HM 45 — "MIGUEL TRUJILLO DAY"

HOUSE MEMORIAL 45 54TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION , 2020 INTRODUCED BY Georgene Louis 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL HONORING THE FIRST PUEBLO VOTER ACTIVIST, MIGUEL TRUJILLO, AND RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO DECLARE AUGUST 3, 2020 "MIGUEL TRUJILLO DAY" IN NEW MEXICO.

156 WHEREAS, Native American people of New Mexico were not considered citizens of the United States in New Mexico until e t 17 1924;

and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, the pueblo nations of New Mexico and Native = = 19 a l American people of New Mexico are proud to recognize that i a e r 20 August 3, 2018 marked the seventieth anniversary of Native a t m m 21 American voting rights in New Mexico;

and d r e 22 WHEREAS, native people were denied the right to vote in c e s k 23 New Mexico before 1948, and such denial was part of the e a n b 24 constitution of New Mexico;

and u [ WHEREAS, enacted in 1912, the constitution of New Mexico .216838.1 denied Native American New Mexicans suffrage based on Article 7, Section 1;

and WHEREAS, on August 3, 1948, the three-judge federal HM 45 Page 1 district court in Trujillo v.

We are unable to escape the conclusion e e 17 that under the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments e e n d 18 constitutes discrimination on the ground of race.

Any = = l ] 19 other citizen, regardless of race, in the state of New a l r i 20 Mexico who has not paid one cent of tax of any kind or t e a t character, if he possesses the other qualifications, may m m 21 e d r e 22 vote.

An Indian, and only an Indian, in order to meet the c e r c 23 qualification of a vote must have paid a tax.

How can you e a n b 24 escape the conclusion that makes a requirement with u [ respect to an Indian as a qualification to exercise the .216838.1 - 2 - elective franchise and does not make that requirement to the member of any other race is beyond me? I just feel that the conclusion is inescapable.";

and WHEREAS, it is important for the history of New Mexico that the memory and legacy of Miguel Trujillo be honored and HM 45 Page 2 that he be remembered as a hero in advancing the rights of Native American voters;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor be requested to declare August 3, 2020 "Miguel Trujillo Day" in e e 17 New Mexico;

and e e n d 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Miguel Trujillo be recognized = = l ] 19 and honored as the first pueblo voter activist;

and a l r i 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be t e a t transmitted to the governor, the secretary of Indian affairs m m 21 e d r e 22 and the twenty-three federally recognized Native American c e r c 23 tribes of New Mexico.

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