The following are source documents which cover Citizen’s Topics. They are intended to be used for teaching New Mexico history.
Women’s Suffrage
- Women and Politics
Newspaper Article - Roswell Daily Record
The article discusses activities following the ratification of the 19th amendment to give women the right to vote. The effective date of ratification was Ausust 26,
Women’s Emergence in Work Force
- Women's movement twists traditions
Newspaper Article - Las Vegas Optic
This article describes describes the emergence of women into the workforce for that time. It documents experiences of women during this
Native Americans get to Vote
- Indian Ruling Boosts Vote
Newspaper Article - Clovis News Journal
The short article documents the fact that Indians now have the right to vote. The revised status was based on a court
Tribal Autonomy
- 'Don't take us for granted,' Indian leaders tell Democrats
Newspaper Article - Alamogordo Daily News
This article explains feeling of Indian group leaders Sam Deloria, a Souix, and Wendell Chino, an Apache, regarding the sovereignty of Indian Tribes and their expectations from the Democratic
- ARTICLE XXI, Compact with the United States - Tribal Lands
Primary Document - NM Constitution
Section 2 defines: Control of unapproapriated or Indian Lands; taxation of federal government, nonresident and Indian
Multi-cultural Assimilation
- ARTICLE XII, Education; and ARTICLE XX, Miscellaneous
Primary Document - NM Constitution
Four sections from the NM Constitution have been selected to provide basic information on the multi-cultural relations that were defined by the Constitutional Convention at Statehood. The sections deal with the use of Spanish in both the publication
- State Press Comment
Newspaper Article - Alamogordo News Advertiser
This article explains feelings of fifteen Indian group leaders as they went to Washington to ask the Secretary of the Interior to accept their 600,000 acres of land in a trust so that they would avoid state
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