwilderness CELEBRATINGfilled NEWwith MEXICOa ASwealth Aof MULTICULTURALnatural STATE.wonders;

13and WHEREAS, throughouthistory itsin long history, New Mexico hasdoes meantnot seem remote or dead, with so many thingstangible examples, from a pottery shard to manyimposing people;missions and living pueblos throughout the land;

and WHEREAS, ancientHispanic peoples,folk Nativeart Americans and earlydrama, settlersrevived sawand arevitalized pristineduring wildernessthe filled1920s, withthrives atoday wealththrough ofnationally eknown tartists 17and naturalwriters; wonders;

and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, history in New Mexico doeshas notalways seemheld remote or = = 19 a lfascination dead,for withartists socross-culturally manyin tangible examples, from a potteryvariety shardof tofields; i a e r 20 imposing missions and living pueblos throughout the land;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, HispanicPeter folkHurd, arta andRoswell drama,native revivedwho andlived don rhis eranch 22at revitalizedSan duringPatricio, painted the 1920s,land thrivesand todaypeople throughof nationallysouthern cNew eMexico; s k 23 known artists and writers;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, New Mexico has always held a fascination for u [ artists cross-culturally in a variety of fields;

and .214560.1 WHEREAS, Peter Hurd, a Roswell native who lived on his ranch at San Patricio, painted the land and people of southern New Mexico;

and HM 76 WHEREAS, famous Native American potters such as Maria Page 1 Martinez have passed valuable skills and techniques through family lineage to keep their art alive;

and WHEREAS, an article published by the New Mexico museum of art states that in recent decades, many New Mexicans have e e 17 campaigned vigorously to promote a variety of causes that they e e n d 18 believe are fundamental to New Mexico's distinctive character;

= = l ] 19 and a l r i 20 WHEREAS, Santa Fe residents rallied around a revival of t e a t the use of pueblo architecture and the old territorial building m m 21 e d r e 22 style, ensuring a flavor of the past in the path of modernity;

c e r c 23 and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, New Mexico's Native American population has u [ entered into a new period of activity and is expanding outward .214560.1 - 2 - and participating in city, state and national affairs;

and HM 76 Page 2 WHEREAS, political polarization today makes it even more critical for New Mexicans to embrace a multicultural state;

e e 17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF e e n d 18 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that in all of its = = l ] 19 beauty, richness and diversity, New Mexico be celebrated as a a l r i 20 multicultural state;

and t e a t BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that diversity and embracing all m m 21 e d r e 22 cultures be encouraged;

and c e r c 23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be e a n b 24 transmitted to the secretary of cultural affairs, the executive u [ director of the office on African American affairs, the .214560.1 - 3 - secretary of Indian affairs, the Hispanic cultural division of the cultural affairs department, the New Mexico branches of the national association for the advancement of colored people and the president of the national Hispanic cultural center.

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