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@KaiAragon2 Wow! That's quite a number for a march that lasted 5-10 days!

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@HappySarah__ Interesting. I wonder how many men were imprisoned there total? I think the 4,555 was comprised of only Japanese decent.

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@DLady379 After reading about this I did just a little further research. Most of the research I did points out to "Lowrider culture" being born in Los Angeles, California. Not sure how accurate that may be however...

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@JEREMYARMIJO1 Lucky!

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@HappySarah__ I basically wrote the same exact thing lol. Very interesting though, I'm surprised I never heard about this until now.

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Columbus Day was counter-celebrated as Indigenous People’s Day because celebrating Columbus represented celebrating his actions that resulted in violent colonization. #h1170 #nmhist

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Jessica “Jaylyn” Atsye call on Facebook for Native Americans to wear their moccasins in 2012 became a worldwide event. #h1170 #nmhist

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Governor Gary Johnson declared January 15-February 12, 1999, to be New Mexico Lowrider Month. #h1170 #nmhist

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Cliff Fragua’s sculpting of Po’Pay was created from pink Tennessee marble after 6 years' worth of work. #h1170 #nmhist

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The anti-discrimination laws of the 1950’s and 60’s has made possible the civil rights of the various cultures of New Mexico. #h1170 #nmhist

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I haven’t watched this movie in a while but I would recommend watching “Windtalkers”, a movie based on the real story of Navajo Code Talkers during WW2. #h1170 #nmhist

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“About half of the 1,800 New Mexicans who served in the 200th died at Bataan”. #h1170 #nmhist

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The Santa Fe internment camps housed somewhere around 4,550 men of Japanese ancestry from March of 1942 to April of 1946. #h1170 #nmhist

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Father Casimiro Roca contends the suggestions that New Mexico is a poor state because of nuevomexicano and Pueblo cultural traditions by stating that we are “paid too little, receive a poor education, and have few options”. #h1170 #nmhist

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The first atomic bomb was detonated at the Trinity Site in New Mexico on July 16, 1945. #h1170 #nmhist

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@JEREMYARMIJO1 @HappySarah__ It is crazy! It still happens in some parts of the world today and supposedly marriage under the age of 16 is still legal in some states if you have parental approval and judicial consent... My opinion is that if marriage is a choice, it should happen somewhere around our 20's.

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@DLady379 @staylorHistory There have been several times when I felt like we were still viewed in that manner from people living in different states.

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@YvalizD It seems like having more than 4 children was the norm not too long ago.

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@YvalizD Really digging the art work depicting all the battles from these past times!

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@DanitzaSh0rTy I feel like there should have been more defending of cultural use, including language. Use of languages other than English was frowned upon, even illegal, for quite a long time.