Unit 6 - #10

Bodyguards were assigned to Navajo Code Talkers because they were getting mistaken for Japanese soldiers.

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Unit 6 - #9

Senator Dennis Chávez fought for the "Hispanic New Deal" - a set of policies and programs geared to help nuevomexicanos.

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Unit 6 - #8

Governor Clyde Tingly threatened to boycott goods from Colorado after their governor enacted martial law against N migrant workers trying to enter their state. NM's chile has always been better.

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Unit 6 - #7

Mary Dodge Luhan changed the spelling of her husband's last name so that people wouldn't mispronounce the traditional "Lujan" spelling.

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Unit 6 - #6

The New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe has a wonderful exhibit piece dedicated to Fred Harvey - a tourism tycoon.

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Unit 6 - #5

"Their poverty was a monument to this colonial greed" is such a powerful statement.

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Unit 6 - #4

Bayo Canyon is a nuclear testing site - some of the most irresponsible testing in the U.S.

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Unit 6 - #3

If New Mexico were to secede from the United States we would be the world's third largest nuclear power. That's a scary thought!

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UNit 6 - #2

Advocacy surrounding land grants have been a longtime concern of New Mexicans.

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Unit 6 - #1

Citizenship was required to benefit from the New Deal programs.

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