The Heritage New Mexico research project at the University of New Mexico explores cultural and biological variation in New Mexicans of Spanish-speaking descent.
From PBS, check out this website, a companion to a 2013 documentary released in 2013 about Latin Americans. Pictured: Truman awarding a Medal of Honor to Marcario Garcia.
The Barela - Reynolds House is located in the Mesilla Valley, also known as the J. Paul Taylor House or the Taylor Monument, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Full preservation document available from the National Park Service and photographs from the Library of Congress.
Click for Registered Buildings in Bernalillo County on Wikipedia.Of the series Teaching with Historic Places, the traditional settlements of northern New Mexico is a great place to learn about the state's history.
The Spanish Colonial Research Center at UNM highlights the period of colonial history in New Mexico and patrons can access digital copies of documents from the period through the New Mexico Digital Collections webpage.
There are puzzles, biographies, and printables, as well as lesson plans about Spanish treasure fleets in 1715, Ybor City in Cuba as the cigar capital of the world, and curriculum guides to National parks like Coronado and Tumacácori.
There are tons of great things over at the NHCC this month! Check out their website for latest exhibitions and events.
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Pura Belpré Award Books!Of course, there also books to add to your reading lists! ![]() |
Frida Kahlo by photographer Gisèle Freund![]() |
An online collection of Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande. Collected by various ethnographers from 1900 to 1999, includes religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.