0001| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 36
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0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003| 1996
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0004| INTRODUCED BY
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0005| SHERYL M. WILLIAMS
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0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012| REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL
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0013| ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OFFICE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
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0014|
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0015| WHEREAS, although African-Americans make up only a small
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0016| percentage of the population of New Mexico, they have,
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0017| nevertheless, contributed to the fortunes of the state far
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0018| beyond their numbers; and
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0019| WHEREAS, from the very beginning when Estevanico the Moor
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0020| journeyed with Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca across pre-colonial
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0021| New Mexico bringing tales of the seven cities of gold to the
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0022| Spanish viceroy; and
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0023| WHEREAS, the tenth cavalry--the "buffalo soldiers"--was
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0024| composed almost entirely of African-American troops who were
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0025| instrumental in bringing civil order to the Southwest; and
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0001| WHEREAS, many of the cowboys who came west with the cattle
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0002| herds were black--among them Bose Ikard, Charles Goodnight's
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0003| most trusted friend; and
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0004| WHEREAS, one violin-playing black cowboy, George McJunkin,
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0005| foreman of the Crowfoot ranch, self-educated and curious about
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0006| antiquity, revolutionized our understanding of the human
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0007| settlement of North America by discovering "Folsom man" in a dry
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0008| arroyo in northeastern New Mexico; and
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0009| WHEREAS, African-American New Mexicans continue to
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0010| distinguish themselves and our state in the arts, sciences and
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0011| public services; and
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0012| WHEREAS, New Mexico has established formal offices and
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0013| agencies to recognize and serve the interests of other, larger
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0014| ethnic groups;
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0015| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0016| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the office of cultural affairs be
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0017| requested to study the potential creation of an office of
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0018| African-American affairs and report its findings to the
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0019| appropriate interim committee, directed by the New Mexico
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0020| legislative council to take that testimony by December 1, 1996;
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0021| and
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0022| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0023| transmitted to the office of cultural affairs, the co-chairmen
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0024| of the New Mexico legislative council and the director of the
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0025| legislative council service.
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0001| State of New Mexico
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0002| House of Representatives
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0004| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0005| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0007| February 1, l996
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0009|
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0010| Mr. Speaker:
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0011|
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0012| Your RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS COMMITTEE, to
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0013| whom has been referred
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0015| HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 36
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0016|
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0017| has had it under consideration and finds same to be
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0018| GERMANE in accordance with constitutional provisions.
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0019|
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0020| Respectfully submitted,
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0023|
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0024|
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0025| Barbara A. Perea Casey,
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0001| Chairperson
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0004| Adopted Not Adopted
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0006| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0008| Date
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0010| The roll call vote was 10 For 0 Against
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0011| Yes: 10
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0012| Excused: Lujan, Olguin, Rodella, R. G. Sanchez, S. M. Williams
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0013| Absent: None
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0015| HJ036RC1 State of New Mexico
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0016| House of Representatives
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0018| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0019| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0022| February 6, 1996
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0024|
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0025| Mr. Speaker:
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0002| Your GOVERNMENT AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0003| whom has been referred
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0007| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0008| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0010| Respectfully submitted,
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0015| Lynda M. Lovejoy, Chairwoman
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0018| Adopted Not Adopted
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0020| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0022| Date
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0024| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0025| Yes: 7
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0001| Excused: Gentry, Perls, Roberts, Sanchez, R.R.
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0002| Absent: None
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0006| HJ036GU1
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