0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 73
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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| JOHN PINTO
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0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012| REQUESTING THE ASSISTANCE OF VARIOUS AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
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0013| TO ENGAGE IN A COMPREHENSIVE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ESTABLISH A
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0014| UNIQUE CULTURAL AND REHABILITATIVE FACILITY FOR NATIVE AMERICAN
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0015| WOMEN IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA.
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0017| WHEREAS, there are approximately forty thousand Native
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0018| Americans from one hundred forty-five different tribes in the
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0019| Albuquerque area of which seventy percent are comprised of
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0020| single-parent households;
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0021| WHEREAS, of those Native Americans who migrate to the
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0022| Albuquerque urban area, most who stay are women;
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0023| WHEREAS, statistics reveal that Native Americans
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0024| traditionally have the highest suicide rates and the highest
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0025| alcoholism and fetal alcohol syndrome rate among ethnic groups;
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0001| WHEREAS, there exists a need for a facility in the
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0002| Albuquerque urban area to assist Native American women to
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0003| continue their education, seek a career, recovery,
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0004| rehabilitation or employment while providing a safe place for
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0005| their children;
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0006| WHEREAS, the Native American Indian women's center is
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0007| seeking funds for research and development to attain its vision
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0008| of providing a safe and healthy environment to strengthen the
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0009| family unit and promote empowerment of Native American women by
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0010| promoting and encouraging leadership in the Albuquerque area
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0011| communities, enhancing the Native American woman's self-esteem
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0012| through education, building strong family foundations through
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0013| recovery and rehabilitation and providing an avenue to self-sufficiency by increasing employment opportunities and
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0014| education; and
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0015| WHEREAS, various government agencies and organizations have
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0016| the purpose, responsibility, interest or resources to assist the
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0017| Native American Indian women's center to accomplish their
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0018| worthwhile and necessary goals;
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0019| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0020| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state, the city of Albuquerque, the
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0021| southwestern Indian polytechnic institute, the bureau of Indian
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0022| affairs, the Indian health services, the all-Indian pueblo
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0023| council and the Navajo nation be requested to assist the Native
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0024| American Indian women's center to conduct a comprehensive
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0025| feasibility study to establish a unique cultural and
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0001| rehabilitative facility for Native American women in the
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0002| Albuquerque area; and
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0003| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0004| transmitted to the New Mexico office of Indian affairs, the city
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0005| of Albuquerque, the southwestern Indian polytechnic institute,
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0006| the bureau of Indian affairs, the Indian health services, the
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0007| all Indian pueblo council and the council and president of the
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0008| Navajo nation.
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0011| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0012| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0015| February 3, 1996
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0017| Mr. President:
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0019| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0021| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 73
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0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0024| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the
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0025| INDIAN AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
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0002| Respectfully submitted,
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0006| __________________________________
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0007| Gloria Howes, Chairman
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0011| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0016| Date ________________________
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0019| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0020| Yes: 7
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0021| No: 0
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0022| Excused: EJennings, Aragon
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0023| Absent: 0
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0001| SJ073RU1
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0004| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0005| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0008| February 7, 1996
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0010| Mr. President:
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0012| Your INDIAN & CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom
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0013| has been referred
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0015| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 73
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0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0018| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0020| Respectfully submitted,
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0024| __________________________________
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0025| John Pinto, Chairman
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0004| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
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0005| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0009| Date ________________________
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0012| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0013| Yes: 5
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0014| No: 0
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0015| Excused: Chavez, Kysar, Maes
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0016| Absent: None
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0019| SJ073IC1
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0020| State of New Mexico
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0021| House of Representatives
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0023| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
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0024| SECOND SESSION, 1996
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0002| February 14, 1996
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0005| Mr. Speaker:
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0007| Your GOVERNMENT AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to
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0008| whom has been referred
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0010| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 73
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0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0013| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0015| Respectfully submitted,
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0020| Lynda M. Lovejoy, Chairwoman
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0023| Adopted Not Adopted
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0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0002| Date
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0004| The roll call vote was 6 For 4 Against
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0005| Yes: 6
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0006| No: Hobbs, Macko, Perls, Wallace
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0007| Excused: Roberts
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0008| Absent: None
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0012| SJ073GU1
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