SAND, STRAW, AND SUN: THE TIMELESS APPEAL OF PUEBLO ADOBE IS KEEPING TRADITION ALIVE.
Journalist, history writer, and new contributor Ann Morrow takes readers through a thousand years of New Mexico’s indigenous architecture and its enduring cultural legacy.
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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, also known as Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month! This month, we'll be highlighting Asian and Pacific Americans who've made their mark on the history and development of our diverse United States.
But first...some history! Asian and Pacific American Heritage month was the idea of former congressional staffer Jeanie Jew who first approached Rep. Frank Horton about the idea of designating a month to recognize Asian Pacific Americans, following the United States’ bicentennial celebration in 1976. In June 1977, Horton and Rep. Norman Y. Mineta, introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to proclaim the first 10 days of May as Asian Pacific Heritage Week. A month later, a similar bill was introduced in the Senate by former U.S. Senators Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga. President Jimmy Carter signed a joint resolution for the celebration on Oct. 5, 1978. In 1990, George H.W. Bush signed a bill passed by Congress to extend Asian American Heritage Week to a month. On May 14, 1991, a public law was passed unanimously by congress and then signed by Bush, proclaiming May 1991 and May 1992 as Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month. By 1992, May was officially designated as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The month of May was chosen because it commemorates the migration of the first immigrants from Japan to the United States on May 7, 1843 and to celebrate the completion of the transcontinental railroad by over 20,000 Asian immigrants on May 10, 1869. However, the first Asian immigrants arrived in the U.S. in 1587 when Filipinos first began migrating to California. Immigrants continued to come from the Asian continent and the Pacific Islands through 1920 when the first Samoans were documented in Hawaii. Subscribe and read New Mexico's INFLUENCE Magazine, which will feature rodeo phenomenon SHAD MAYFIELD. Shad is from Clovis, New Mexico, and at the age of 21, is already ranked #2 in the world for Tie-Down Roping. In our upcoming May/June issue, stay tuned to read about Shad as he explains what brought him to where he is today, and what his thoughts are on hard work, determination, and readiness to accept and adapt to failure.
Could this be the most interesting man in the world - or at least, in New Mexico? We congratulate our colleague and cherished friend, Vince Alexander, on his promotion to Editorial Manager of New Mexico's INFLUENCE Magazine.
Vince is featured in the current MARCH-APRIL edition of the magazine. He is a Native American, hailing from the Lipan Apache. Vince is also a trained motorcycle technician, professional chef, craft beer brewer, and cigar taster and aficionado. Could this be the most interesting man in the world? Subscribe to New Mexico's INFLUENCE Magazine today to find out! SUBSCRIBE today: https://buy.stripe.com/cN201B111aqXbBu6oo Only $29.95 a year for six luxuriously printed copies mailed to your door! For our Irish and Irish American friends - wishing you a fantastic Saint Patrick's Day! May your day be full of cheer and celebration of your roots, heritage, and of the story of Saint Patrick.
A Few Facts About St. Patrick's Day: "St Patrick is one of Ireland's patron saints and many Americans with Irish ancestry remember him on March 17. Patrick's Day is fixed on March 17, but may occasionally be moved by Catholic Church authorities. This happened in 1940, so that the celebrations would not fall on Palm Sunday, and in 2008 to avoid Holy Monday, the last Monday before Easter Sunday." "Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigit of Kildare and Columba. Patrick was never formally canonised, having lived prior to the current laws of the Catholic Church in these matters. Nevertheless, he is venerated as a Saint in the Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is regarded as equal-to-the-apostles and Enlightener of Ireland. He is also regarded as a Saint by the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Churches. Saint Patrick's Day is observed on 17 March, the supposed date of his death. It is celebrated inside and outside Ireland as a religious and cultural holiday. In the dioceses of Ireland, it is both a solemnity and a holy day of obligation; it is also a celebration of Ireland itself." New Mexico's INFLUENCE Magazine #PraysForUkraine and calls for peace and for an end to the fighting. We wish our friends, readers, and colleagues inside of Ukraine and among the entire region safety, health, and fortitude in these trying times. Slava Ukraini! (Glory to Ukraine!) 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 #PrayforUkraine #PeaceNotWar #UkraineRussiaAreBrothers #NoBrotherlyWars New Mexico's INFLUENCE Magazine celebrates Black History Month with the highlight of rodeo legend and cowboy, Bill Pickett. Willie "Bill" Pickett was born in 1870 in Texas, and quickly became a recognized showman amongst country fairs and rodeo events. He even was one of the first African-American film stars of the 1920s, where he had ample opportunity to show off his unique skills - including a technique he himself invented, called "Bulldogging." Bill Pickett tragically passed away from a ranch accident in 1932. However, his legacy lives on today as he has been portrayed in modern films by leading Hollywood actors; the United States Postal Service also honored him by releasing his very own stamp in 1993. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackRodeoStars #BillPickett |
AuthorMeike Schwarz and the Editorial team at New Mexico's INFLUENCE Magazine Archives
February 2023
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