SJM 3 — FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A NM HISTORY ROOM

SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 3 54THTH LEGISLATURE-LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,SESSION , 2020 INTRODUCED BY Michael Padilla 6This 8document 10incorporates Aamendments JOINTthat MEMORIALhave REQUESTINGbeen THEadopted CULTURALduring AFFAIRSthe DEPARTMENT,current INlegislative COOPERATIONsession. WITH THE PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE INDIAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, THE NEW MEXICO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND NEW MEXICO COUNTIES, TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING A "NEW MEXICO HISTORY ROOM" IN A LOCAL LIBRARY IN EACH COUNTY IN THE STATE AND TO REPORT THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STUDY e t 17 TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE.

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n d d i = = o h l ] b ,d i a º e WHEREAS, New Mexico arguably has the most rich and complex r i = r t e w d m a n o history of any state of the United States;

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b e d s º o t n = .215980.2AIC February 4, 2020 (3:25pm) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d WHEREAS, much of New Mexico's surface land was once a sea floor, and the mineral resources that drive much of New Mexico's economy were formed and deposited over eons through the interaction of intercontinental drift and the establishment and replacement of successive dominant ecosystems during the geologic rise of the Rocky mountain system and the intermontane plateaus;

and h WHEREAS, the 1908 discovery was the seminal evidence of u » r what later became known as the "Clovis culture" after the 1929 t h g e l i discovery of a larger complex at Blackwater draw near Clovis, h r i s New Mexico;

and h , e h WHEREAS, the Clovis culture was once pervasive in North t u g e b l e 17e , gh America, and based on available DNA evidence, it is estimated e e n d 18d i = = o h that eighty percent of all Native Americans are descended from = = l ] 19b ,d i a º r the Clovis people;

and ae l r i= 20 WHEREAS, New Mexico's indigenous linguistic heritage is t e aw td incrediblym diverse,a withn primaryo connectionsWHEREAS, toNew culturesMexico's mindigenous mlinguistic 21heritage eis d rm e: 22 including the Kiowa people in Oklahoma and Texas through the c e r c 23 Tewa and Towa languages currently spoken in several north e a n b 24 central New Mexico pueblos;

theb Ysletar dele Surt Puebloº peopleo int n = .215980.2AIC February 4, 2020 (3:25pm) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ westA d incredibly diverse, with primary connections to cultures including the Kiowa people in Oklahoma and Texas through the TiwaTewa and Towa languages currently spoken in several north central .215980.2 - 2 - New MexicanMexico pueblos;

the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo people in west Texas through the Tiwa languages spoken in several central New Mexican pueblos;

and WHEREAS, historically, eastern New Mexico was the western edge of Comanche territory, and the architecture at the Salinas ruins in the Sandia mountains indicates that it was a pueblo h settlement that was likely influenced by its interactions with u » r the plains culture of the Comanches;

and t h g e l i WHEREAS, the mountains, plains and river valleys of New h r i s Mexico have stood witness as succeeding waves of culturally h , e h separate Native Americans and then Spanish, Mexican and t u g e b l e 17e , gh American settlers competed, often violently, for land and e e n d 18d i = = o h water;

and = = l ] 19b ,d i a º r WHEREAS, the advent of the intercontinental railroad ae l r i= 20t e w d m a n o created a post-Civil-War-era boom in the western cattle td em a: t industry to supply the eastern markets;

andb m m 21 e d r e 22t WHEREAS,º theo continuingt competitionn for= land.215980.2AIC andFebruary water4, c2020 e(3:25pm) rs ck 23m spurrede on- by3 the- cattle markets created the conditions for the e a n be 24d Lincolnr Countye War,l conducted by men with colorful names such u [ asA "Buckshot"d Anderson,industry "Dash"to Wait,supply "Big Jim" French and Billy .215980.2 - 3 - "the Kid", and forever intertwined New Mexico in the developmenteastern ofmarkets; the American legend of the "Wild West";

and WHEREAS, the continuing competition for land and water spurred on by the cattle markets created the conditions for the Lincoln County War, conducted by men with colorful names such as "Buckshot" SIACº Anderson»SIAC SIACºRoberts»SIAC, "Dash" Wait, "Big Jim" French and Billy "the Kid", and forever intertwined New Mexico in the development of the American legend of the "Wild West";

and WHEREAS, the rich and complex history of New Mexico has h resulted in a unique culinary, musical, artistic and literary u » r culture that draws international interest, exemplified by the t h g e l i state's vibrant tourism industry;

and h r i s WHEREAS, it is important for New Mexico's residents, h , e h particularly its school children, to have access to materials t u g e b l e e , gh that help them learn and understand the state's history and the en ed 17d i = = o h role it has played and continues to play in the creation of the el e] nb d,d 18i a º r American identity;

=e r = lt ]e 19w d m a n o NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE ad l r i 20 STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the cultural affairs department, in t e a t cooperation with the Indian affairs department, the public m m: 21 e d r e 22 education department, the New Mexico municipal league and New c e r c 23 Mexico counties, be requested to study the feasibility of e a n b 24 creating a New Mexico history room dedicated to the archiving u [ and display of materials about New Mexico's history in a local .215980.2 - 4 - library in each county in the state;

andb BEr ITe FURTHERt RESOLVEDº o t n = .215980.2AIC February 4, 2020 (3:25pm) s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the cultural affairs departmentdepartment, in cooperation with the Indian affairs department, the public education department, the New Mexico municipal league and New Mexico counties, be requested to presentstudy athe reportfeasibility onof thecreating findingsa ofNew itsMexico studyhistory room dedicated to the appropriatearchiving interimand legislativedisplay committeeof bymaterials Novemberabout 30,New 2020,Mexico's andhistory thatin thea reportlocal include:library in each county in the state;

and SRCº BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any interagency meetings conducted as part of the development of the requested study be open to the public, subject to the same notice provisions and exceptions provided in the Open Meetings Act;

and»SRC BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the cultural affairs department be requested to present a report on the findings of its study to the appropriate interim legislative committee by November 30, 2020, and that the report include:

an estimate of the capital costs involved in h creating New Mexico history rooms in a local library in each u » r county;

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the statewide costs of developing and h r i s maintaining materials for the New Mexico history rooms;

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an estimate of the additional library staff t u g e b l e e , gh needed for the New Mexico history rooms and the projected n d d i = = o h recurring costs for that staff;

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recommendations regarding whether a state agency e r = t e w d m a n o or the local libraries should be the leading entities for the development,d operationm and: ownership of the New Mexico history e e 17 rooms and their collections;

andb r e t º o t n = .215980.2AIC February 4, 2020 (3:25pm) s k m e - 5 - e a n e d 18r E.e l u [ A d development, operation and ownership of the New Mexico history rooms and their collections;

aand recommendationE. for where each facility should = = l ] 19 be located in each county;

and a lrecommendation rfor iwhere 20each BEfacility ITshould FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be tlocated ein a t transmitted to the secretary of cultural affairs, the secretary m m 21 e d r e 22 of Indian affairs, the secretary of public education, the c e r c 23 executive director of the New Mexico municipal league, the e a n b 24 executive director of New Mexico counties, the director of the u [ New Mexico state library and the chair of the board of county .215980.2 - 5 - commissioners of each countycounty; in New Mexico.

-and 6BE -IT 4FURTHER 6RESOLVED 8that 10copies 12of 14this 16memorial ebe etransmitted 17to ethe esecretary nof dcultural 18affairs, =the =secretary lof ]Indian 19affairs, athe lsecretary rof ipublic 20education, tthe eexecutive adirector tof mthe mNew 21Mexico emunicipal dleague, rthe eexecutive 22director cof eNew rMexico ccounties, 23the edirector aof nthe bNew 24Mexico ustate [library .215980.2and the chair of the board of county commissioners of each county in New Mexico.

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