In the past, American Indians were drawn to the Southwest for essentially the same economic reasons as other people. Today, most of the nearly 40,000 out-of-state Indians residing in New Mexico came for much the same reasons--employment, education, and health opportunities. (NQ)

The article details the events leading up to and highlighting the 1680 revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico against the Spanish oppressors, also called Pope's Revolt in memory of the Indian who resisted conforming to Spanish or Roman Catholic ways and later organized and led the revolution. (SB)

This volume, fourth in a series, is devoted to a study of the depression years of the 1930s, a crucial period in the history of the Hispanic land-grant-villages. It places northern New Mexico in a broad regional and national context, examining the major currents of social and political thought in American society that influenced Hispanic New Deal…

In the 1700s, the Spaniards of New Mexico ransomed captive Plains Indians enslaved by other tribes, named them "genizaros," and absorbed them into Pueblo-Spanish society. After working off their ransoms, the genizaros became farmers or craftsmen and served as defenders against and traders with Indians. Contains 55 references. (SV)

Second in a 3-part series of case studies tracing the impact of the "Anglo revolution" on New Mexico, this article traces the effect of the "Anglo revolution" in the history of New Mexico's vast Maxwell Land Grant, which involves property ownership and property law. (Editor/NQ)

Traces historical roots of creation of first art therapy licensure bill to be written and entered into state legislative system. Explains concept development, writing of legislation, how bill was introduced, transformation and evolution to omnibus bill, and factors pertinent to passing of legislation during 1993 New Mexico Legislative Session.…

The "Navajo Mine" is a section of the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico containing highly valuable coal deposits to which the Navajo have in fact given up their title through long-term lease agreements with an Anglo corporation. This article applies the idea of the "Anglo" revolution to the Navajo Mine. (NQ)

Focusing on land tenure patterns from 1860 to 1980, this study is a chronological socioeconomic interpretation of the history of northern New Mexico. Chapter One describes the development of the Pueblo Indian land use system prior to colonization. Chapter Two deals with the first colonial period (1598-1693) of land tenure in northern New Mexico.…

In the 1930s Loyd Tireman organized two successful New Mexico experiments in progressive and bicultural education that anticipated contemporary trends. Resisting the nativist and assimilationist sentiments of the time, Tireman saw the necessity of tailoring education to the child rather than fitting the child into a standardized curriculum. His…

In the early twentieth century, children were prohibited from speaking Spanish. Thus, female teachers, as enforcers of the rules, reproduced the social relations found in society and legitimized and perpetuated class and ethnic stratification. By doing so they separated themselves from Hispanic women. (Author/NQ)

The 1977-1978 ethnic heritage project of the Chama Valley (New Mexico) Public Schools involved teachers and students in a search for and recognition of the contributions of Indo-Hispanos of the area to the history of New Mexico and the culture and society of America. The resulting collection of historical, cultural, and folklore materials presents…

This paper examines the comparable educational histories of the "Hispanos" of a mountainous area of New Mexico and the peoples of southern Appalachia. Presbyterian missionaries entered both regions following the Civil War and soon placed mountain people in the category of "exceptional populations," along with freed slaves,…

Photograph and short description of Wendell Chino, leader and spokesman of the Mescalero Apache Indian Nation of New Mexico. (DS)

In reviewing the history of educational finances in New Mexico from 1850 to the present, the evolution of the state's financing program and the reasons for its unique separation of educational finances from educational programs is explored. The state's rational, forward-looking approach to public education is attributed to federal neglect when New…